Conditions are scruffy but you wouldn't want it any other way. For fun per dollar, this course ranks No. 1 in America. Pebble Beach Golf Links. Well, of course. When you approach the sixth green, standing on a headwater overlooking Stillwater Cove on one side and Carmel on the other, you'll forget about how much you paid to play.
Pebble Beach is a golfing experience.
Play is often dreadfully slow, however, as the course is full of tourist golfers and people determined to hole out no matter how many shots and how long it takes them. You could play 11 rounds at Pacific Grove for the same money, which would be more fun, but you've got to hit The Beach at least once. Just two miles up the road from Pebble, it's another golfing experience. The first six holes at Spyglass wind through dunes and overlook the ocean. Just when you're convinced you're next door to Royal Troon or Turnberry, Spyglass heads into the forest, where it gets much tougher, but unfortunately, a lot more modern looking, also.