The course, designed by Tom Fazio, opened in 2000 and has a strict guest policy of "only with a member".

The design goal of The Preserve Golf Club was to emulate a walk during which you would experience as much of the Preserve’s nature as possible. The Course wanders by towering oaks, through rolling savannahs, around wetlands and across seasonal streams with a backdrop of the Santa Lucia Range. It never trumpets its presence; it whispers through the landscape.