Monterey Peninsula Country Club
The Monterey Peninsula Country Club is a golf club located in Pebble Beach, California.
 14th hole at Monterey Peninsula Country Club | |
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| Coordinates | 36.601431°N 121.948457°W |
| Location | Pebble Beach, California |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Website | www |
| Dunes Course | |
| Designed by | Seth Raynor (1924) Rees Jones (1998) Fazio Design Group (2016) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,090 |
| Shore Course | |
| Designed by | Robert Baldock , Jack Neville (1960) Mike Strantz (2003) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,873 |
History
On February 1, 1919, Samuel F. B. Morse formed the Del Monte Properties and purchased extensive real estate holdings on the Monterey Peninsula. On January 19, 1925, a Charter for the Monterey Peninsula Country Club was granted by the state of California. A month later, an organizational meeting was called and Samuel F. B. Morse was elected president of the newly formed club. On February 19, 1925, there were 68 charter members of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. Formal opening of the new country club was on July 2, 1926, with over 300 at the grand opening. [1][2]
The club properties account for roughly four hundred acres of land in the central region of the Monterey Peninsula. The Shore Course was designed by Robert E. Baldock and Jack Neville in 1959 after the members purchased the club from Del Monte Properties.[3]
Seth Raynor designed the Dunes course in 1926, but died before construction was complete. Local Robert Hunter was called in to finish out the construction of the course.[4] Bruce Harris redesigned the Shore course in 1962, and it was later redesigned in 2003 by Mike Strantz.[5]
In 2010, the Shore course was one of three courses that hosted the PGA Tour's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The Dunes course hosted the event from 1947 to 1964 and the Shore course hosted in 1965, 1966 and 1977. Golf Digest magazine rated it as the 13th "Best in-state" course for 1997–98.
References
- Durein, Ted (1975). Monterey Peninsula Country Club, The First Fity Years 1925-1975. California: Monterey Peninsula County Club. p. 14. OCLC 50546609.
- "New Country club Opens Tonight, Over 300 To Attend Grand Opening Of County Club". Peninsula Daily Herald. Monterey, California. 1926-07-02.
- "Monterey Peninsula Country Club". MontereyPeninsulaGolf.com.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-02-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Kroichick, Ron (September 2, 2010). "New course to test Pebble Beach field". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 24, 2012