Spyglass Hill was designed by
Robert Trent Jones Sr., and opened on March 11, 1966, after six years of planning, design, and construction. Since
1967, it has been in the
rotation of the multi-course
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a February tournament on the West Coast Swing of the
PGA Tour. It will host a senior women's major professional golf tournament, the
U.S. Senior Women's Open in 2030. Originally called
Pebble Beach Pines Golf Club, it was renamed to Spyglass Hill by
Samuel F. B. Morse (1885–1969), the founder of Pebble Beach Company, after the place in the 1883 novel
Treasure Island by
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), who had spent time in the Monterey area in 1879.--> All the holes at Spyglass Hill were named by Bob Hanna, executive director of the Northern California Golf Association, after characters and places from the novel. Its par-72 layout measures from the championship (blue) tees, with a
course rating of 75.4 and a
slope rating of 145. The first five holes all have views of the
Pacific Ocean, and the other thirteen wind through the
Del Monte Forest. The course record of 62 (–10) was set by
Phil Mickelson in 2005 and equaled by
Luke Donald the next year; both were carded on Thursday of the AT&T under calm conditions. The back tees at Spyglass Hill were called "Tiger tees" when it opened, long before the birth of
Tiger Woods. ==Layout==