- Cypress Point Club
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Coordinates: 36°34′36″N 121°57′41″W / 36.576686°N 121.961444°W
Cypress Point Club Club information Location Pebble Beach, California Established 1928 Type Private Total holes 18 Designed by Alister MacKenzie Par 72 Length 6524 Course rating 72.4 Cypress Point Club is a private golf club in California. The club has a single eighteen hole course, one of eight on the Monterey peninsula near Monterey, California. The course is well known around the world for its series of three holes that play along the Pacific Ocean: the 15th, 16th and 17th, which are regularly rated among the best golf holes in the world. The 16th is a long par three that actually plays over the ocean. The golf course itself was designed by noted golf course designer Alister MacKenzie in 1928. It formerly was one of the courses used for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, last doing so in 1991.
The club is also well-known for its exclusivity. Entertainer and golf enthusiast Bob Hope, a member of the club for over 40 years, once memorably quipped, "One year they had a big membership drive at Cypress. They drove out 40 members."[1]
It was the scene in 1956 of "The Match" one of the greatest golf games ever played.[citation needed] This was a four-ball better-ball private match between two leading amateur players, Ken Venturi & Harvie Ward, and two of the greatest professional players, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. Hogan birdied the 18th to halve the hole and win the match 1-up. In doing so he set a course record of 63 which still stands today. The pros had a net score of 57, fifteen under par, the amateurs were just one behind with a net of 58. The match is the subject of a classic golf book of the same name written by Mark Frost.
Cypress Point Club was ranked #2 on Golf Magazine's 2007 List of The Top 100 Golf Courses in the World.[2]
The Course
Cypress Point Golf Course 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 72.4 / 136 421 548 162 384 493 518 168 363 292 3349 480 437 404 365 388 143 219 393 346 3175 6524 Regular 409 538 155 373 471 509 161 347 282 3245 480 428 397 343 382 127 219 382 329 3087 6332 Par Men's 4 5 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 37 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 35 72 Handicap 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 Handicap Women's 11 1 17 7 5 3 13 9 15 2 10 8 14 6 18 16 4 12 References
- ^ "Cypress Point". Golf Course Finder. Golf.com. http://www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/coursefinder/course/0,28290,1451557,00.html. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World
External links
- golfclubatlas.com - Cypress Point
Categories:- Golf clubs and courses in California
- Buildings and structures in Monterey County, California
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- Golf clubs and courses designed by Alister MacKenzie
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