Pebble Beach Golf Links
From the first hole, the golfer quickly realizes that this is no typical West
Coast resort course, tucked tightly between condos and designed within economics
of scale. This course is larger than life, boasting mature stands of trees,
roller coaster greens and bunkers in which you could easily hide one of the
bigger sport utility vehicles. But it looks as if the course has taken a hundred
years to develop this way and indeed it nearly has. The first 9-hole track was
laid out along the cove in 1913. Golf Digest has ranked the Pebble Beach Golf
Links as the number one golf course on its list of "America's 100 Greatest
Golf Courses." This represents the first year that Pebble Beach has
achieved the number one ranking. This ranking also marks the first time in the
history of the publication that a public golf course has achieved the number one
spot.
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
With a name inspired by the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island ,
Spyglass Hill is the toughest golf course in Northern California and among the
most difficult in the world (ratings are from the championship tees). Designed
by the legendary Robert Trent Jones and opened in 1966, the course was
immediately recognized as a true test of golf skills and an opportunity to
utilize every club in the bag.
The Links at Spanish Bay
Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Tom Watson and Frank "Sandy"
Tatum, The Links at Spanish Bay is America's foremost Scottish-style linksland
course; even the rugged Monterey coastline mirrors the natural beauty of
Scotland. From the rolling fairways, white sand dunes and gusting winds to the
plaintive strains of the bagpipe that signals the end of each day's play, The
Links at Spanish Bay is an elegant, challenging journey into golf's
beginnings.
Del Monte Golf Course
Opened in 1897, Del Monte Golf Course is the oldest course in continuous
operation west of the Mississippi. Designed by golf and polo enthusiast
Charles Maud, this inland course boasts a meandering, hilly layout that has
challenged golfers for more than a century. It was the original host of the
California State Amateur-still played on Del Monte's narrow, tree-lined
fairways and small, well-protected greens and continues to serve as one of the
three courses on which the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational is played.