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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]
MacKenzie gives her credit for designing Cypress Point's famous par 3 16th hole. After Cypress Point, Marion Hollins set out to build her own golf course and sports center, and on January 12, 1928 she announced that she would be building a sports and real estate complex on land just outside Santa Cruz, CA, calling the area Pasatiempo Estates.
The 1981 Walker Cup, the 28th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 28 and 29, 1981, at Cypress Point Club, Pebble Beach, California. The event was won by the United States 15 to 9. The United States led 8–4 after the first day but Great Britain and Ireland won 3 of the 4 second-day foursomes to reduce the American lead to 9–7.
In 1997 Tiger Woods hit the shot heard round TPC Scottsdale, a hole-in-one at the Phoenix Open's famous 16th hole that people still talk about today.
Two players saw their PGA Championship hopes go down the drain in nearly the exact same spot on the 16th hole. ... so the fateful mistake on Saturday marked a clear turning point for him.
Pasatiempo is about an hour's drive from Cypress Point, a Monterey Peninsula neighbor to Spyglass Hill and Pebble Beach. Pasatiempo is a highly rated course — it is ranked 12 in Golf Magazine's "Top 100 Courses You Can Play 2006-2007" and ranked 31 in Golf Digest's "2005 America’s Greatest Public Courses".
The 16th has received strong criticism since 2011, when Nicklaus redesigned the hole to include a lake guarding the left side of the green and bunkering behind the green.
12th hole at Augusta, United States; 13th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links, United States; 14th hole at St Andrews, Scotland; 15th hole at Royal St. George's, England; 16th hole at Cypress Point, United States; 17th hole at Portmarnock, Ireland; 18th hole at Pebble Beach, United States; Each map contains a review and commentary about the hole by ...