Cypress Point Club
Private golf club in California
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Cypress Point Club is a private golf club located in Pebble Beach, California, at the northern end of the Central Coast. Its single 18-hole course has been named as one of the finest in golf, best known for a series of dramatic holes along the Pacific Ocean.[3][4][5][6]
View of 16th green from clubhouse in 2004 | |
  Location in the United States  Location in California | |
 Interactive map of Cypress Point Club | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| 36.58°N 121.974°W | |
| Coordinates | 36.58°N 121.974°W |
| Location | Pebble Beach, California |
| Elevation | 80 feet (24 m) |
| Established | 1928 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Designed by | Alister MacKenzie and Robert Hunter |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,554 yards (5,993 m) |
| Course rating | 73.1 |
| Slope rating | 141 [1] |
| Course record | 63 – Jim Langley, Ben Hogan, and others[2] |
History
The course was designed in 1929 by golf course designer Alister MacKenzie, collaborating with fellow golf course architect Robert Hunter. It opened on August 11 that year.[7]
The Cypress Point clubhouse was designed by George Washington Smith of Santa Barbara and decorated by artist and member Francis McComas and Frances Elkins. It opened in 1929 and is mostly unchanged from the original design. The club has 250 members. [8]
Golf course
Set in coastal dunes, the course's front nine enter the Del Monte forest, reemerging on the rocky coastline for the back nine. The signature hole is #16, which requires a 230-yard (210 m) tee shot over the Pacific to a mid-sized green guarded by strategically placed bunkers.[9][10]
Cypress Point Club was ranked #1 on Top100GolfCourses.com list of best golf courses in the US[11] and #3 on Golf Digest's 2025 list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.[12]
The golf course is considered one of the most exclusive in the world.[13] Non-members require the invitation of a member to play.[13]
PGA Tour
From 1947 through 1990 Cypress Point was on the PGA Tour as part of the multi-course AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, founded by entertainer Bing Crosby. It was dropped from the rotation because it had no non-white members and refused to admit one to comply with the tour's anti-discrimination guidelines.[14][15] Since then, Condoleezza Rice was admitted as a member of the club.[16]
While no longer part of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, many of the players continue to visit the course in the week leading up to the tournament.[17]
Scorecard
| Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 73.1 / 141 | 420 | 549 | 156 | 383 | 491 | 521 | 170 | 369 | 289 | 3,348 | 476 | 440 | 404 | 394 | 393 | 135 | 233 | 386 | 343 | 3,204 | 6,552 |
| Regular | 72.1 / 139 | 407 | 535 | 151 | 370 | 472 | 509 | 159 | 342 | 283 | 3,228 | 476 | 427 | 397 | 344 | 384 | 120 | 218 | 374 | 326 | 3,066 | 6,249 |
| Par | Men's | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 72 |
| SI | Men's | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |||
| Red | 409 | 510 | 142 | 366 | 416 | 475 | 155 | 319 | 247 | 3,039 | 480 | 401 | 310 | 285 | 323 | 119 | 208 | 355 | 296 | 2,777 | 5,816 | |
| Par | Women's | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 74 |
| SI | Women's | 11 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 12 |
- Source:[1]
