Spyglass Hill Golf Course

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
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Club information
Spyglass Hill Golf Course is located in the United States
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Location in the United States
Spyglass Hill Golf Course is located in California
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Location in California
LocationPebble Beach, California,
Elevation100 feet (30 m)
Established1966, 57 years ago
TypePublic
Owned byPebble Beach Company
Operated byPebble Beach Company
Total holes18
Events hostedAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
(1967–present)
WebsitePebble Beach Resorts
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Designed byRobert Trent Jones Sr.
Par72
Length6,960 yards (6,364 m)
Course rating75.4
Slope rating145 [1]
Course record62 – 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

Spyglass Hill was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., and opened 57 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]

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 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

The first hole is called Treasure Island, and is a downhill 595-yard (544 m) par 5, which doglegs almost 90 degrees to the left. One of the more renowned holes is the fourth, a 370-yard (338 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).

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Treasure Island595510Captain Flint4074
2Billy Bones349411Admiral Benbow5285
3The Black Spot172312Skeleton Island1783
4Blind Pew370413Tom Morgan4604
5Bird Rock197314Long John Silver5605
6Israel Hands446415Jim Hawkins1303
7Indian Village529516Black Dog4764
8Signal Hill399417Ben Gunn3254
9Captain Smollett431418Spyglass4084
Out3,48836In3,47236
Total6,96072

Scorecard
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
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 5953491723701974465293994313488 40752817846056013047632540834726960
Gold 73.3 / 140 5643211503581694135133754143277 37749116043552512045431238732616538
White 71.6 / 133 5292931253451343794803543943033 3664631453985149844030136530906123
SI 3131791571115 12101646182148
Par 54343454436 4534534443672
Par Red 54343454436 4534535443773
SI Red 1131711157395 10418821661412
Red 72.6 / 130 48724290299893274643053492652 316419963244818441126633227295381
Source:[1][12]

References
  1. "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Spyglass Hill GC". USGA. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. "'Long' Mickelson goes low again". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. February 11, 2005. p. C4.
  3. "Donald goes way under at Spyglass". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 10, 2006. p. D4.
  4. "Spyglass Hill Golf Course". MontereyPeninsulaGolf.com.
  5. "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.
  6. Stevenson, Jack (January 19, 1967). "Jack wins bet from Crosby by taking 'Spyglass Hill'". Florence Times. (Alabama). Associated Press. p. 10.
  7. "Bing enthused over links, but some golf pros aren't". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 22, 1967. p. 6.
  8. Stewart, Jerry (June 13, 2010). "Birth of an Icon: The story of Pebble Beach Golf Links". Monterey herald. California. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  9. Barkow, Al (May 2006). "Spyglass Hill Golf Course". LINKS. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  10. Stevenson, Jack (January 15, 1967). "Golf course holes named for fighters". Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. p. 18.
  11. Stewart, Jerry (April 2, 2009). "Bob Hanna dies". The Monterey County Herald. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  12. https://www.pebblebeach.com/content/uploads/Spyglass-Hill-Scorecard.pdf
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