Rustic Canyon Golf Course
Architecture Cult Favorite

Rustic Canyon Golf Course

Moorpark, CaliforniaEditors’ score New/5Architecture Cult Favorite

Quick Facts

Type
public
USGA Rating
74.6
Slope
128
Founded
2002
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Why it matters

Rustic Canyon is where California public golf gets cerebral without getting expensive: firm ground, broad strategy, and Gil Hanse minimalism before the wider golf world learned his name. The best holes ask for imagination rather than obedience, which is why architecture-minded players treat Moorpark as a required detour.

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Par

72

Yardage

7,044

Holes

18

Opened

2002

Green fee

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Difficulty

8/10

Architect

Gil Hanse, Geoff Shackelford, and Jim Wagner

publicHanse designfirm and fastMoorparkUSGA 74.6/128Inside Loop California
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