I'll have to make several posts for all of the signature holes here in Northern California, but I'll start with the best of them first(imho):
Delaveaga Park, Santa Cruz, CA - Hole #27 - "Top of the World"
580 feet away, something like a 100 foot drop. It's hard to pick out the basket from this photo, but if you see the eroded away area on the grass far below where this shot was taken, the basket is in the circular portion that's up and left from the path-looking erosion.
Beyond the basket and to the left is the entrance road to the park, and road and beyond is OB. You'd think that because it's more than 600 feet away it wouldn't come into play, but I have thrown OB with a Roc on more than one occasion, and the parking lot is just beyond the road. When you're getting out of your car, it's important to keep an ear out for a distant shout of 'PAARKKIIINGG LOOOTTTT!'
The view from the tee box is amazing- the course is only a few miles from the Pacific, and there are huge coastal redwoods all around. Truly spectacular.
