40-515: Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club is an 18-hole links golf course in southeastern England , in the town of Deal in the County of Kent (the course is often known simply as "Deal"). Founded 132 years ago in 1892, its name derives from Deal's membership of an ancient group of trading towns granted special privileges by the medieval English monarchs, known as the Cinque Ports . The course runs along
80-486: A 72-hole score of 293 (+5). In 1929, Pebble hosted its first major—the U.S. Amateur . A match play event, it was won by Jimmy Johnston of Minnesota, while Bobby Jones tied for medalist honors in the stroke play qualifier, but lost his first-round match to Johnny Goodman . In 1947, Pebble Beach began its run as one of the host courses for the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am tournament, sometimes known as
120-681: A U.S. Open cut (after Sam Snead , age 61 in 1973 ), and finished tied for 29th. Gary Woodland won in 2019 by three strokes over Brooks Koepka . Woodland prevented Koepka from becoming the first golfer in over 100 years to win three consecutive U.S. Opens. In his final amateur tournament, Viktor Hovland finished tied for 12th. With a 4-under total of 280, Hovland broke Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open scoring total for an amateur. Nicklaus shot 282 over four rounds at Cherry Hills Country Club in 1960 . ^ Sudden-death playoff, won on third extra hole There has been continuing controversy between recreational interests and environmental protection, related to
160-491: A U.S. Open record with 272, and set a U.S. Open record by finishing 12 under par, reaching Morgan's mark during his final round but recording no bogeys during the final round to finish 15 shots ahead of joint runners-up Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Ernie Els – the largest margin of victory ever in a major championship, surpassing the 13-shot record margin set by Old Tom Morris at the 1862 Open Championship at Prestwick . Woods' first U.S. Open championship and third career major
200-428: A coast, and the term is typically associated with coastal courses, often amid dunes, with few water hazards and few, if any, trees. This reflects both the nature of the scenery where the sport originated and the limited resources available to golf course architects at that time. Soil movement, for example, had to be done by hand, and thus was kept to a minimum, as was irrigation. Even today, some links courses do not employ
240-569: A controlled style of golf, as hazards abound. Low and even bouncing shots allow balls to be skipped onto greens rather than high flights landed with strong backspin. Windy or blustery weather also calls for low, accurate shots. Damp conditions demand concentration and caution. As many traditional links courses consist of an "outward" nine in one direction along the coast, and an opposite "inward" nine returning, players often have to cope with contrasting wind patterns in each half of their round. Pebble Beach Golf Links Pebble Beach Golf Links
280-411: A greens staff, use only basic machinery such as hole cutters without boards, resulting in a hole that is cut unevenly, and use grazing animals to keep the grass cropped. Although the term links is often used loosely to describe any golf course, few golf courses have all of the design elements of true links courses, including being built on linksland. The presence of a seaside location does not guarantee
320-467: A links golf course. Many famous courses regarded as links do not, as presently constituted, have all of the necessary characteristics (e.g., Pebble Beach Golf Links , Old Head Golf Links at Kinsale , The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island ). On the other hand, some courses located hundreds of miles from a seacoast, such as Whistling Straits , near Kohler , Wisconsin , on the Great Lakes , can have all of
360-528: A local excursion route for visitors to the Del Monte to take in the historic sights of Monterey and Pacific Grove and the scenery of what would become Pebble Beach. The course was designed by champion golfers Jack Neville and Douglas Grant and opened on February 22, 1919. Neville also designed the back nine at Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course on the other side of the Monterey Peninsula. His objective
400-468: A moment of silence in Stewart's memory before his opening tee shot. Graeme McDowell won in 2010 by one stroke over Grégory Havret . Ernie Els finished third, with Woods and Phil Mickelson in a tie for fourth. McDowell, from Northern Ireland , became the first European to win the U.S. Open in forty years . In his last U.S. Open, 1982 champion Watson at age 60 became the second-oldest player to make
