While Pebble Beach and the Links at Spanish Bay, Poppy Hills, and Spyglass Hill are certainly the most famous golf courses in Monterey County, the region has a number of other resort courses ready to welcome golfers at every playing level.
Nestled in the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the 400-acre Carmel Valley Ranch Golf Club is a golfer’s paradise. The resort's Pete Dye-designed golf course just completed a multi-million dollar restoration and has been ranked among the “Best US Golf Resorts,” by Travel + Leisure’s “World’s Best” readers’ survey.
Opened in 1897, Del Monte Golf Course is the oldest course in continuous operation west of the Mississippi. Designed by golf and polo enthusiast Charles Maud, this inland course boasts a meandering layout that has challenged golfers for more than a century. It was also the original host of the California State Amateur, still played on Del Monte's narrow, tree-lined fairways and small, well-protected greens, and continues to serve as one of three courses on which the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational is played. This course is adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Monterey.
A round of golf on Quail Lodge’s scenic Carmel Valley course is so relaxing, the wildlife may ask to play through. Go ahead and let them – when you’re surrounded by hills and lakes this beautiful, it seems a shame to rush. Covering 850 glorious acres of the Quail Lodge Resort and bathed in Carmel Valley sunshine, Quail Lodge offers a golfing experience you won’t soon forget.
Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau P.O. Box 1770, Monterey, CA 93942 1-877-MONTEREY info@mccvb.org
In partnership with Monterey County and the cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas,
Sand City, Seaside, Soledad, Pebble Beach, Moss Landing, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, and Salinas Valley.
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