The Fairbanks Ranch Country Club page on the Bay Club website currently lists no upcoming classes or events. Several other activities have taken place or are scheduled at the property this year.
The events described below include tournaments and other activities organized by outside groups, alongside events organized by the club.
Events Beyond the Club Calendar
Fairbanks Ranch Country Club is run by Bay Club, which manages the property alongside more than two dozen other locations across California. Events at the club include activities organized by outside promoters and national tournament circuits, as well as club-organized programming.
Events at the Club This Year
Look at what's actually landed on the property this year and the pattern is consistent. In March, Fairbanks Ranch hosted the Augie's Quest Classic, a golf tournament that ran as one stop on a four-day fundraiser spanning 26 Bay Club and Troon-affiliated locations, all raising money for ALS research through the nonprofit Augie's Quest to Cure ALS.
In late August, the tennis courts hosted UTR-sanctioned junior play through the Asics Summer District Slam, part of a traveling circuit that uses private clubs like Fairbanks Ranch as one stop among many across the region.
And on September 28, the club is scheduled to host the NAIOP San Diego Foundation's 31st Annual Charity Golf Tournament, a fundraiser organized by the commercial real estate trade association.
Pickleball and Other Club Events
The same pattern shows up on the eleven pickleball courts, arguably the busiest amenity on the property. The tournaments that fill them, the New Year Round Robin, the Junior Pickleball Tournament for ages 7 to 16, and the Golden Paddle Double Elimination that closes out each summer series, are all organized and run through MainCourt and a promoter called SD_Pickleball, not by Bay Club staff. These events come with their own pricing tiers ($50 for outside guests, $40 for Bay Club members, $35 for Fairbanks Ranch Country Club racquet members) and their own dress code, enforced separately from whatever the club's own house rules say. Other activities have also taken place or are scheduled at the property this year.
Examples include:
| Date | Event | Who organized it | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2026 | Augie's Quest Classic | Bay Club and Troon, 26-location ALS fundraiser | Golfers from across the Bay Club network |
| August 15, 2026 | End of Summer Luau | Fairbanks Ranch Country Club | Members and families |
| August 22, 2026 | Asics Summer District Slam | UTR Sports junior circuit | Traveling junior tennis players |
| September 28, 2026 | NAIOP 31st Annual Charity Golf Tournament | NAIOP San Diego Foundation | Expected audience: commercial real estate professionals |
The End of Summer Luau is the only listed event identified as club-organized for members.
Club Programming This Fall
That's not to say there's no member calendar at all. The Luau on August 15 was real, a food-and-drink evening run directly by the club. And once football season starts, the recurring programming that Bay Club posts across its properties, Thursday Night Football, Bar Bingo, Sunday Football, tends to show up at Fairbanks Ranch too, timed to the NFL schedule rather than to any outside promoter's calendar.
The club offered a membership promotion of 26 percent off initiation for anyone who joined by August 31, against a standard initiation fee of roughly $25,000 and monthly dues around $1,600.
A Brief History of the Property
The property's history stretches back almost a century. Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford bought more than 3,000 acres here in 1926, planting citrus and tomatoes and grain, camping on the land while they dreamed about the private retreat they'd eventually build. They divorced before the house went up. The land that was meant to be their escape from public life became, decades later, a golf course designed by Ted Robinson Sr. on ground that had briefly hosted Olympic-connected equestrian activity tied to the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Even Michael Jordan reportedly got turned away at the gate once.
Today, the club hosts both member programming and events organized by outside groups, including golf and pickleball tournaments.
If you're planning to use the club this fall, check the event details in advance. The Luau and football nights are club programming; the September 28 tournament is organized by NAIOP San Diego Foundation.
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