440-498: A seaside course possess such magnificent sand craters, as those at Royal Adelaide." The unique nature of links courses necessitates a distinct style of play. The challenges links traits present fall into two categories: topography, which tends to be characterised by uneven fairways, thick rough, and small, deep "pot bunkers "; and climatic, dominated by windy conditions created by their coastal location and lack of trees, and frequent intermittent rain squalls. Links topography favours
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#1733085810557480-568: A third straight major by a stroke at the 1960 British Open .) Through 2017, only one golfer has won the Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open in the same calendar year: Ben Hogan in 1953 . Nicklaus also won the Crosby events on either side of this Open, in 1972 and 1973, and previously in 1967. Nicklaus was also a key player in 1982 at Pebble Beach. On the front nine on Sunday, Nicklaus made five straight birdies on holes 3 through 7 and finished ahead of
520-683: Is a public golf course on the West Coast of the United States , located in Pebble Beach, California . Regarded by Travel and Leisure blog as one of the most beautiful courses in the world, it hugs the rugged coastline and has wide open views of Carmel Bay , opening to the Pacific Ocean on the south side of the Monterey Peninsula . In 2001, it became the first public course to be selected as
560-632: Is the oldest style of golf course , first developed in Scotland . Links courses are generally built on sandy coastland that offers a firmer playing surface than parkland and heathland courses. The word "links" comes via the Scots language from the Old English word hlinc : "rising ground, ridge" and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes and sometimes to open parkland; it is cognate with lynchet . "Links" can be treated as singular even though it has an "s" at
600-612: The Links series and the PGA Tour series. The course began as part of the complex of the Hotel del Monte , a resort hotel in Monterey, California , built by Charles Crocker , one of California's Big Four railroad barons, through Southern Pacific Railroad 's property division, Pacific Improvement Company . The hotel first opened on June 10, 1880. The famous 17-Mile Drive was originally designed as
640-572: The First Tee Open . It has hosted seven men's major championships : six U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship . It also hosted the 1988 Nabisco Championship, now known as the Tour Championship , the season-ending event on the PGA Tour. It hosted its first women's major championship, the 2023 U.S. Women's Open on July 6, 2023. World-renowned, the course is included in many golf video games, such as
680-557: The "Clam Bake", and now the AT&;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am . The tournament is held annually, usually in February, and is an unusual four-round tournament. The final round on Sunday is played at Pebble Beach, but the first three rounds of pro-am play are contested in round-robin format at Pebble Beach and two other courses—currently Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club , Shores Course. Source: Pebble Beach has hosted
720-500: The Crosby events of 1977 and 1978. During the following winter, a storm eroded portions of the 17th green and 18th tee box into the Pacific Ocean. Though rebuilt, the exact spot where Watson struck his historic chip shot no longer exists. The 1992 championship was one of the most difficult ever played at Pebble Beach, with clear skies and brisk winds on the weekend. Only two players finished under par: champion Tom Kite at 285 (-3) and runner-up Jeff Sluman at 287 (-1). Gil Morgan
760-860: The Del Monte Properties Company, and acquired the extensive holdings of the Pacific Improvement Company, which included the Del Monte Forest , the Del Monte Lodge and the Hotel Del Monte. (After World War II, the Hotel del Monte building and surrounding grounds were acquired by the United States Navy to its Naval Postgraduate School and the building was renamed Herrmann Hall.) Golf Course Histories has an aerial comparison of
800-769: The No. 1 Golf Course in America by Golf Digest . Greens fees are among the highest in the world, at $ 625 (plus a $ 50 cart fee or a $ 150 caddie fee for non-resort guests) per round in 2023. Four of the courses in the coastal community of Pebble Beach, including Pebble Beach Golf Links, belong to the Pebble Beach Company , which also operates three hotels and a spa at the resort. The other courses are The Links at Spanish Bay, Spyglass Hill Golf Course , and Del Monte Golf Course. The PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions play annual events at Pebble Beach, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and
