California has just about everything a traveling golfer could look for. The Pacific Ocean, Carmel Bay, the Monterey Peninsula, holes atop the rocks – it’s hard to beat Pebble Beach.īut following Pebble Beach on Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access layouts in the Golden State is a diverse sampling of fantastic courses stretching most of the length of a state that runs 770 miles from top to bottom. 1 public-access golf course in California, as Pebble Beach Golf Links has a long and storied place among the best tracks in the world. There’s no surprise in where to find the No.