1On a clear day, you can stand on this tee and see the Santa Cruz mountains, Monterey Bay and the canopy of the Del Monte Forest.This boomeranging downhill par-5 swings hard left, finishing at a raised green divided by a vertical tier.2A layup to the base of the hill leaves you 125 yards in.From there, you must correctly judge the elevation, wind and pin position on a skinny green that is cut diagonally into the side of a hill.3The tee box yields a specular view of Cypress Point Club, Bird Rock and Monterey Peninsula Country Club.Since this downhill shot faces the Pacific Ocean, it is almost always into a seaside breeze, making the distance difficult to calculate. Once you find the green, notice that putts 4This is Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s favorite par-4 he ever designed.Admire this wild green sunken between sand dunes. The putting surface is just 10 yards wide at its most forgiving, and some 55 yards deep. Be mindful of the hole location. It will 5Enjoy your last hole along the ocean.This par-3 plays slightly uphill to a green surrounded by dunes and bunkering. The safest section of the green to hit is the bowl in the middle.6The character of Spyglass Hill visibly changes on this tee box, as you'll spend the rest of your round hiking the Del Monte Forest.Try to take a peek at the pin when you're in the first fairway.This giant green has three distinct sections that play dramatically different.7Aim your tee shot at the pond in the distance and swing away. If you catch a good drive,you can go for this short par-5 in two. If not, give yourself 100 yards in right behind the pond to set up the best angle into this green that tilts strongly from back-to-front and8It's the toughest hole on the course, and it doesn't even reach 400 yards.This reverse camber fairway produces a hanging lie into an elevated green with a severe false front. The second shot always plays longer than the sprinkler heads indicate9Like the sixth hole, the elevated green at No. 9 isguarded by deep bunkers and can be cut up into three distinct sections. The closing two holes on the front nine pack some serious punch. Par is always a great score here.10A well-placed tee shot is essential, as the fairway slopes from left to right, and thick rough awaits any errant shots. A tree guards the inside of the dogleg along the left edge of the fairway.Lay up wide of it off the tee, or wrap an aggressive drive around the corner. The approach shot is surprisingly downhill and difficult to hold, as the green runs from front-to-back11Aggressive drives that cut the corner can pay off big-time here, setting up reachable second shots into this par-5.If you can't get home in two, it's wise to lay-up at the end of the first fairway, 125 yards out, and short of an armory of bunkers guarding the right half of the green.12Like the third hole, this par-3 faces the ocean, although the forest O-Bscures the view.It's tempting to underclub this downhill tee shot fronted by a pond, so check which way the moss is pointing in the trees above you to get a handle on the wind.13You don't notice how uphill this hole plays until you reach the green and look back at the tee.The back half of this elevated green also slopes steeply toward the front of the putting surface.14This double-doglegging par-5 is challenging to reach in two because of its shapeAn imposing pond also starts 70 yards in front of the green. The middle half of this green does feed right, which can help approaches work their way toward a hole tucked behind the15Barely longer than the famous seventh hole at Pebble Beach, this downhill par-3 is guarded by a pond short,and a hillside dotted with bunkers long. Watch out for a tier that divides the upper back half of the green from the lower front.16This scenic and challenging par-4 offers a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. The tee shot is blind, with golfers needing to carry their shot over a large sand dune to find the fA tree protects the inside corner of the fairway on this sharp dogleg rightCheck your yardage to the end of the fairway — you might need to shape your shot to the right to keep it in play off the tee. The massive green slopes strongly from back-to-front17This short dogleg-left par-4 wraps around four fairway bunkers.You don't need much off the tee, but you'll want to keep your second shot below the hole. The 17th green is one of the steepest on the course.18It's a straightforward tee shot with one fairway bunkerto avoid, but the two-tiered green is one of the trickiest on the course. Know where the flag is before firing your final approach of the day.
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