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For a "Pebble Beach" course it was not what we expected. Fairways and greens kept up, but the rest of the course was average.

Peter Hay is a unique 9 hole, traditional pitch & putt course. No hole is much longer than 100 yards but it is a lot of fun. This is where I take my friends who aren't experienced golfers but want the Pebble Beach experience. You can play all day for less than 1/10th the cost at Pebble but you can enjoy all the great views and food.

Pace of play is slow. Cost does not out weigh the benefits.

Great warm up course if playing some of the harder courses in the area. Greens can be tricky but fair. Pretty flat course but overall a nice course in good condition. We love to play this one to get ready for Spyglass or Poppy Hills. You want to feel relatively good about your game either on the front end or before you head home. This course will help.

The first time I played Spyglass Hill in 2003, I was a beginning golfer and the course destroyed me.

I have a new-found appreciation for its challenging and interesting holes after a triumphant return. Cool weather and with a playing partner who hadn't played in six months, I wisely moved up to the whites and had a fabulous time.

With all the uphill holes and plateau greens, the 6,123-yard white tees still play about 6,400-6,500 yards - plenty tough for most of us.

I've not found a better start to a golf course than the first five holes at Spyglass Hill, all roaming through the dunes near the shore. Workers were busy thinning out trees and a few real estate signs have been hung in this corridor, so development of more homes is coming. That's a shame to clutter such a beautiful setting.

The rest of the day is spent battling the Del Monte forest and its collection of ponds and bunkers. If you shoot your handicap, you've had yourself a day.

Very nice coarse. Well laid out, greens were in excellent condition. Bunkers were in great shape.

All the staff were very friendly.

Will definitely go back

The course was in good condition, the pace of play was good until we got on the back nine. The staff was was very friendly, I would go back and play again !

When the rains stop and the sun comes out just before your tee time you know you are blessed. The TV cameras can not reflect the real topography of this course. Simply amazing. Had a couple of birdies that I will cherish! Hubert in the pro shop is super nice. The price is the price - a lot to play for golf and when you add caddy, tip and cart it's way up there, but we agreed the experience was worth the cost. Only improvement is too keep people off the cart path along the right of hole #18. While preparing for approach shot, had a woman come up to me and ask to borrow a club for a photo! Course grounds should be off limits for tourists even if "public" course.

This is actually the second time that I have been here. There were 15 years and a lot of golf vacations in between. This is America's golf course. You know what you are getting-the scenery, a half dozen of the best holes in earth, treated like royalty, etc.

The course itself needs no explanation. The stretch from #5 to #10 is as great as advertised. I will say that it isn't six great holes and 12 bad ones. Strategically, they are all good to great. Small greens so aim at the middle.

Outside of the golf-it is pebble beach so they have everything. They are incredibly nice as well they should be. You have access to the range and putting greens. The putting greens are similar to the course so use them. Your green fee also gets you through 17 mile drive so do this on the same day you play.

I wrote once in a lifetime due to cost/value. If you can afford to play here all the time and get on to the private courses in the neighborhood then the Monterey Peninsula could be the experience of a lifetime. If not, then there is equally great golf for less elsewhere-Bandon, etc. Although you have to get very elite as far as the quality of the courses to do so.

I will encourage you to play here once as a gift to yourself-ignore the price tag and take in the whole experience. If you are a single, you can call 24 hours ahead and hope for an opening. No stay necessarily.

A good test of golf, Del Monte was a decent test at a decent price. Caught a $50 hot deal on a Sunday afternoon. Bunkers were in great shape. Greens small but reasonably quick. Looks and plays like a typical muni. Nothing particularly memorable about the course but nothing poor to note either. Would not pay the normal $100 price tag , but for $50 it was a good deal.

I played Del Monte many, many times when I was a Dukes Club member in the 80s and 90s and loved it. At the time I was between a 1.5 and 5 index and I appreciated the challenges this course brought to bear. It rewarded long drives and punished even slightly errant ones.

