Pajaro Valley Golf Club is located between Monterey and Santa Cruz off US 1 at Salinas Road to the east

The golf course is over rolling terrain and along Monterey pine tree-lined fairways. There's water in play on three holes and sand bunkers defending the modest greens of various shapes and sizes. It can play to 6,486 yards, 70.2/121, course/slope ratings from the championship tees with three shorter tees, originally designed by Floyd McFarland in the 1920s with a renovation by Robert Muir Graves in 1975.