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Hole 1

Hole Name Urchins Ear

From The Tee On 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.

From The Fairway

On The Green This boomeranging downhill par-5 swings hard left, finishing at a raised green divided by a vertical tier.

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Hole 2

Hole Name Seaside

From The Tee A layup to the base of the hill leaves you 125 yards in.

From The Fairway

On The Green 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.

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Hole 3

Hole Name Billy Bones

From The Tee The tee box yields a specular view of Cypress Point Club, Bird Rock and Monterey Peninsula Country Club.

From The Fairway

On The Green 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 race to the ocean.

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Hole 4

Hole Name Black Lick

From The Tee This is Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s favorite par-4 he ever designed.

From The Fairway

On The Green 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 dictate the type of shot you'll want to play.

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Hole 5

Hole Name Bottle Shop

From The Tee Enjoy your last hole along the ocean.

From The Fairway

On The Green 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.

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Hole 6

Hole Name Stonewall

From The Tee The character of Spyglass Hill visibly changes on this tee box, as you'll spend the rest of your round hiking the Del Monte Forest.

From The Fairway Try to take a peek at the pin when you're in the first fairway.

On The Green This giant green has three distinct sections that play dramatically different.

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Hole 7

Hole Name Long John

From The Tee Aim your tee shot at the pond in the distance and swing away. If you catch a good drive,

From The Fairway

On The Green 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 and right-to-left.

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Hole 8

Hole Name Hells Half Acre

From The Tee It's the toughest hole on the course, and it doesn't even reach 400 yards.

From The Fairway

On The Green 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 indicate

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Hole 9

Hole Name Wee Precipice

From The Tee Like the sixth hole, the elevated green at No. 9 is

From The Fairway

On The Green guarded 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.

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Hole 10

Hole Name Crestview

From The Tee A well-placed tee shot is essential, as the fairway slopes from left to right, and thick rough awaits any errant shots.

From The Fairway A tree guards the inside of the dogleg along the left edge of the fairway.

On The Green 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-back.

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Hole 11

Hole Name The Beach

From The Tee Aggressive drives that cut the corner can pay off big-time here, setting up reachable second shots into this par-5.

From The Fairway 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.

On The Green

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Hole 12

Hole Name Homers Nose

From The Tee Like the third hole, this par-3 faces the ocean, although the forest O-Bscures the view.

From The Fairway

On The Green 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.

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Hole 13

Hole Name Oxen

From The Tee You don't notice how uphill this hole plays until you reach the green and look back at the tee.

From The Fairway

On The Green The back half of this elevated green also slopes steeply toward the front of the putting surface.

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Hole 14

Hole Name Humpy

From The Tee This double-doglegging par-5 is challenging to reach in two because of its shape

From The Fairway

On The Green An 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 the pond.

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Hole 15

Hole Name Blues Roar

From The Tee Barely longer than the famous seventh hole at Pebble Beach, this downhill par-3 is guarded by a pond short,

From The Fairway

On The Green 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.

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Hole 16

Hole Name The Dunes

From The Tee This 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 fairway.

From The Fairway A tree protects the inside corner of the fairway on this sharp dogleg right

On The Green Check 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-front.

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Hole 17

Hole Name Shipwreck

From The Tee

From The Fairway This short dogleg-left par-4 wraps around four fairway bunkers.

On The Green 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.

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Hole 18

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From The Tee

From The Fairway It's a straightforward tee shot with one fairway bunker

On The Green to 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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