Mather Golf Course

Overview: Mather Golf Course provides eighteen public holes inside Mather Regional Park in Mather Regional Park, east of Sacramento. The operator describes a long, open layout with lush fairways and hard-running greens, designed by Jack Fleming to use the area’s wide terrain and wildlife setting. Current official material identifies the course as par 72, while no single current yardage is retained here because published tee data varies.

History: Jack Fleming designed the course in 1959 on an active-duty military base. The site’s history follows Mather Field from its 1918 airfield and pilot-training origins through the later military period and eventual county purchase, after which the golf course became open to the public.

Did You Know? Mather Golf Course sits inside a 1,432-acre regional park. The larger park context helps explain the course’s spacious fairways and wildlife-oriented setting, which feel different from a tightly bounded suburban facility.