About The Course
5050 Arroyo Road - Livermore, CA 94550
The Bay Area’s premier golf course, The Course at Wente Vineyards opened in July 1998. Designed by golfing great Greg Norman, the 18-hole championship course is a picturesque 7,181-yard, par-72, upscale, daily-fee golf course tucked away in the scenic, rural Livermore Valley, 45 minutes east of San Francisco. With three distinct topographies, native woodlands, mature vineyards and rolling hills of natural grasslands, The Course at Wente Vineyards offers extraordinary visual panoramas and a diversity of play unmatched in the Bay Area. Designed for both novice and pro, The Course has played host to the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship, part of the PGA Tour’s Nationwide Tour.
THE COURSE SCORECARD Click here
ANNIKA SORENSTAM and WENTE VINEYARDS
Annika has always had a passion for fine wines and often dreamed about having her own wine label. For years she looked for the right partner to cultivate her passion. Then in 2008 she was introduced to Carolyn Wente through a mutual friend. The two of them hit it off famously with their mutual passion for exceptional viticulture, championship golf and fine dining. Annika was introduced to Karl Wente, fifth-generation winemaker and was immediately drawn to his knowledge, passion, and drive towards perfection. Soon a partnership was born and Annika’s dream became a reality with Annika Vineyards. She has enjoyed working with Karl, Carolyn, and the rest of the Wente family. She looks forward to expanding into different varietals and is pleased to start with a Syrah, one of her favorite blends.
To learn more about this exciting partnership and Annika Vineyards, visit Annika Vineyards website. To view photos from her recent launch event at The Course, visit The Course Photo Gallery.
GREG NORMAN and WENTE VINEYARDS Click Here
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TESTIMONIALS
“I can stand here as the head of my development company and honestly say this is my best effort.”
-Greg Norman
“Greg Norman and his design team have carefully grafted holes to an exquisite site marked by native woodlands, rolling hills and mature vineyards.”
-Golf Magazine
“I enjoyed your golf course very much, a beautiful resort-type course set in the hillside amongst your wonderful vineyards almost as a dramatic landscape feature which clearly made a statement.”
-Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
“Wente Vineyards is unlike any other Norman design I’ve played. The challenge at Wente was to fit a golf course along the base of barren California foothills and within the framework of working vineyards. No hokey holes, no impossible carries, no ridiculous greens. Just good solid golf, a very attractive course in great shape, worth at least 115 bucks. On Golf Digest’s 10 point scale (1 being Unacceptable, 5 being Good, 10 being Absolutely Perfect), I give The Course at Wente Vineyards a score of 8.5.”
-Golf Digest, by Ron Whitten