Santa Cruz, CA
Pasatiempo Golf Club
Marion Hollins brought Pasatiempo into being on the hills above Santa Cruz. The 1921 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion had already helped develop Cypress Point when she announced a new golf and sporting estate in January 1928. She commissioned Alister MacKenzie to design its course.
- Course
- 18 holes · par 70 · Opened 1929
- Original architect
- Alister MacKenzie
- Club website
- Visit website
The course
Course design
Marion Hollins’s Santa Cruz ambition
The opening on September 8, 1929 brought Hollins together with Bobby Jones, Glenna Collett and Cyril Tolley in the first foursome. MacKenzie made his home beside the sixth fairway and lived there until his death in 1934.
Decades later, Club historian Robert Beck uncovered old photographs that showed architectural details lost over time. Those images helped launch a restoration programme, with Tom Doak hired in 1996 and Jim Urbina working as his lead associate.
Championships
Results and dates 2 editions
U.S. Senior Women's Amateur
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Carolyn Creekmore
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U.S. Women's Amateur
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U.S. Women’s Amateur
Kay Cockerill
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In the archive
Sources and editorial notes7 references
Sources for this story
- Pasatiempo The Alister MacKenzie Society
Club-provided history: Marion Hollins, opening foursome, course setting and MacKenzie home.
Consulted 2026-09-17 - Tom Doak’s And Jim Urbina’s Restoration Of Pasatiempo Pasatiempo Golf Club
Robert Beck’s historical photographs; 1996 engagement of Tom Doak and lead associate Jim Urbina.
Consulted 2026-09-17
Record sources
- Pasatiempo official history
- www.pasatiempo.com: retained course-work evidence
- Pasatiempo official restoration history
- USGA: 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Record Book PDF page 8, column L, 2004 result row. 2004 (Oct. 9-14) Carolyn Creekmore d. Liz Haines, 1 up; Pasatiempo G.C., Santa Cruz, Calif.; Medalist — 150, Robin Weiss Donnelley; Entries: 394 Archived original SHA-256 b11bffa8bcf2ce8ed0bcb695a50e8ffd8fb1bde8f7273b8ce64f64963a2aa835. Champion and runner-up are distinct from the qualifying medalist. Match margins are not stroke totals.
- USGA: 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 9, 1986 result row. Retrospective completed-championship result and date range.