Los Altos Golf & Country Club

Los Altos Golf & Country Club is a private, member-owned club with a par-71 course in the Los Altos hills. The club’s golf page describes an oak-lined setting beneath the Santa Cruz Mountains and a course that members can walk.

History and design

The club history dates incorporation to October 29, 1923, course construction to September 1924–May 1925, and a complete renovation to 2004. Tom Nicoll is credited as the original architect on the current golf page. The history says a portion of the course was sold during World War II, leaving nine holes for a time; the current course is 18 holes. The 2004 work added ryegrass fairways, bentgrass greens and improved drainage.

A 2026 account by former club superintendent Michael Simpson dates a course-wide bunker renovation to 2013 and credits Tim Jackson and David Kahn of Jackson/Kahn Design with the bunker aesthetics. Its identified third-hole photograph shows the rebuilt greenside bunker, but the photo capture date is not stated.

Playing figures

Lee Shahinian’s presidency, beginning in 1959, with planting redwoods and other trees, creating the lakes at holes 9 and 18, and developing irrigation. These later landscape changes help explain the mature tree-lined character alongside Nicoll’s original design.

The current USGA listing for Club men is 18 holes, par 71, 6,435 yards, rating 72.3 and slope 136. The operator-posted March 2023 card instead shows 6,505 yards at the same 72.3/136. These sources differ by 70 yards; the reason and effective rating date are unconfirmed. This page uses the complete association row rather than combining its rating with a different length. Combo men is 6,263 yards, 71.3/135; College men is 6,066, 70.6/134, both par 71.

Access and practice

The membership page says membership is invitation only and candidates need four current Proprietary-member sponsors. The club does not offer public tee times. Its outside-tournaments page describes member- or Golf Committee-sponsored Monday afternoon outings, subject to its event requirements; it is not a public daily-fee route.

The golf page lists a putting green, short-game area and ten golf simulators for members, including a digital driving-range function. An outdoor driving range is not verified. Visitors should confirm access and arrangements with their member host; the contact page lists the main desk at (650) 947-3100 and golf shop at (650) 947-3110.

USGA — Los Altos GCC, current named-tee ratings (checked November 3, 2026) · Club scorecard — March 2023 reference edition