Meadow Club

Meadow Club occupies Bon Tempe Meadow above Fairfax, below Mount Tamalpais. Alister MacKenzie and Robert Hunter laid out this private course in the late 1920s; its connected fairways, irregular bunkers and contoured greens make the original strategy visible again after Mike DeVries’s long restoration. The club history and club-authored MacKenzie Society profile trace that work.

History and design

The club-authored chronology dates the front nine’s first play to September 16, 1927, and the back nine and clubhouse opening to May 6, 1928. It credits MacKenzie’s first American course and his collaboration with Hunter. The club’s history page dates the restoration initiative to 1999, beginning with the fifth hole, and credits DeVries, superintendent David Sexton and members for recovering lost green and bunker features.

The club-authored profile says the restoration ran from 1999 to 2010, with tree removal, enlarged greens and rebuilt bunkering. The January 2026 annual-meeting deck reports further work completed in 2025: bunkers in the 2/3 and 6/13/15 corridors and a new tee complex on No. 3. A 2026 course roadmap and turf conversion remain projects rather than completed changes.

Playing the course

The open meadow and surrounding hills give the course room for diagonal approaches, while the restored green contours and bunker edges reward choosing a route into each hole. The club’s current golf page describes an 18-hole course and a two-bay learning center. Its public pages do not show a current official scorecard. The current USGA Black men’s 18-hole row lists par 71, 6,734 yards, rating 72.3 and slope 132. Its effective date is not displayed, and we have not confirmed that this rating incorporates the reported 2025 tee and bunker changes. Confirm the current card and tee markers with the golf shop before posting a score.

Inspect the USGA Meadow Club rating record.

Plan a visit

Meadow Club is private. The club’s guest page and club homepage address members’ guests and give 1001 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, CA 94930, and (415) 462-0980. Arrange a visit through a member or the club; no public tee-time link is presented. The guest page says normal hours are Tuesday through Sunday, with Monday exceptions for holidays or events.

The club’s guest-information sheet asks members to greet guests on arrival and requests caddies whenever available. It describes a walking culture while also setting cart restrictions. Plan for an 18-hole fourball of four hours or less; the sheet sets four hours twenty minutes as the maximum. Review dress and phone-use rules before visiting.

Photography and current conditions

Three on-course photographs published with a July 10, 2026 firsthand Meadow Club review show different greens, bunkers and the surrounding hills. The reviewer and course are identified, but individual hole numbers and camera times are not. These are recent review views following the club’s reported 2025 work; they do not verify a specific altered bunker or later playing condition.

Course film and sources

It predates the club’s reported 2025 bunker and tee work, so treat its views as archival, not a current-condition guide.

Sources: Meadow Club golf; club history; guest information; club-authored MacKenzie Society history; January 2026 annual-meeting deck.