Sherwood Country Club

Jack Nicklaus designed Sherwood Country Club in 1989 on a piece of Thousand Oaks, California Conejo Valley land north of Los Angeles. The course was built for a residential community in the rolling oak-and-grassland terrain that defines the Conejo Valley, and Nicklaus routed the eighteen holes through natural creek crossings and the property's significant elevation changes. Sherwood became Tiger Woods's home venue for the Hero World Challenge tournament from 2000 through 2013, giving the routing significant late-season Tour exposure during a stretch when the unofficial year-end event was at its strongest field.

The course plays around 7,025 yards par 72 from the championship markers, with bent fairways and a slope in the upper 130s. Nicklaus's signature throughout is the large, contoured green complexes and the strategic decisions that reward the left-to-right tee ball. The fourth hole is a 432-yard par-4 with a tee shot played over a natural ravine; the sixteenth, a 234-yard par-3 with a green set on a natural rise, has been the deciding hole in multiple Hero World Challenge editions. The Conejo Valley setting gives the property visual signature distinct from the more coastal Southern California courses.

Sherwood is private and access is members and accompanied guests only. The membership is regional Conejo Valley and Greater Los Angeles business and entertainment-industry families. The Hero World Challenge rotation through 2013 was the primary modern tournament exposure, and the Tiger Woods Foundation connection through the tournament gave the club a particular institutional presence during those years.

Southern California Conejo Valley climate keeps Sherwood playable year-round, with the firmest conditions in September and October. The valley sits between coastal marine influence and the inland heat of the San Fernando Valley, which gives the property moderate summer temperatures. The native oak canopy across the property turns golden in late summer, and the autumn color through October is part of the routing's visual signature.