A Club at the Finest Meeting of Land and Sea.
Few country clubs take your breath away as does the private, Member-owned Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California. The most exquisite meeting of land, water and turf, MPCC sits on over 400 acres of forest, dunes and coastal landscape, a perfect setting for not one but two top-rated golf courses.
Golf: An Adventure for the SpiritMonterey Peninsula Country Club rests on some of the most dramatic terrain for golf in the world. Nowhere else has nature been so lavish with her gifts as the Monterey Peninsula - a knobby elbow of land jutting out into the Pacific 125 miles south of San Francisco. The perfect combination of Mediterranean weather, fragrant forests, ocean vistas and invigorating sea breezes makes every day an ideal day for golf at MPCC.
The Shore Course and the Dunes Course are narrative. Each hole is a unique experience with a beginning, middle and end - a story unfolding with every shot. The firm, fast and rolling fairways and firm yet receptive greens are dotted with challenging hazards, including natural ones: the Pacific Ocean and its craggy coast. Imagine teeing off over navy blue water towards the green, isolated on a protruding peninsula.
At MPCC, golf is a priority among Member experiences, supplemented by excellent food services, activities off the course and pristine facilities. Nowhere else will you find such an exquisite golf experience paired with other country club amenities.
Dunes Course
Sacred Ground
For the better part of a century, the Dunes Course, set among ancient trees and sweeping sands, has wowed and challenged MPCC Members and guests. Rich in history and tradition, the Dunes fairways are parkland style, and the course is a par 72 with 6,762 yards.
The Dunes Course was designed originally in 1924 by Seth Raynor, a well-known East Coast golf architect, but due to his untimely death, the course was finished by fellow golf course architects, Robert Hunter and Dr. Alister MacKenzie, who was also a British surgeon. The highly sought-after golf course architect, Rees Jones, son of legendary golf course architect, Robert Trent Jones, headed the Dunes Course remodel in 1998.
Setting out to make a great course greater, Jones' goal was to finish what Seth Raynor - and nature - had started by embracing the rolling terrain, opening up the course to the incredible ocean views and making the course playable more days of the year.
Using a 21st century design concept, Jones responded to the ever-changing environment and made each green a different size and contour.
"It's a golf course where you'll learn something new each time you play it," said Jones.
Possibly no one except for Jones could have envisioned the dramatic, oceanfront par-3 14th hole out of the rocks and waves from which it came. Golf enthusiasts say it is the best he has done, and he agrees; it is one of his greatest achievements.
Shore Course
A Wonderful Discovery
The Shore Course, originally designed by Robert Baldock in 1960, was redesigned in 2003. Golf course architect Mike Strantz created a truly spectacular links-type golf course, which is currently ranked #72 in golf Digest's biannual rating survey. The Shore has 6,956 yards and is a par 72.
The Shore Course is a naturally contoured, gently flowing, seaside course playing through coastal grasslands and rolling sand dunes. The redesign maximized ocean vistas and the incorporation of natural rock, while minimizing cart paths to blend in more with the existing environment.
Strantz added an exceptional drainage system called sand capping, giving the Shore Course a firm course year round.
PGA golfer, Steve Elkington told the MPCC Head Golf Professional, "Mate, this is in my top ten favorite courses in the world." And Phil Mickelson said of his experiences playing the Shore Course during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, "Please tell your Membership how grateful the players and I are for being able to play this special course. It is now one of my favorite courses on tour."
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