However, back then, Del Monte had a lot more trees and the course was more picturesque and more challenging. As the trees came down, the owners never bothered to plant more. They've had thirty years to do this! Now, where there once were beautiful, strategically-placed trees, there are stumps and trunks with few limbs remaining. I saw no staked trees but I confess I was not looking for them. On a number of holes, "Old Del" is looking like an uninteresting, muni course. There was barely a dusting of sand over hardpack dirt in some bunkers and a full complement of Pebble Beach-quality sand in others. The inconsistency was disappointing. The greens were punched so I can't speak to the quality of the putting surface (Del Monte's postage-stamp-sized greens were always great. I assume they still are still true and slick). The rough is full of broadleaf weeds and it was punitively deep and thick. There hasn't been significant rain for two weeks. They couldn't mow?

Frankly, at a Golf Now $51 dollar rate, for a 2:10 tee time (which we had), I would not go back....with or without the punched greens. It is a poor value compared to the courses I can and do play for less or the same amount.

Sad to see how Pebble Beach Company treats this historical track.

Historical golf course, surrounded by homes. This course has holes bunched inside a small area. Walkable since the next tee is just yards from the last green. The key is too keep the ball in the fairway, better short than OB in someones yard. Greens are fast so keep it under the hole if you know where it is. Stay inside the cart as much you can so you dont get hit by wayward balls since it is very tight.

This course does not belong in the pebble beach catagory. Very disappointed with the punched greens. GolfNow should mention this. We would not have played this course. The greens were unplayable. We had to play them as two put max.

Overall there are a lot of nice courses in Monterey. We played four rounds this week. This course was a disappoint as the layout and conditions felt old.

Great course, we played in a Tuesday at 11:00 and had the course to ourselves. I do suggest that if you tend to spray your drives a little from time to time, don't use a yellow ball like I did, they blend in with the wild flowers too well. Happy hacking everyone!!

Beautiful golf course. Tight fairways throughout the course. Worth the money.

I know, I know, I know...

Golf magazine top... Golf digest top ...

Ok, I played on a picture perfect day. And, played the course relatively well compared to what others have told me when they played. From the start, everybody there is very cordial and friendly. Even other players are friendly and giddy about playing this iconic course. The course condition was average (great tight fairways, but the greens were bumpy and slower than I anticipated). Edges were rough and I didn't care for the construction and temporary green on #14. The greens were truly smaller than I had expected even after seeing on TV and in person through ProAm and US Open. So, why only four stars? The price. Face it, the staff is friendly because they're picking your pocket left and right. $495 for green fee, $80 for caddy, $35 - $50 caddy tip, $4 bottle of water... Money just pours out as soon as you step on the property. I've played Pelican Hills (both South and North), Torrey Pines (both South and North), Trump National, Monarch Beach and other iconic courses in SoCal area so my expectation may have been higher. But, other courses didn't gauge you for every little thing. I enjoyed playing as this is an iconic course. But, I'll spend my green fees at other courses that are just as fun and just as scenic.

Love staying at the Hyatt and playing this old school course, very challenging and beautiful views.

Never played this course before.... Super happy I did. Course condition was equal to a Spyglass or Spanish Bay. Great deal on golfnow.com made the one day trip from Santa Rosa all worth it. Love playing on the Monterey peninsula and this course gives you a less expensive option to the Pebbles and Spyglass of the world.

First the technical aspects of playing Pebble Beach. The course is in fantastic shape tee to green as expected. Greens are small but very manageable. In my opinion they are much easier than Blackhorse & Bayonet down the road. Of course having a caddie give you spot on reads helps. Course is a must walk in my book. That gives you time to enjoy the plentiful views. Speaking of time... It's going to be a 5 hour round. Just accept that. You just paid five bills so why would you want to rush it. Having said that the caddies do a good job keeping players moving along.

The course layout combined with the ocean views is just absolutely surreal. You are right on the waters edge on 6-8 holes and have views of the ocean on another 5-6 holes.

We had no issues with staff. All were professional and polite

If I had one complaint it would be lack of bathrooms.

I'm already making plans to play it again in the summer!

First time I played the course I thought it to be the best of the courses at Pebble Beach. The last time I played it will be ranked as number one of all the course. While Pebble had the views and name, and a definite bucket list. Spyglass Hill has the best layout, challenge and different shot requirements.