Poppy Hills Golf Course is the newest

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, after undergoing an extensive 13-month renovation that was completed in April 2014. The original Poppy Hills was designed by

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, and opened in 1986. Along with

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and

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, Poppy Hills co-hosted the

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from 1991 to 2009, replacing Cypress Point in the rotation. Poppy Hills co-hosted the

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's Nature Valley First Tee Open with Pebble Beach for three years, beginning in September 2014.

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Poppy Hills replaced

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as one of the host courses of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 1991. The switch occurred after the private club did not immediately admit an

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member, despite the request of the Tour. Poppy Hills last hosted the AT&T National Pro-Am in 2009. The AT&T moved to Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Shore Course in 2010. Matt Gogel set the Poppy Hills course record with a 10-under 62 during the 2001 AT&T.

Reception

The new Poppy Hills has been widely heralded since it reopened in 2014. Golf.com Travel Writer Joe Passov said the new Poppy Hills has a "Pinehurst-like touch, with just a hint of near-neighbor Cypress Point." Golf Getaways Travel Writer Vic Williams added about the new design, "at certain times it feels like Pinehurst, other times like Augusta, with dashes of Pine Valley."

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