The Links at Spanish Bay

Pacific Grove, CA · 0.5 mi away

Pacific Grove Golf Links is a public, city-owned course on the northern tip of the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove, California, often nicknamed the poor man's Pebble Beach for its proximity to that famed course. The front nine, laid out through pine and cypress woodland, was designed by U.S. Amateur champion H. Chandler Egan and opened in 1932 after the Del Monte Properties Company sold the land to the city for a nominal fee. The back nine, added later, was designed by Jack Neville, the original architect of Pebble Beach Golf Links, and runs along open, links-style ground near Point Pinos Lighthouse where the Pacific Ocean meets Monterey Bay. The course plays to a par of 70 over roughly 5,700 yards from the back tees. As a municipal facility, it remains open to the public without membership requirements, and its combination of forested and seaside holes at an accessible price has made it a popular stop for traveling golfers visiting the Monterey area.

Pebble Beach, CA · 1.4 mi away

Poppy Hills Golf Course is located in the Del Monte Forest on California's Monterey Peninsula, near Pebble Beach, with views toward Monterey Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains. It sits among pine straw and native sandy areas typical of the forest setting. The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and opened in 1986; it underwent a renovation completed in 2013 that adjusted several greens and lengthened the layout. It was built to use recycled irrigation water and to protect dwarf cypress trees on the property. Poppy Hills is public and owned by the Northern California Golf Association, making it one of the more accessible courses in the Pebble Beach area; it has been used as a rotation course for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in the past. Carts are permitted, and tee times can be booked directly through the NCGA-operated facility.

Pebble Beach, CA · 2.3 mi away

Spyglass Hill Golf Course opened in 1966 on the Monterey Peninsula, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. Its character splits cleanly in two. The first five holes run through sand dunes near the shore with ocean views and exposed wind, and the remaining 13 climb into the Del Monte Forest, tight and tree-lined with elevated greens. The dune holes are the ones golfers photograph, particularly the par-5 first, which drops toward the water, and the short par-3 third. The forest holes are where scores are lost: narrow corridors of Monterey pine and cypress, small greens and steep bunkering. It has long had a reputation as the hardest of the courses in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am rotation. Spyglass Hill is owned by the Pebble Beach Company and open to the public, with priority for resort guests. It has hosted the pro-am every year since 1967 and also serves as a qualifying venue for USGA championships.