Best Golf Course Carlsbad Near Me

4worldlovers: Rancho Carlsbad Golf Course is an 18 Hole Par 3 Golf Course and Driving Range just minutes away from the Pacific Ocean in sunny Carlsbad, California. We are tucked into the hills just north of the intersection of El Camino Real and College Blvd.

4worldlovers: Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad is San Diego’s only golf course designed by Arnold Palmer. Named the #1 golf resort in Southern California by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler, and recognized as one of the country’s best resort golf courses by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine.

We are pleased to announce Aviara Cares, a comprehensive sustainability initiative minimizing the resort’s environmental footprint, spanning updates to the property’s golf, culinary and housekeeping efforts. Coinciding with the high eco-conscious standards of Hyatt World of Care, Aviara Cares reduces energy, water risks, emissions, and waste at the resort, ultimately furthering our pledge to sustainable practices and environmental stewardship.

As part of this sustainability program, Aviara Golf Club recently completed the re-grassing of all 18 holes with Tiff Tuff, a warm season, Bermuda grass which does not require overseeding and therefore lessens chemical inputs. This investment reduces water usage by 20 percent annually and provides golfers with more consistent playing conditions year-round.

Our golf course in sunny Carlsbad offers public tee times to golfers of all ages and playing abilities. Aviara Golf Club is consistently ranked among the top golf courses in the San Diego area and in California at large.

Aviara Golf Club features a memorable coastal layout: Uniquely sculpted around rolling hillsides and landscaped with wildflowers native to Southern California, the par 72 course offers plenty of bunkers and water features over 7,007 yards.

Located twenty minutes North of Torrey Pines, host course of the 2021 US Open.

The world-class instruction at our Carlsbad golf course is designed to maximize your strengths regardless of your current skill level. Aviara Golf Club offers private lessons, on-course playing lessons, and group clinics—a great way to learn in a fun environment while practicing all facets of the game.

Kip Puterbaugh's Aviara Golf Academy, located on-site at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, is the longest-running golf academy in the Western United States with 7 of the top 50 instructors in the state of California - featuring private lessons, 1-2-3 day schools that cover the entire game, Short game and Playing schools. The Aviara Golf Academy was listed as a Top 25 U.S. Golf School in Golf Digest Magazine.

The Taylormade Aviara Performance Center is a Premier Fitting Location, specially selected by TaylorMade to deliver the most advanced fitting experience in golf. Led by an elite staff of professional fitters, golfers will be treated to Tour-level fitting technology, testing clubs in the lab and on grass with the most extensive lineup of new TaylorMade clubs to hit. Utilizing data-driven feedback, your fitter will find the perfect combination of heads, shafts, and specs, so your new clubs will be the best you’ve ever had in your bag.

Call the course you love your golfing home. Members enjoy unlimited golf and tennis, as well as access to the award-winning Aviara Spa and our resort restaurants.

4worldlovers: Located just north of San Diego in Carlsbad, CA, Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s golf facilities are unmatched. Follow in the footsteps of the PGA TOUR’s finest players and come see what all the talk is about during your stay at our golf resort near San Diego.


Guests of the resort can book tee times 60-days in advance by calling the La Costa Golf Shop at (760) 931-7595.

Omni La Costa Resort & Spa's Champions Course is closed to undergo enhancements by famed architect Gil Hanse in preparation for the 2024 NCAA Division I Golf Championships and will reopen June 2024. The Golf Practice Facilities will be closed for enhancements starting in June and will reopen in the fall. The The Legends Course is available for The Club at La Costa Members and guests of the resort and is a great course to walk. Guests may use push carts for no charge or rent a Tempo Walk for an additional $30.

Warm-Up Hitting Nets while Practice Facilities are closed for enhancements starting in June

4worldlovers: Bring every club in your bag, because you can work on your entire game at CGC. Our facility is user-friendly for golfers of all ages and skill levels.


Chipping and putting are two of the most important aspects of golf. That's why you always have FREE access to our real-grass putting/chipping green, synthetic grass putting green and sand bunker where you can take full swings. We don’t believe in charging you a special fee for these areas like at other facilities.

Our Range Servant ball machine system allows you several ways to buy range balls and lots of ways to save you money.

* Happy Hour pricing is available at select times every week (see event calendar) for range card holders only. There is no fee to get a Range Card, come to the Range shop and select your package and savings, details available here.

4worldlovers:
Located at the award winning Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, North San Diego, Kip Puterbaugh’s Aviara Golf Academy is the premier golf school in Southern California. It is the longest running golf school in the Western United States with the most consistent staff with over 100 total years of experience teaching both adult and junior golfers!

The Aviara Golf Academy opened in 1991 at the Arnold Palmer designed Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, CA, 30 minutes north of downtown San Diego. The experience, dedication and longevity of his talented staff of 7 full time Master Instructors is unparalleled in the golf industry. Kip began teaching in 1972 and joined by Wayne Searle they opened the Academy in 1991. Master Instructors Ken Green joined in 1994, Bruce Nakamura and Bob Knee in 1995 and Grant Halverson in 1999. Jason Puterbaugh joined in 2010 and Jamie Puterbaugh in 2014. Working together through the years they’ve developed a curriculum that gives the golfer of any skill level the best chance to improve their game.

Golf Digest has honored all our staff with their survey of the Top Teachers in California by placing all 7 of our teachers in the top 59 of the state. We are one of only three schools worldwide graded by Golf Magazine at a Gold Medallion resort that has a Top 100 Teacher and a Top 25 Golf School.

4worldlovers: The Raising Golfers Golf Academy was started by Travis Howser, PGA Professional, welcoming golfers of almost any age. Whether you are a beginner, or tournament player with big ambitions, we have a program for you! Our mission is to develop lifelong experiences through golf and we want your experience with golf to be positive.

The Raising Golfers Golf Academy is located at Rancho Carlsbad Golf Club in Carlsbad California. We have one of the best driving ranges in north county San Diego with both grass and mats. Rancho Carlsbad has a wonderful 18-hole par 3 golf course which is perfect for taking you out onto, to work on your game!

We would love to have you join our growing community of golfers which has a family, friendly, environment vibe perfect to call your second home!