The 9-hole "Merlot" course at the Poppy Ridge facility in Livermore, California features 3,593 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 36. The course rating is 74.8 and it has a slope rating of 141 on Rye grass. Designed by Rees Jones, ASGCA, the Merlot golf course opened in 1996. Poppy Holding, Inc. manages this facility, with Brett Armstrong, PGA as the General Manager.