Cypress Point Club Golf Course
Pebble Beach, United States
Course Details
About Cypress Point Club Golf Course
Cypress Point Club sits beside Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula and is routinely cited by golf architects and playing professionals as the most naturally beautiful golf course in the world. Alister MacKenzie — who also designed Augusta National and Royal Melbourne — built the course in 1928 around a spectacular stretch of Pacific coastline, using every landform at his disposal: dense cypress groves, rolling sand dunes, rocky headlands, and crashing surf. The result is a design of extraordinary variety, where inland holes through the trees alternate with exposed coastal holes and then, at the climax of the round, three consecutive holes along the sheer Pacific cliffs that have no equal anywhere in golf. The par-3 16th is the most photographed hole in the game: a 219-yard carry entirely over Pacific breakers to a green defended by a natural cypress windbreak. Bing Crosby, Marion Hollins, and the Morse family shaped the club's early identity, and it remains one of the most exclusive — and least accessible — private clubs in the United States. Membership invitations are extraordinarily rare.
Why Play Cypress Point Club
- Alister MacKenzie's 1928 masterpiece — widely called the most beautiful golf course in the world
- Par-3 16th: 219-yard carry over Pacific breakers — the most photographed hole in golf
- Three consecutive clifftop holes (15, 16, 17) with uninterrupted Pacific Ocean views
- Extraordinary variety: cypress forest, dunes, open heathland, and coastal clifftops in one round
- Ultra-exclusive private club — one of the most coveted invitations in American golf
Cypress Point Club Golf Course Characteristics
Course Type
Links — Private access
Course Architect
Designed by Alister MacKenzie
Year Opened
1928
Region
North America — United States
Practical Information
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