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Putting effectively into words the experience of Pebble Beach and the

Monterey courses is all but impossible, so it’s really up to you. Take Jack’s

advice, play there and savour one of golf’s greatest treats.

If I had only one more

round to play, I would

choose to play it at

Pebble Beach. I’ve loved

this course from the first

time I saw it. It’s possibly

the best in the world.”

Part photography mission, part golf

course, Pebble Beach is in fact a public

facility open to anyone, and is the

cornerstone of a once-in-a-lifetime golf

trip. Monterey Peninsula is a spectacu-

lar spit of craggy land that juts into the

Pacific a couple of hours south of San

Francisco where you’ll likely only have

pelicans, migrating humpback whales

and a few other golf nuts for company.

But Pebble Beach Golf Links isn’t the

only delight on the menu; The Links at

Spanish Bay is a spectacular routing

designed by Tom Watson and Robert

Trent Jones Jnr, while Spyglass Hill –

another RTJ creation mapped through

the cypress trees that are so

characteristic of the area – actually

ranks as the favourite of many Monterey

Stay and play has never sounded so

appealing as it does here: choose from

The Inn at Spanish Bay or The Lodge at

Pebble Beach and your accommodation

will match the golf like a well tailored

suit. Expect outstanding hospitality,

sumptuous rooms and suites plus a

selection of top class eateries.

Gazing at the rocky cliffs, the golden sand and the

churning waves of Carmel Bay from the 7th or 8th

holes at Pebble Beach, it can be hard to believe

that the course was built into an existing plot of

natural terrain. In an era where

manufacturing aesthetic golfing pleasure through

the displacement and replacement of acre upon

acre of earth is the norm, Pebble Beach stands as

an example of what can be achieved with a

sympathetic eye and a seaside site.

Perched on the edge of the Monterey Peninsula,

at times appearing to cling on for dear life, Pebble

Beach sits atop many lists of lifetime golfing

aspirations, inspiring generations of golfers to make

the pilgrimage to this most dramatic of courses,

where great tournament battles have played out.

Playing Pebble Beach – the realisation so few lovers

of the game achieve – means treading the same

fairways where Tom Kite won the U.S. Open so

emotionally in 1990, where Tiger Woods enacted a

stroke decimation of the field in 2000 and where

Graeme McDowell entered the history books in 2010.

IT COULD ONLY BE

STAY: Five Nights, RoomOnly

The Inn at Spanish Bay)

PLAY: Three Rounds of Golf

Including one on Pebble Beach

FLY: Return to San Francisco with

Virgin Atlantic

From £2,055 per person

Valid January 2 - March 29, 2014

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