Opened in 1919, Pebble Beach Golf Links has gone on to become one of the most iconic courses on the planet.
Almost joining the Del Monte Forest to Carmel-by-the-Sea on the Monterey Peninsula in California, Pebble Beach is known for being just as beautiful as it is brutal when the weather conditions are just right.
Even great players have occasionally been humbled by the stunning layout and left a bucket-list course for many amateurs wishing they had never arrived.
Part of the challenge of Pebble Beach is hardly its length, though, with the official yardage for the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am measuring at just under 7,000 yards. That is also despite the par-5 sixth hole having been extended by 17 yards from 2025.
Such is its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, golfers can find themselves in particularly tricky spots at Pebble Beach (just ask Jordan Spieth). They can also lose golf balls into the water down below if the wind takes a mild mis-strike in the wrong direction.
On the other hand, there have been some incredible scores in the decades since the PGA Tour first arrived in this part of the world, proving that it is possible to enjoy an extraordinary round befitting of the scene.
Until 2024, there were four men who shared the honor of owning Pebble Beach Golf Links’ tournament course record thanks to scores of 10-under 62 – Matthias Schwab (2022), Patrick Cantlay (2021), David Duval (1997), and Tom Kite (1983).
Strangely, in Schwab’s case, he failed to break par in any of the other three rounds of the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, finishing T49th on five-under.
Pebble Beach’s overall competitive course record was set by Texas Tech’s Hurly Long at a collegiate event, the Carmel Cup, in 2017.
That was until Wyndham Clark shattered both to take the outright scoring record at Pebble Beach in 2024.
Having completed Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula Country Club‘s Shore Course in even par and five-under, respectively, Clark set about climbing his way up the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am leaderboard in round three via one of the most special rounds in recent…
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