The Inn at Spanish Bay is just one lodging option when you
Many people don’t realize that Pebble Beach Golf Links is just one part of a multi-property complex called Pebble Beach Resorts. In addition to three-and-a-half other golf courses, PBR is also composed of three, separate hotels, and deciding where to stay depends on the type of experience you’re looking for on your Pebble Beach golf vacation.
The Lodge at Pebble Beach, for example, is the hub of the resort and is always abuzz. Pebble Beach Golf Links and a shopping arcade are located right outside its doors, and at night, many visitors congregate at its Tap Room bar/restaurant, regaling one another with stories from the links over a fabulous selection of beer, wine, Scotch and Pebble Beach memorabilia. Read more →
You'll have to "settle" for this on a Pebble Beach golf vacation.
An eight-year struggle to add another Pebble Beach golf course to the already phenomenal layouts available on a Pebble Beach golf vacation has ended in defeat. The Pebble Beach Company, whose notable members include Clint Eastwood, Arnold Palmer and ex-baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth, lost a vote on Wednesday that would have allowed it to develop a new, 18-hole golf course, about 35 homes, and a 160-room hotel on the Monterey Peninsula. Read more →
Even with a reduced green fee, your golf ball budget on a Pebble Beach golf vacation will be high.
Back in March, we lambasted Pebble Beach Resorts for what seemed like a shameless attempt to gouge guests at every turn during their Pebble Beach golf course vacations.
That’s why we read with great pleasure a note forwarded to us by our friend, Herschel Hoffmann, who operates Monterey Peninsula Golf Tours, a boutique firm dedicated solely to Pebble Beach golf course vacations. Hoffmann used to own property in the area, is a member of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, and has many contacts in and around Pebble Beach. Read more →
Hole 14 is one of many at Pebble Beach that have been strengthened.
Travelers taking a Pebble Beach golf vacation are now being treated to a bigger and bolder Pebble Beach Golf Links. There have been a number of changes made to this Pebble Beach golf course since it hosted the 2000 U.S. Open and more are coming in preparation for the 2010 U.S. Open.
When Golf Odyssey visited the resort last fall, we noted that trees and bunkers have been added to tighten driving lanes and maintain the integrity of doglegs. The par-five 2nd hole, for example, now features a huge bunker complex on the left-hand side and an additional, solo bunker further down the fairway to catch long, errant tee shots. Cypress tees were also planted to replace the ones that died beyond the dreaded barranca bunker, restoring this tree-framed shot. The hole now sports a very different look and will play much harder than on the Pebble Beach golf course of yore. Read more →
If you’re thinking about taking a Pebble Beach golf vacation, take a camera, take a windshirt and, most importantly, take more money than you think you’ll need.
Despite charging some of the highest green fees and room rates of any golf resort in the country, Pebble Beach Resorts (the umbrella company for the Pebble Beach Golf Course and its sister golf courses and hotels) seems to seize upon every opportunity to pad the bill. Read more →
Pebble's first tee at 10:30 am (EST) this morning.
The pros playing in this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am aren’t the only ones whose images are beamed all over the world when playing on the epic Pebble Beach Golf Course. Yours is, too, when you’re on a Pebble Beach golf vacation.
That’s because Pebble Beach Golf Course maintains a series of live Web cams that broadcast what’s taking place at some very popular spots around the course, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Read more →
Pebble Beach: The house of sand and fog.
The PGA Tour is playing the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week, and if you watch the action on TV (Thursday and Friday on the Golf Channel; Saturday and Sunday on CBS), you can pick up some valuable tips for playing the Pebble Beach Golf Course on your Pebble Beach golf vacation.
For example, if the broadcasters include any early morning coverage, you’re likely to see the surrounding landscape swathed in fog, a regular occurrence for the area. So, if you’re planning a first-time visit to the Pebble Beach Golf Course, you may want to play in the afternoon when the awe-inspiring views are likely to be clearer. Read more →
Pebble Beach GL starts slowly, but builds quickly.
If you’re a golfer dreaming of — or better yet, planning — a Pebble Beach golf vacation, you are justified to be filled with unbridled excitement and anticipation. It is everything you’ve heard about and more.
In fact, many golfers show up an hour earlier than their tee times at the Pebble Beach Golf Course to watch prior groups tee off, creating one of the most crowded first-tee areas this side of Bethpage Black. Read more →
