Baywood Golf & Country Club

Baywood Golf and Country Club sits in Arcata, a small college town on California's Humboldt Bay — one of the more unusual settings in American golf. The North Coast here is nothing like the sun-baked courses most people picture when they think of California. Expect cool maritime air rolling off the Pacific, coastal fog that can hang well into the afternoon, and the kind of lush, green conditions that set this corner of the state apart entirely. Towering redwoods define the region's landscape, and the vegetation and terrain reflect a temperate rainforest climate more reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest than the Golden State's sunnier reputation.