Damn! Really Pebble?

Pebble Beach Green Fee Jumps to $525, First Price Hike in Eight Years

Pebble Beach Golf Links has upped the ante to play its hallowed course from $495 to $525 this month. Though that's just a 6% increase, it’s the first price increase since April 2008, according to Mike Bailey from Golf Advisor.

As Bailey details, that doesn't even include the caddie fee ($80), which would bump the total over $600. For those without a calculator nearby, that’s more than $33 per hole.

(Golf.com)

2 Of The Top 10 Are In California (And They Are Also Neighbors)

2. Cypress Point

• Pebble Beach, Calif.
• As Alister MacKenzie himself must have felt about his 1928 design, it's almost inconceivable that land this stunning was made available for golf. For the lucky few who have access to super-exclusive Cypress, they're privileged to enjoy the best walk in the sport. The trek to the 15th tee, amid wind, waves, deer, gnarled Cypress trees and near-isolation is spiritual. And the over-the-ocean, 231-yard, par-3 16th is golf's ultimate heroic gut-check.

5. Pebble Beach

• Pebble Beach, Calif.
• The first great American public seaside course, Pebble benefited from an ingenious Figure-8 design that brought the player right to ocean's edge, then away into the woods, then back again. The pacing of the holes, the small greens and the heroic shots over the Pacific were revolutionary for their time. Even today, no more thrilling, spectacular stretch of holes exists anywhere than holes 7 through 10. And is there anything in golf that can compare with that final stroll up the par-5 18th as it curves to the left around Carmel Bay?

Complete list here (Golf.com)