If you were to list the world’s most recognized golf courses, chances are Pebble Beach Golf Links would feature, with it previously being called “the greatest meeting of land and sea.”
Set amongst the Monterey Peninsula, the area is regarded as one of the most picturesque and exclusive, with Pacific Grove and Carmel-by-the-Sea located just a mile or so away from its iconic lay-out.
Within the vicinity, houses can sell for eight figures, with one example being a property that was put up for sale back in 2022. At the time, the asking price was $31 million, with the mansion located by the 11th green and 12th tee box on Pebble Beach’s course.
The mansion overlooking the 11th green and 12th tee
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A mainstay on the PGA Tour’s calendar, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a now $20 million Signature Event, has hosted some of the biggest names in golf and was in fact set-up by American singer and actor, Bing Crosby.
Now run as a Pro-Am, the 2025 edition of the tournament brings 80 players to its shores, as well as 80 celebrities and recognized faces, with some household names opting, or previously, residing in the Pebble Beach area.
Below, we take a look through the famous residents that are, or have lived in-and-around Pebble Beach.
Clint Eastwood
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One of the most famous names in Hollywood, with a career spanning over seven decades, Eastwood has attended and played in the Pebble Beach event multiple times and was, in fact, the former Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, sitting in office for two years.
Such is Eastwood’s impact on Pebble Beach Golf Links, the now 94-year-old actually purchased the Resort in California alongside seven-time Major winner, Arnold Palmer, and former Major League Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth in 1999.
Jim Nantz
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Sports commentator, Jim Nantz, has been appearing on people’s screens for decades and, famously, used to have a replica of Pebble Beach’s par-3 seventh hole in his backyard.
Reportedly, Nantz no longer resides at Pebble Beach but fell in love with the area at the age of 10 after his father took his family on a three-hour drive to Pebble Beach.
Eventually moving to the area, Nantz revealed that, during the week of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, he would jog to the par-3 seventh hole…
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