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Alamo, CA · Private
Round Hill Country Club is a private, member-owned club in Alamo, with an 18-hole course laid into the foothills east of the San Ramon Valley.
April 24, 2023 archival course view from a club-commissioned photography campaign; precise hole and present conditions are unverified.
Bill Hornstein / Hornstein Creative.Source ↗April 27, 2023 archival course view from a club-commissioned photography campaign; precise hole and present conditions are unverified.
Bill Hornstein / Hornstein Creative.Source ↗April 28, 2023 archival course view from a club-commissioned photography campaign; precise hole identities and present conditions are unverified.
Bill Hornstein / Hornstein Creative.Source ↗Play the course
Private course. Public tee-time booking is not offered here.
Access is controlled by the club. Visit the course site for current club information.
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Use the course address, contact details, and map to plan your arrival.
Course guide
The maintained course record, presented separately from live booking.
The routing moves among trees, residential edges and rising ground; the club offers a full driving range, short-game area and putting greens for members and guests.
The club says the course has served members and guests since 1960. The golf-and-residential project began in 1959, while the clubhouse, tennis facility and pool followed in 1961, according to the club photography history. Those are distinct milestones from the course opening.
Lawrence Hughes designed the original course. A club-provided executive profile credits Robert Muir Graves with a 1975 renovation and John Steidel with another in 2004.
The club course map shows the full 18-hole routing, practice area and a mix of tree-lined corridors, bunkers and water. A 2024 Bill Hornstein photography feature shows current-era aerial views of greens among the wooded Alamo hills. The course is par 72 according to the club-provided profile. A current club scorecard with a named tee, yardage, rating and slope was not publicly available at this audit; check the current card before choosing tees or using handicap figures.
The club golf page lists a full-sized driving range, short-game area, putting greens, instruction and a golf shop. Its linked course flyover was published by Round Hill Country Club in August 2018; use it to preview the routing, with that filming date in mind.
Round Hill is a private club. Golf access is for members and guests under club arrangements; there is no public tee-time inventory. The club currently labels Golf Membership as waitlisted, and its admission guide says admission is by invitation. Confirm guest play, current dress rules and any booking details with the member or club.
The club is at 3169 Round Hill Road, Alamo, CA 94507. Its contact page lists (925) 934-8211.
Round Hill golf and course map · Round Hill membership · Club-provided course design history · 2024 Bill Hornstein photography feature
From the field desk
Reported context linked directly to this course record.

The best East Bay country clubs, ranked — from Alister MacKenzie's Claremont and Golden Age Diablo to Jack Nicklaus's Ruby Hill and hilltop Stonebrae.
Around the course
A short geographic continuation from the maintained location record.