840-412: The U.S. Open six times: 1972 , 1982 , 1992 , 2000 , 2010 , and 2019 and is scheduled a seventh time in 2027. The U.S. Open was first held at Pebble Beach in 1972 , won by Jack Nicklaus , who captured his 11th major title (of an eventual 18) as a professional. It was a historically important win, as Nicklaus tied Bobby Jones with 13 major titles; a lifelong amateur, Jones' major titles were in
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#1733085810557880-415: The U.S. Open, British Open , U.S. Amateur , and British Amateur . Nicklaus won the U.S. Amateur twice, in 1959 ( Broadmoor , Colorado ) and 1961 (Pebble Beach). Nicklaus secured the victory in 1972 with one of the most famous golf shots of all time. He arrived at the 17th tee facing deteriorating weather and a brisk wind on the challenging par-3 hole. Nicklaus hit a 1- iron that bounced once and struck
920-450: The ball firmly to get the ball out of the rough, but such an aggressive attack would likely leave a long comeback putt to save par, unless hit perfectly. In a live television interview immediately after Watson's errant tee shot, and given the difficulty of Watson's upcoming pitch shot Nicklaus appeared confident that he would soon be in the outright lead. Watson was apparently equally confident. He and his caddy Bruce Edwards strategized on
960-616: The changes to the course, notably the 17th hole, from 1938 to 2014. The course was bought by a consortium of Japanese investors during the upswing of foreign investments in American properties in the early 1990s. The sale, however, generated controversy when it was discovered that one of the investors had alleged ties to organized crime in Japan. It was then bought by another group of Japanese investors before being sold to Pebble Beach Co. several years later. The first Pebble Beach Championship for Women
1000-639: The characteristics of a seaside links except for proximity to saltwater. Links courses remain most common in Great Britain , especially in Scotland, as well as in Ireland. The Open Championship is always played on links courses, and this is one of the main features which differentiates it from the three major championships held in the United States . The first exception to this was the 2004 PGA Championship , which
1040-404: The coast of Sandwich Bay , on the same stretch of coastline as Royal St George's Golf Club and Prince's Golf Club , adjacent to the north. Royal Cinque Ports hosted The Open Championship in 1909 and 1920 . Two more were scheduled for 1938 and 1949 , but both were relocated when abnormally high tides inundated the course; both were held at nearby Royal St George's. Consequently, the club
1080-495: The end and occurs in place names that precede the development of golf, for example Lundin Links in Fife. It also retains this more general meaning in standard Scottish English . Links land is typically characterised by dunes, an undulating surface, and a sandy soil unsuitable for arable farming but which readily supports various indigenous browntop bent and red fescue grasses. Together,
1120-561: The flagstick; it came to rest next to the cup for a tap-in birdie . Two months earlier, Nicklaus had won the Masters to become the first in a dozen years ( Arnold Palmer in 1960 ) to win golf's first two major titles of the season. At the British Open in July, Nicklaus shot a final round 66 to finish second, one stroke behind Lee Trevino , ending his Grand Slam run in 1972 . (Palmer also missed
1160-412: The last group tied for the lead. As was the case in 1972, the 17th hole was again the site of one golf's most memorable shots. In the last group, future Hall Of Famer Tom Watson hit his tee shot on the par-3 17th just a few feet off the green, into heavy rough which had been grown very tall and thick, typical of USGA Open playing conditions. His succeeding pitch was from above the hole; he needed to strike
1200-428: The shot, and Edwards encouraged him to get the ball close. Watson replied, "Close, hell, I'm going to sink it." The pitch came out perfectly, landed softly and rolled into the cup. Watson ran onto the green jubilantly and gestured back at Edwards saying "I told you so". He then birdied the challenging par-5 18th hole for a two-shot victory margin in his only U.S. Open win. Watson had previously won twice at Pebble Beach, in
