Gilroy Golf Course

Overview: Gilroy Golf Course is a public course in the Uvas Valley whose official website describes the current experience as an 11-hole layout that can be played as an 18-hole round. It is listed as par 70, with the operator noting a range from about 5,200 yards to just over 6,000 depending on the tees and routing. Tree-lined fairways, small undulating greens and the surrounding Gabilan Mountains define the setting.

History: Local farmers and businessmen built the course in 1923, and the operator says the classic design has undergone relatively few changes. A 2021 route plan brought back an original par-three hole, after which the course continued to use alternate angles and repeated holes to create an 18-hole round from the eleven-hole property.

Did You Know? Gilroy’s signature eighteenth is a downhill 245-yard par three with a dramatic elevation drop and a view toward the southern Santa Clara County landscape. The hole is a good reminder that the course’s identity is based on terrain as much as on its unusual routing.