Sherwood Country Club, Private golf course in Lake Sherwood, California.
Sherwood Country Club is a private 18-hole golf course situated at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains south of Thousand Oaks, California. The Georgian-style clubhouse sits surrounded by rolling hills and overlooks the surrounding valley.
The golf course was built during the 1980s and served as host for the Shark Shootout tournament between 1989 and 1999. Tiger Woods' World Challenge was held here from 2000 to 2013.
The name comes from the 1921 filming of Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks Sr., when the area around Potrero Lake became known as Sherwood Forest and Maid Marian Park; the lake itself was renamed Lake Sherwood. The club's membership has included Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone and Wayne Gretzky.
Sherwood is a private, member-owned club; access is by invitation or member referral, so visitors cannot book tee times or use the tennis, pool and spa facilities. The golf course sits at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains just south of Thousand Oaks, beside Lake Sherwood. The 18-hole layout plays to par 72, with a course rating of 75.7 and slope rating of 146.
The neighboring Lake Sherwood was built in 1904 and remains California's oldest artificial lake. The area served as a filming location for the 1921 Robin Hood movie with Douglas Fairbanks and was later renamed after Sherwood Forest.
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