Cypress Point Club
 View of 16th green from clubhouse in 2004 | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
  Location in the United States  Location in California | |
| Coordinates | 36°34′48″N 121°58′26″W / 36.58°N 121.974°W |
| Location | Pebble Beach, California |
| Elevation | 80 feet (24 m) |
| Established | 1928 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Designed by | Alister MacKenzie and Robert Hunter |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,554 yards (5,993 m) |
| Course rating | 73.1 |
| Slope rating | 141 [1] |
| Course record | 63 – Jim Langley, Ben Hogan, and others[2] |
Cypress Point Club is a private golf club located in Pebble Beach, California, at the northern end of the Central Coast. Its single 18-hole course has been named as one of the finest in golf, best known for a series of dramatic holes along the Pacific Ocean.[3][4][5][6]
History
[edit]The course was designed in 1928 by golf course designer Alister MacKenzie, collaborating with fellow golf course architect Robert Hunter. It opened on August 11 that year.[7]
Golf Course
[edit]Set in coastal dunes, the course's front nine enter the Del Monte forest, reemerging on the rocky coastline for the back nine. The signature hole is #16, which requires a 230-yard (210 m) tee shot over the Pacific to a mid-sized green guarded by strategically placed bunkers.[8][9]
Cypress Point Club was ranked #2 on Golf Magazine's 2011 List of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World[10] and #5 on Golf Digest's 2011–12 list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.[11]
The golf course is considered one of the most exclusive in the world.[12] Non-members require the invitation of a member to play.[12]
PGA Tour
[edit]From 1947 through 1990 Cypress Point was on the PGA Tour as part of the multi-course AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, founded by entertainer Bing Crosby. It was dropped from the rotation because it had no black members and refused to admit one to comply with the tour's anti-discrimination guidelines.[13][14] Since then, Condoleezza Rice was admitted as a member of the club.[15]
While no longer part of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, many of the players continue to visit the course in the week leading up to the tournament.[16]
Scorecard
[edit]| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 73.1 / 141 | 420 | 549 | 156 | 383 | 491 | 521 | 170 | 369 | 289 | 3348 | 476 | 440 | 404 | 394 | 393 | 135 | 233 | 386 | 343 | 3204 | 6552 |
| Regular | 72.1 / 139 | 407 | 535 | 151 | 370 | 472 | 509 | 159 | 342 | 283 | 3228 | 476 | 427 | 397 | 344 | 384 | 120 | 218 | 374 | 326 | 3066 | 6249 |
| Par | Men's | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 72 |
| SI | Men's | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |||
| Red | 409 | 510 | 142 | 366 | 416 | 475 | 155 | 319 | 247 | 3039 | 480 | 401 | 310 | 285 | 323 | 119 | 208 | 355 | 296 | 2777 | 5816 | |
| Par | Women's | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 74 |
| SI | Women's | 11 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
- Source:[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Cypress Point Club". USGA. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Cypress Point Club". Northern California Golf Association. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "The 50 Best Holes In The U.S". Golf.com. 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Best 18 golf holes". Golf.com. 20 September 2012.
- ^ "The 18 undisputed, unchallenged, scientifically-factual best golf holes in the world". Golf Digest. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Golf's best par 3 holes on the planet". CNN. 8 May 2018.
- ^ Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey, Forrest L. Richardson
- ^ "Cypress Point Club". MontereyPeninsulaGolf.com. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Toughest golf hole stymies great in Crosby's Open play". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. 10 January 1958. p. 12.
- ^ "Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Golf Digest's 2011-12 America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses
- ^ a b "The incredibly unlikely story of how one golfer got onto ultra-private Cypress Point". Golf Digest. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Diaz, Jaime (18 September 1990). "Cypress Point Drops PGA Tour Event Instead of Changing Its Rules". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ Diaz, aime (10 February 1997). "Off-limits: What's stopping Cypress Point from rejoining the AT&T?". Sports Illustrated. p. G10.
- ^ Ostler, Scott (8 February 2013). "Condoleezza Rice changing face of golf". SFGATE. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Matuszewski, Erik. "Cypress Point Still Has Presence (Unofficially) At Golf's Pebble Beach Pro-Am". Forbes. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Cypress Point Course Information - with photos and interactive map
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