Pasatiempo Golf Club
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California · Monterey Peninsula / Pebble Beach golf market
- Access
- semi private
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Alister MacKenzie
- Gated
- No
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Pasatiempo Golf Club is one of Alister MacKenzie's most celebrated designs and, by reputation, his personal favorite of his own courses -- he lived in a home overlooking the course until his death in 1934. It sits in the seam between the SF Bay Area and Monterey Peninsula/Central Coast golf markets and is treated here as a Central Coast-character entity per the market manifest's routing resolution.
Golf & Course
Opened in 1929, Pasatiempo is consistently ranked among the top courses in the United States by major golf publications and is considered one of Alister MacKenzie's finest designs; the par-4 16th is particularly well regarded among architecture enthusiasts.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Only shareholders may purchase an annual golf membership; owning a home in the surrounding Pasatiempo neighborhood does not confer or require club shares. A Trial Membership program offers a lower-cost, one-year entry path ($3,000, partially refundable toward the capital fee on conversion).
Location & Surrounding Area
Santa Cruz, on the coastal approach to the Monterey Peninsula rather than within the immediate SF Bay Area suburban fabric.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Historical — as of 2023$27,500
Pasatiempo operates a shareholder-membership model: a one-time 'new member capital fee' of $27,500 is paid when a shareholder first purchases annual playing privileges, per the club's own official 2023 member-categories document (most recent official figure found this session). A separate Trial Membership program carries a $3,000 program fee ($1,500 refundable toward the capital fee if converted to a Share within one year). Not confirmed as still current for 2026 -- confirm directly with the club.
Initiation (range low)
Historical — as of 2023$27,500
New member capital fee; see initiation_fee notes.
Initiation (range high)
Historical — as of 2023$27,500
New member capital fee; see initiation_fee notes.
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2023$8,640
Individual annual fee (includes a $2,400 capital fee), per the club's own 2023 member-categories document; $11,820/yr for an individual plus playing spouse, plus $1,116/yr per golfing child. Not confirmed as still current for 2026.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- The most recent official Pasatiempo fee document found this session is dated to fiscal year 2023 -- confirm current 2026 initiation/dues figures directly with the club before relying on them.
Notable
- Designed by Alister MacKenzie, opened 1929; MacKenzie lived in a home overlooking the course until his death in 1934.
- Repeatedly ranked among the top golf courses in the United States by major golf publications.
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