Petaluma Golf & Country Club

Overview: Petaluma Golf & Country Club is a private club in Sonoma County whose current official page identifies the active course as nine holes. The directory row for this record says 18 holes, so the profile keeps the identity issue visible and focuses on the club’s documented setting, early history and private character rather than inventing an 18-hole scorecard.

History: The course was founded and built in 1922 on 80 acres gifted by the McNear family. The clubhouse followed in 1924 and is associated with Brainerd Jones, while three new holes were added in 1944. The official history describes the current nine-hole course, which does not match the directory’s 18-hole label.

Did You Know? Petaluma’s course began on land donated specifically for the club, and the current history still identifies the McNear gift as a defining starting point. The compact nine-hole routing therefore has a clear local origin rather than a later resort-development story.