The Legendary Classic Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links Golf Course is legendary. You may have seen photos of the fairways and holes of Pebble Beach as the background or screen saver of many of your friend's computer screens. Pebble Beach is more than a legend.
Pebble Beach has an amazing history. You may have heard of the "Morse Code" of radio technologies, which is used by secret agents and the like. No less than the grandson of the man who invented the Morse Code - Samuel Finkley Brown Morris , was a manager the Pacific Improvement Company -which had extensive land holdings all over California - and most importantly in this case - the Monterey Peninsula. Morse bought choice land in this area - specifically an area referred to as the "Del Monte Forest". Morse, an avid golfer and sportsmen recognized without question that the Del Monte Forest area included a stretch of more than spectacular land alongside the Pacific Ocean that was nature's best endowment for a golf course. Mr. Morse called in professional help to develop and construct the course.
The end result was a magnificent lay of links. Eighteen full holes bordered the Pacific Ocean along with Cliffside fairways and sloping greens. Eight holes themselves border the Pacific Ocean. It was then, and is still now in 2008 utterly and stunningly spectacular so much so that while a most challenging golf course, no major renovations or changes have ever been made to this world famous golf course over the years, since then.
Two of the most revered holes on Pebble Beach Golf Links are the seventeenth and eighteenth holes. It's no accident that many professional tournaments as well as standard golf games have been decided on this crucial par 3 green. If nothing else for the losses the scenery more than makes up for it all - with the rugged rocky coast and the ocean view staring from the back of the green.
The eighteenth hole is perhaps the among the greatest long finishing golf holes in the history and lore of the sport of golf. The eighteenth hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links can be said to be curving gracefully along the California rock bound coast line. The 18'Th hole is like a siren song - beautiful and yet most deadly and treacherous.
The other holes of the golf course are all challenging and classic in their own rights. It all starts with a 373 par four fairway. That is partially lined with trees. Pair of dangerous bunkers lie on the outside curve of the dogleg right, and behind each of these is a copse of trees. Long drives from the tees will have to take into account this seaside course's unpredictable and varying winds. Then the green is narrow, and a sand bunker at left front again strikes a note of caution while the bunker all along the right may cause real trouble for the unwary.
As can be said - it only gets more challenging, or as some describes it "worse" as the play continues onwards to the final 17'Th and 18'Th holes of this mighty classic golf course.
Samuel Morse worked to create what has been regarded as one of the greatest golf courses in the world - "Pebble Beach Golf Links". Nor would future generations be disappointed. The course has always lived up to and maintained the highest of golf and golfing standards.
Syd E. Nohcud
Glendale Golfs Manitoba
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Added: April 4, 2008
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