Spyglass Hill Golf Course is a <!--[Faux Links (golf)|--> golf course on the west coast of the United States, located on the Monterey Peninsula in California. 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.

Golf Digest has ranked Spyglass Hill as high as fifth on its list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses". 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 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.<!----> 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, after the place in the 1883 novel Treasure Island<!-- since his friend --> by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894),<!-- had taken inspiration for his novel from the local area.--> who had spent time in the Monterey area in 1879.<!--</ref>--> 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.

Its par-72 layout measures from the championship (blue) tees, with a course rating of 75.4 and a slope rating of 145.

References

  • Spyglass Hill Golf Course: Course information with photos and interactive map.