Golf at Pebble Beach

Bay Monterrey Peninsula hosts the breathtaking Pebble Beach Golf Links and is one of the best places to sink the golf tees. This regular stop for celebrities and the PGA Tour was inaugurated in 1919 by FB Morse, a distant cousin of telegraph inventor Samuel Morse. The land was purchased by his company Del Monte Properties. Holdings companies hold thousands of hectares of forest Del Monte, as well as the Hotel Del Monte, which was later acquired by the U.S. government,and now the Postgraduate School Naval.

Morse before his death May 10, 1969, has ensured the purchase of servitude to preserve the forest and much of the coastline for future generations. Since then, the holding company are now grown resort, spa and golf courses, including one designed by Jack Nicklaus. The Pebble Beach is so great that today employs over 1,600 people.

The lodge, once burned to the ground, but was rapidlyReplaced with a modern and luxurious facility much more. Moreover, the famous Pebble Beach Golf Links has since hosted some of the best days of golf for amateurs and professionals.

The year 1926 was organized by the Monterey Peninsula Open at Pebble Beach Del Monte. The bag brought incredible $ 5,000 golfers from all over the country in California. The victory went to Harry Cooper from Texas. But at that time was the only way to watch the tournament, to be there. TelevisedCoverage of experience at national Pro-Am golf and nothing else until the end of 1950, from Bing Crosby, himself an avid golfer, made the finals of the 18th Hole in 1958.

The timeless beauty and challenging links in Pebble Beach is still home to the biggest golf tournaments. Among these, Pebble Beach was the official website of the U.S. Open in 2009. Pebble Beach will host the AT & T Pro-Am in 2010 as a stage of the PGA Tour. Champion Dustin Johnson defenseTitle for which he won over $ 1,000,000 last year.

Pebble Beach is not just a playground for professionals. Golf tourists to the time window of Monterrey can a golf ball and enjoy the links, Golf Digest, which recently became the number one in its "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses" list. Pebble Beach Spa opening in 2000 and its various locations, this first class holiday with Avid golfers are not only enjoy, but their familiesgood.

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