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.

Panelists

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

4.5

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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