Every Golfer Should Play the Golf Course at Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach Golf Course is one among the most celebrated golf courses in the world.  There are better golf tests, and possibly better entire 18 hole layouts, however the combination of beauty and constantly being in the eye of the public give it its legendary reputation.  Every year it hosts the last round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, which started to be a popular television event when it was the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am tournament.

It has as well been viewed at several additional televised tournaments, which includes five US Opens, the last in 2010 and then the next in 2019.  It may be essentially the most seen golf course in the world, with only Augusta National, seen every year at The Master's, to compare with it.  It really is visually spectacular, and TV demonstrates its splendor very well.

This really is an old golf course (at least by American standards), and even though it has undergone upgrading in spite of everything gives you the feel of one of the traditional golf courses out of the early 20th century.  Opened in 1919, designer Jack Neville had for his intent to include as many golf holes as possible along the beautiful Monterey coastline.  True to his vision, what sets Pebble Beach apart from virtually all golf courses are these golf holes.  Starting at number four and continuing through nine, the views are truly spectacular and the golf revolves around the terrain, and the wind.  Located right along the Pacific, wind is often an enormous factor.

On number ten the golf course goes inland, and then returns towards the coast on the lengthy par 3 17th, and to conclude the spectacular 18th.  It really is these eight golf holes which are really the Pebble Beach experience.  When you first play the course the views make you forget about your golf, if only for a while.

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There is probably not a true signature hole on the course, but there are four which stand out in a lot of people's minds.  Perhaps the most photographed may be the par 3 seventh.  It only plays around 100 yards from an elevated tee, and your golf shot is right to the ocean.  The hole looks easy, and without the wind it is.  But there is almost always a wind, and from the elevated tee you can never be certain even with an excellent shot just where a shot will wind up.

On the next hole, the approach golf shot is where the fun is.  You need to place your drive well, and if you play your ball right you can easily overdrive the fairway and put your shot over the cliff.  The approach will be from the plateau, and there is a good amount of area to bailout to the left.  But that will make your third golf shot very difficult.  The hole is probably my favorite hole of any I've played.

Our third "signature" golf hole I would say would be the 17th.  This is since so many legendary shots have been made there: Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Tom Watson in 1982 played shots that won that year's US Open.  Finally, number 18 can be described as a par five curving around the Pacific.  The key to the hole for many players is a huge tree in the fairway.  If you try to play your tee shot safely away with the water, that tree will come into play for the typical player.  It is really a great risk/reward hole.

This golf course must be on your group of must-play courses.  The weather conditions will probably present an issue, plus the green fees are high.  Nevertheless every golfer should experience it at least one time.