The County Department of Parks and Recreation operates the largest publicly owned golf course system in the nation, with 19 golf courses at 17 different facilities. The courses feature a variety of beautiful and interesting settings from the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains to the Pacific coastline overlooking Catalina Island.
The system offers affordable green fees, discount programs for senior citizens and students, and an excellent junior golf program. Thirteen of the courses are 18-hole regulation length, three are convenient nine-hole regulation length, one is a challenging 18-hole executive length, one is 18-hole par-three, and one is nine-hole par-three.