Pebble Beach, Pacific Coast Perfect Setting For Golf’s U.S. Open

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Published: June 17, 2010

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It’s just past seven in the morning as my two buddies and I head down 17-mile drive toward Pebble Beach. In just a few moments we’ll hear waves crash along the rocks, watch sea lions frolic in the shallow coves, and—if we’re lucky—see mammoth blue whales a thousand feet offshore.

The turn into Pebble Beach Lodge reminds us that we’re actually headed to a golf tournament, and, of course, it’s the 2010 U.S. Open Golf Championship.

This week truly has three things going for it: The Monterey Peninsula may be the nation’s most beautiful piece of real estate, Pebble Beach is undoubtedly one of the world’s premier golf courses, and the U.S. Open is one of golf’s four major events.

My introduction to the area was back in 1981, when a group of Michigan football fans ventured west to actually see the Wolverines win a Bowl game.  We were encouraged to take in the “highway one” experience, which meant driving up the coast from L.A. to San Francisco—mostly on a two-lane road which zig-zagged along cliffs which rose 400 feet above the Pacific Ocean. 

The drive was both scary and gorgeous at the same time. Stops along the way included the Hearst Castle in San Luis Obispo, an Ambrosia Burger at the scenic Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur, and a round of golf at Pebble Beach.

So far it was a pretty good vacation. But for golf junkies like ourselves, the next five hours were going to be spectacular.

We’d been told that Pebble, Augusta National, and St. Andrews were the three examples of golfing heaven. Heading up Pebble’s fourth fairway, we knew they were right. For the first time, the sounds of waves crashing near the fairway were easily heard.

Jack Nicklaus, who won a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 1972, summed it up best. “If I had one round left to play,” he said, “I would likely ch...
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