Eaton Canyon Golf Course

Overview: Eaton Canyon Golf Course is the public Pasadena facility in the Los Angeles County park system. The active course is a nine-hole, par-35 layout of about 2,862 yards, not an 18-hole regulation course. It sits at the base of Eaton Canyon and is built for a compact round with the San Gabriel foothill landscape close at hand.

History: The course was built in 1962. Contemporary accounts explain that an 18-hole plan was reduced to nine holes, while the current operator presents the surviving layout as a regulation-style nine-hole course. The target's old 18-hole label is therefore corrected here so the description matches the active Pasadena facility rather than repeating a stale directory value.

Did You Know? Eaton Canyon's short card still includes a par five, including the well-known sixth hole described in local reporting. That detail gives the nine-hole layout more variety than its size suggests and helps explain why the course remains a practical public golf option in the foothills.