Corica Park North Course

William P. "Billy" Bell designed the original North Course at Corica Park in 1927, the same year his son William F. Bell was born — the son who would later design the South Course on the same property in 1957. Three decades after that, the Bell family's connection to the site would be succeeded by another family with an equally significant name in golf: Robert Trent Jones Sr. built or reshaped more than 500 courses worldwide before his death in 2000. His two sons — Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Rees Jones — each forged careers that would match their father's reach. In 2018, Rees Jones redesigned the South Course at Corica Park into an Australian Sandbelt-themed layout that became one of the most talked-about municipal renovations in California. In 2023, Greenway Golf hired Robert Trent Jones Jr. to complete the long-stalled renovation of the North Course. When Jones Jr.'s North Course opened on March 29, 2025, Corica Park became the only place in the world where both Jones brothers have adjacent courses at the same municipal facility.

The North Course takes a different design philosophy than the South. Where Rees Jones built a course that rewards aerial shot-making, Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed the North around the ground game — tightly mown surrounds, firm fairways, and a routing that asks golfers to think about trajectory and run as much as carry. Revetted sod-wall bunkers in the style of the Old Course at St. Andrews appear throughout, including a version of the Principal's Nose bunker on the short par-4 15th, a hole under 300 yards that plays as a decision-making test rather than a power hole. The overall intention, as Jones Jr. described it, is to add the element of thinking to the course: strategic positioning off the tee, thoughtful approach angles, and short-game creativity around the greens.

The course uses drought-tolerant Santa Ana Bermuda hybrid turf throughout for both water efficiency and year-round playing consistency. The cart paths are surfaced with upcycled walnut shells, and the revetted bunker faces use sod repurposed from the demolition of the Oakland Coliseum — details that reflect Greenway Golf's stated environmental priorities. The Lucius Bateman Driving Range, the award-winning Mif Albright Par-3 Course, and an extensive practice facility round out what is now one of the most comprehensive public golf complexes in Northern California. Both the North and South courses are fully walkable, which has been a consistent selling point for the facility's loyal local following.