Spyglass Hill Golf Course is a links golf course on the west coast of the United States, located on the Monterey Peninsula in California.[4] The course is part of the Pebble Beach Company, which also owns the Pebble Beach Golf Links, The Links at Spanish Bay, and the Del Monte Golf Course. The PGA golf head pro at Spyglass Hill is Patrick Gannon.
 Spyglass Hill Golf Course | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
  Location in the United States  Location in California | |
| Location | Pebble Beach, California, |
| Elevation | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Established | 1966, 58 years ago |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Pebble Beach Company |
| Operated by | Pebble Beach Company |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (1967–present) |
| Website | Pebble Beach Resorts |
| Spyglass Hill Golf Course | |
| Designed by | Robert Trent Jones Sr. |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,026 yards (6,425 m) |
| Course rating | 75.4 |
| Slope rating | 145 [1] |
| Course record | 62 – Phil Mickelson (2005) and Luke Donald (2006)[2][3] |
Golf Digest has ranked Spyglass Hill as high as fifth on its list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses".[5] It has also featured in the popular Tiger Woods PGA Tour series of video games, along with the sister course Pebble Beach.
History
editSpyglass Hill was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., and opened 58 years ago on March 11, 1966, after six years of planning, design, and construction. Since 1967, it has been in the rotation of the multi-course AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a February tournament on the West Coast Swing of the PGA Tour.[6][7] 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,[8] after the place in the 1883 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), who had spent time in the Monterey area in 1879.[9] 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.[10][11]
Its par-72 layout measures 6,960 yards (6,364 m) from the championship (blue) tees, with a course rating of 75.4 and a slope rating of 145.[1] The first five holes all have views of the Pacific Ocean, and the other thirteen wind through the Del Monte Forest.
The course record of 62 (–10) was set by Phil Mickelson in 2005 and equaled by Luke Donald the next year; both were carded on Thursday of the AT&T under calm conditions.[2][3]
The back tees at Spyglass Hill were called "Tiger tees" when it opened,[7] long before the birth of Tiger Woods.
Layout
editThe first hole is called Treasure Island, and is a downhill 597-yard (546 m) par 5, which doglegs almost 90 degrees to the left. One of the more renowned holes is the fourth, a 376-yard (344 m) 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 (14th).
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treasure Island | 597 | 5 | 10 | Captain Flint | 409 | 4 | |
| 2 | Billy Bones | 349 | 4 | 11 | Admiral Benbow | 562 | 5 | |
| 3 | The Black Spot | 171 | 3 | 12 | Skeleton Island | 177 | 3 | |
| 4 | Blind Pew | 376 | 4 | 13 | Tom Morgan | 458 | 4 | |
| 5 | Bird Rock | 203 | 3 | 14 | Long John Silver | 558 | 5 | |
| 6 | Israel Hands | 441 | 4 | 15 | Jim Hawkins | 132 | 3 | |
| 7 | Indian Village | 545 | 5 | 16 | Black Dog | 469 | 4 | |
| 8 | Signal Hill | 398 | 4 | 17 | Ben Gunn | 324 | 4 | |
| 9 | Captain Smollett | 430 | 4 | 18 | Spyglass | 427 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,510 | 36 | In | 3,516 | 36 | |||
| Total | 7,026 | 72 | ||||||
Scorecard
edit| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 75.4 / 145 | 597 | 349 | 171 | 376 | 203 | 441 | 545 | 398 | 430 | 3510 | 409 | 562 | 177 | 458 | 558 | 132 | 469 | 324 | 427 | 3516 | 7026 |
| Gold | 73.3 / 140 | 565 | 321 | 147 | 370 | 173 | 408 | 520 | 372 | 414 | 3290 | 376 | 490 | 159 | 430 | 525 | 122 | 447 | 316 | 404 | 3269 | 6559 |
| White | 71.8 / 133 | 533 | 300 | 128 | 360 | 138 | 372 | 479 | 356 | 393 | 3059 | 366 | 459 | 143 | 393 | 514 | 101 | 433 | 304 | 378 | 3091 | 6150 |
| Green | 70.0 / 128 | 523 | 292 | 124 | 353 | 126 | 324 | 469 | 310 | 353 | 2874 | 319 | 451 | 123 | 353 | 487 | 95 | 404 | 295 | 360 | 2887 | 5761 |
| Red | 67.4 / 122 | 488 | 241 | 83 | 302 | 94 | 320 | 462 | 300 | 349 | 2639 | 315 | 420 | 95 | 322 | 481 | 83 | 286 | 266 | 332 | 2600 | 5239 |
| SI | Men's | 3 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 | |
| SI | Women's | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Spyglass Hill GC". USGA. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "'Long' Mickelson goes low again". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. February 11, 2005. p. C4.
- ^ a b "Donald goes way under at Spyglass". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 10, 2006. p. D4.
- ^ "Spyglass Hill Golf Course". MontereyPeninsulaGolf.com.
- ^ "The Pirates Of Pebble Beach: Spyglass Hill Golf Course". Golf Adventures. August 8, 2007. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ Stevenson, Jack (January 19, 1967). "Jack wins bet from Crosby by taking 'Spyglass Hill'". Florence Times. (Alabama). Associated Press. p. 10.
- ^ a b "Bing enthused over links, but some golf pros aren't". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 22, 1967. p. 6.
- ^ Stewart, Jerry (June 13, 2010). "Birth of an Icon: The story of Pebble Beach Golf Links". Monterey herald. California. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ Barkow, Al (May 2006). "Spyglass Hill Golf Course". LINKS. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ Stevenson, Jack (January 15, 1967). "Golf course holes named for fighters". Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. p. 18.
- ^ Stewart, Jerry (April 2, 2009). "Bob Hanna dies". The Monterey County Herald. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
- ^ "2022 Spyglass Hill Scorecard" (PDF). www.pebblebeach.com.
External links
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