Golf in California really is the direct result of nature smiling upon it, bestowing the Golden State with great weather, astounding topography and the attitude to boot, all ingredients perfect for a memorable golf holiday. And with over 600 daily fee golf courses California has made good use of its gifts. There is golf everywhere you look Sonoma, Patterson, Bodega Bay, Half-Moon Bay and of course the most revered of all Pebble Beach in the Monterey Peninsula. Is it any wonder then, that California tops the wish list of the wander lust golf vacationer?

Your golf travel to California would roughly touch on 5 distinct destinations: Southern California, San Diego, Palm Springs/ Coachella Valley, Monterey Peninsula and Northern California. You can expect great golf, affordable golf packages and a respite from the hum drum life in each of these California golf vacation destinations.

As most golf holiday makers do, you would probably start from So Cal as Southern Californians like to call it and what better place to tee off your golf tour than the Regis beach resort, Monarch Beach Golf Links, Orange County. With greens reminiscent of Augusta, this Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed 18-hole championship course is a must have on your golf tour if you have an insatiable hunger for the Pacific blue which can be seen from most holes. Set in true California ˜Riviera style Monarch Beach has hosted the Hyundai team Championships and is a Scottish links style course, yours to enjoy for $160.

Another ˜So-Cal course not to miss on your golf vacation is the dramatic ocean side Tom Fazio designed Pelican Hill Golf Club. Also try Ocean Trails and the Los Angeles Country Club in Los Angeles. As your golf travel moves to Palm Springs its time to make a stop at the famed Robert Trent Jr. Desert Dunes Golf Club in Desert Hot Springs. An 18-hole links style course, Desert Dunes costs as little as $85 and gives you a hard time with its narrow fairways, fast, sloping greens and water hazards.

If you didnt start off your golf vacation with the Monterey Peninsulas Pebble Beach Golf Resort, you are blessed with patience few enthusiastic golf holiday makers have. Even if youve put it towards the end of your golf tour, you cannot come back from California without a stop at one of the magnificent courses like Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course, The Links at Spanish Bay, Spyglass Hill and Poppy hills. California as a golf holiday destination beats most other spots hands down and has earned the goodwill of so many golfers.