Cypress Point Club
Coordinates: 36°34′48″N 121°58′26″W / 36.58°N 121.974°W
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]
View of 16th green from clubhouse in 2004 | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
Location in the United States Location in California | |
| 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] |
History
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, following the efforts of Byington Ford, Roger D. Lapham, and Marion Hollins.[7]
Golf Course
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
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 the tournament.[16]
Scorecard
| 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ . 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
- Cypress Point Course Information - with photos and interactive map