1240-488: The soil and grasses result in the firm turf associated with links courses and the "running" game. The hard surface typical of the links-style course allows balls to "run" out much farther than on softer turf course after a fairway landing. Often players will land the ball well before the green and allow it to run up onto the green rather than landing it on the green in the more targeted-landing style used on softer surfaces. Links courses tend to be on, or at least very near to,
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1280-492: The tournament such as Mickelson, David Duval , Davis Love III , Tom Lehman , Lee Janzen and Sergio García . The ceremony concluded with shots being hit into Stillwater Cove in a golf version of a 21-gun salute . García also wore Stewart's trademark navy plus fours during his opening round, while Nicklaus was given Stewart's defending champion spot in the traditional pairings alongside Open Championship winner Paul Lawrie and U.S. Amateur winner David Gossett and asked for
1320-447: Was 12 under par early in the third round, but later fell back. Kite was one of the best players on tour in the 1980s, with 19 top tens in majors prior to 1992. Perhaps the best player of his era without a major, he finally won at Pebble Beach at age 42. This championship was also notable as the last par-72 course in the U.S. Open, with no converted par 5's, until 2017, when Erin Hills , which
1360-584: Was also Jack Nicklaus' 44th consecutive and final U.S. Open, as well as the last for two-time champion Curtis Strange . On the eve of the tournament, the 18th hole also hosted a memorial for Payne Stewart , who had won the previous year's tournament at Pinehurst No. 2 but then died in a plane crash in October at the age of 42. Speakers included Stewart's widow Tracey and Payne's friend and fellow professional Paul Azinger , while attendees included Stewart's caddy Mike Hicks and other professionals who then competed in
1400-459: Was also the start of his non-calendar year "Tiger Slam" as he also won the following three majors to hold all four major titles simultaneously (in order, the 2000 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews , the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla and the 2001 Masters at Augusta National ). It also made Woods the first to win the U.S. Junior Amateur , U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. This
1440-501: Was built in 1998, played as a par-72. It also marked Phil Mickelson 's first major as a professional. Perhaps looking for a special place to host in 2000 , the USGA decided that Pebble Beach should host the first U.S. Open of the millennium and the 100th edition of the tournament. In some respects, this Open was even tougher than the 1992 contest, with only one player finishing under par – champion Tiger Woods . Woods scored 65-69-71-67 to tie
1480-569: Was played February 9–12, 1923, with Marion Hollins as champion over Doreen Kavanaugh. Pebble Beach hosted the first California Women's Amateur Championship in 1967 as well as subsequent tournaments until it was moved to Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel Valley in 1987. The first professional tournament at Pebble Beach was the Monterey Peninsula Open in 1926, which had a $ 5,000 purse. "Lighthorse" Harry Cooper of Texas won with
1520-562: Was played on a links-style course, Whistling Straits , located near Sheboygan , Wisconsin . The 2015 U.S. Open was played at Chambers Bay , a British links-style course in University Place , Washington . Royal Adelaide Golf Club is a links course in Adelaide , South Australia , and was partly designed by Alister MacKenzie , who said of the location, "One finds a most delightful combination of sand dunes and fir trees. I have never seen
1560-806: Was removed from the Open Championship rota, but remains a final qualifying course (most recently in 2017). It has also continued to host various other tournaments including The Amateur Championship (1923, 1982, 2013) and, since 1925, it has hosted the Public Schools Championship every year. Karen Stupples , winner of the 2004 Weetabix Women's British Open , is a member of Royal Cinque Ports. Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Scorecard, Black Tees Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal has hosted The Open Championship twice. 51°14′22″N 1°23′47″E / 51.2395°N 1.3965°E / 51.2395; 1.3965 Links (golf) A links
1600-431: Was to place as many of the holes as possible along the rocky and beautiful Monterey coast line. This was accomplished using a "figure 8" layout. The course was extensively revised in 1928 by H. Chandler Egan. Other architects who have worked on the course include Alistair MacKenzie and Robert Hunter (1927) and Jack Nicklaus (creation of the new fifth hole, 1998). On February 27, 1919, Samuel Finley Brown Morse formed
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