Spyglass Hill Golf Course is a
golf course
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on the
west coast of the
United States
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, located on the
Monterey Peninsula
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in
California
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. The course is part of the
Pebble Beach Company, which also owns the
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links is a public golf course located in Pebble Beach, California, U.S.
Opened in 1919, it is regarded as one of the most beautiful courses in the world. It hugs the rugged coastline and has wide open views of Carmel Bay, o ...
, The Links at Spanish Bay, and the Del Monte Golf Course. The PGA golf head pro at Spyglass Hill is Patrick Gannon.
''
Golf Digest
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'' has ranked Spyglass Hill as high as fifth on its list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses". It has also featured in the popular
Tiger Woods PGA Tour
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series of
video game
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s, along with the sister course Pebble Beach.
History
Spyglass Hill was designed by
Robert Trent Jones Sr., and opened on March 11, 1966, after six years of planning, design, and construction. Since
1967
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, it has been in the
rotation
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of the multi-course
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a February tournament on the West Coast Swing of the
PGA Tour
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.
It will host a senior women's major professional golf tournament, the
U.S. Senior Women's Open in 2030.
Originally called Pebble Beach Pines Golf Club, it was renamed to Spyglass Hill by
Samuel F. B. Morse (1885–1969), the founder of Pebble Beach Company, after the place in the 1883 novel ''
Treasure Island
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'' by
Robert Louis Stevenson
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(1850–1894), who had spent time in the Monterey area in 1879.
All the holes at Spyglass Hill were named by Bob Hanna, executive director of the Northern California Golf Association, after characters and places from the novel.
Its par-72 layout measures from the championship (blue) tees, with a
course rating of 75.4 and a
slope rating of 145.
[ The first five holes all have views of the ]Pacific Ocean
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, and the other thirteen wind through the Del Monte Forest
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.
The course record of 62 (–10) was set by Phil Mickelson
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in 2005 and equaled by Luke Donald
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the next year; both were carded on Thursday of the AT&T under calm conditions.[
The back tees at Spyglass Hill were called "Tiger tees" when it opened,][ long before the birth of ]Tiger Woods
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.
Layout
The first hole is called Treasure Island, and is a downhill par 5, which doglegs almost 90 degrees to the left. One of the more renowned holes is the fourth, a par 4 named Blind Pew, which Robert Trent Jones called his favorite par 4. The green is the most photographed on the course, and is surrounded by ice plant. Other hole names include The Black Spot (3rd), Captain Flint (10th), and Long John Silver
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(14th).
Scorecard
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References
External links
*
Spyglass Hill Golf Course: Course information with photos and interactive map.
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Golf clubs and courses in California
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Golf clubs and courses designed by Robert Trent Jones
Pebble Beach, California
1966 establishments in California
Sports venues completed in 1966