Summary
The Monterey Peninsula Country Club (MPCC) is a 36-hole golf club on the West Coast of the United States, located on the Monterey Peninsula in Pebble Beach, California.[6]
 Dunes 14th hole in 2003 | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
  Location in the United States  Location in California  Location in Monterey Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 36°36′05″N 121°56′54″W / 36.6014°N 121.9484°W |
| Location | Pebble Beach, California |
| Elevation | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Established | 1926 |
| 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 yards (6,483 m) |
| Course rating | 74.0 |
| Slope rating | 136 [1] |
| Course record | 63 – Tony Holguin (1954)[2][3] |
| Shore Course | |
| Designed by | Bob E. Baldock and Jack Neville (1960) Mike Strantz (2003) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,873 yards (6,285 m) |
| Course rating | 73.7 |
| Slope rating | 134 [4] |
| Course record | 60 – Sung Kang (2016)[3][5] |
History edit
On February 1, 1919, Samuel F. B. Morse formed the Del Monte Properties and purchased extensive real estate holdings on the Monterey Peninsula. He hired East Coast architects, Charles B. Macdonald and his associate, Seth Raynor to design the Dunes course in 1924. Raynor died in 1926 before construction was complete. Golf designer Robert Hunter was called in to finish out the construction of the course.[7]
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.[6]
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.[6][8]
The club properties account for roughly four hundred acres (1.6 km2) of land in the central region of the Monterey Peninsula. The Shore Course was designed by Bob E. Baldock and Jack Neville in 1959 after the members purchased the club from Del Monte Properties.[9]
Bruce Harris redesigned the Shore course in 1962, and it was later redesigned in 2003 by Mike Strantz.[10]
In 2010, the Shore course returned to the rotation of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a PGA Tour event founded by entertainer Bing Crosby and played on three courses. The Dunes course hosted the event from 1947 to 1964 and the Shore course hosted in 1965, 1966, and 1977.
References edit
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Monterey Peninsula CC – Dunes". USGA. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Holgui's 63 sets mark in Crosby golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 16, 1954. p. 8.
- ^ a b "Monterey Peninsula CC". Northern California Golf Association. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Monterey Peninsula CC – Shore". USGA. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Sung-hoon Kang flirts with 59; Phil Mickelson 1 back after 65". ESPN. Associated Press. February 12, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ a b c Durein, Ted (1975). Monterey Peninsula Country Club, The First Fity Years 1925-1975. California: Monterey Peninsula County Club. p. 14. OCLC 50546609.
- ^ "Monterey Peninsula (Dunes)". Archived from the original on 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Kroichick, Ron (September 2, 2010). "New course to test Pebble Beach field"[permanent dead link]. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 24, 2012
External links edit
- Monterey Peninsula Country Club Course information with photos and interactive map.