PETER HAY GOLF COURSE (1957)

 

CENTRAL COAST REGION

Public: 9 hole - cost: $5 - $20

17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, CA 93953

Tel: (831) 622-8723 

 

Designed by Peter Hay. This is a short pitch-and-putt course located on a small hillside, inside the grounds of Pebble Beach. Kids 12 and under are free. From within Monterey: Take the Pebble Beach exit off Highway 1. Follow the signs to the Pebble Beach gate. The guard gives further directions from there. This course is over $300 dollars cheaper than Pebble Beach and is not quite as challenging. Take the entire family to play here and then go home and tell everyone back home that you took the entire family to play Pebble. Technically you are not lying.

 

PGA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT OAK VALLEY (200)

 

INLAND EMPIRE REGION

Public - 36 hole - cost: $45 - $90

36211 Champions Drive, Beaumont, CA 92223

Tel: (877) PGA-2500  

 

Designed by Brian Curley, Lee Schmidt. There are two courses, the Champions and Legends Courses. The Champions Course is open, native in appearance, with rolling terrain and rugged bunkering. The Legends Course has constant elevation changes and is classic in design, with oak­studded fairways. The yardage listed is for the Legends Course. From downtown Los Angeles (about 73 miles east to the course): Take I-10 east to Calimesa. Exit at Cherry Valley and head south. Turn left at Desert Lawn. The entrance is just over a mile east. People in Los Angeles will sit in traffic for an hour to get some milk at the corner market and think nothing of it, yet driving anywhere that isn't right in Los Angeles seems too far. Make the drive, you will not be disappointed.