Brambles is two hours north of San Francisco in Middletown on a 670-acre meadow surrounded by the oak-tree studed golden Mayacamas foothills and a private club, yet allows outside play via a ballot committee.

It moves along broad, zoysia fairways bordered by natural wild grasses over sloping terrain along and over a series of barrancas. There's a variety of shapes, sizes, and depths of sand bunkers and generous, undulating green complexes. It was designed by Coore/Crenshaw/Duncan and maintained by a flock of sheep..