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    Spyglass Hill Golf Course

    Pebble Beach, CA Public

    Overview

    Given the task of designing a course just up the 17 Mile Drive from Pebble Beach and Cypress Point, Robert Trent Jones responded with a combination of Pine Valley and Augusta National. The five opening holes, in Pine Valley-like sand dunes, are an all-too-brief encounter with the Pacific seacoast. The remaining holes are a stern hike through hills covered with majestic Monterey pines (which, sad to say, may someday disappear to pitch canker, but are being replaced in some areas with cypress trees). Add several water hazards that hearken back to the 16th at Augusta (a hole which Trent Jones designed, by the way) and you have what some panelists consider to be Trent’s finest work. Others say it’s the best course never to have hosted a major event. After all, even Pine Valley and Cypress Point have hosted Walker Cups.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 6960
    Slope 144
    Price $485
    Facility Type Public
    Designer Robert Trent Jones, Sr., ASGCA

    Awards

    100 Greatest
    100 Greatest Public
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest: Ranked since 1969.
    2023-'24 ranking: 67th.
    Previous ranking: 51st.
    Highest ranking:
    26th, 1993-'94.

    100 Greatest Public: Ranked since inaugural edition in 2003.
    2023-'24 ranking: 12th.
    Previous ranking: 10th.
    Highest ranking: 5th, 2003-'04.

    Best in State: Ranked 7th, 2011-'22.
    2023-'24 ranking: 8th.
    Previous ranking: 7th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.4

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.6402
    Character
    7.6234
    Challenge
    7.9502
    Layout Variety
    7.6299
    Fun
    7.4716
    Aesthetics
    7.832
    Conditioning
    7.5525

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