Pacific Grove Golf Links

Beautiful ocean views from the course! Lots of wind on the back 9 nine which is near the ocean. Saw lots of wildlife such as deers, monarch butterflies, a wolf, ravens & seagulls on the course. Dress warm even with the sun out.

We enjoyed playing Pacific Grove. We were paired w/two local guys who gave us tips and were just a lot of fun.

The three reasons for the 4 stars (not five):

(1) The fairway grass was hard to delineate from the rough. So you could be in middle of fairway and grass was pretty thick.

(2) Two par 5 holes were over 500 yards from the forward tees - 521 the longest - that’s just too long for shorter hitters to get on the green in regulation.

(3) Pace of Play - they let a foursome out in front of us who were sharing clubs and it really slowed them down. One of the men in our group hit into them on the seventh hole (by accident) and so lucky for us on the next hole they let us play through otherwise it could have been a five hour plus round.

Also, we wanted to eat at the Grill but they stop serving food at 3 pm. You can get drinks and bar snacks after 3 pm.

All that being said, I recommend this course. After 1 pm on weekend the rate was $55 and for a muni course w/the nickname “Poor Man’s Pebble Beach” it is worth the fee. It’s a fun course with lots of wildlife (deer) on the front nine and beautiful ocean views (and wind) on the back nine.

Pacific grove has a land nine and a sea nine which makes this course a unique experience! The staff was friendly and welcoming. I will recommend the course to friends and would like to golf there again !

The pace of play was very slow. On course marshals would have helped.

The club house and carts looked quite nice on initial impression. The food/beer was incredibly overpriced $10 for one beer. The driving range area is terrible. Its irons only and caps at 200 yards and their mats feel like like they are a thin piece of carpet laid on cement. You also have to drive down 18 and across the fairway to get to the range. The course was honestly quite disappointing in upkeep. There was quite a bit of unplayable area including a par 5 that the tee box was moved up 200 yards because of it. Multiple greens had significant damage and every green was essentially equivalent to putting on long bumpy fringe. Multiple tee boxes had longer grass than the rough. I hope they are in the process of growing it out to repair it but without knowing that for sure, I will never play here again. The difference in red, white and blue tees was generally about 10 yards total. The views on the back 9 are incredible so that is what you are paying for. If you live in the area, play elsewhere. If you are visiting, the views of the bay may make this course worth the price but only if you come in with low expectations for the price point.

My dad grew up down the street. I played PG once before 30 years ago with my dad and his best friend. Both great guys are in heaven now but I went back thinking of them. Had a great back nine and shot 76 my best score ever. So it was a very special round of golf for me. Pacific Grove is one of those courses that makes you love golf even more.

With all the golf courses in the Pebble Beach group, it was nice to go away from paying the big dollars to a very reasonable course with ocean holes.

The back nine around the ocean is the best.

This is a great public course with great ocean views.