Pebble Beach Golf Links: the 2027 US Open venue anyone can book

Pebble Beach Golf Links will stage the 127th US Open, its seventh, from 14 to 20 June 2027. It became the first public course to host the US Open in 1972, and Golf Digest has ranked it America’s No. 1 public course since 2003, according to the resort.

The course sits on 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, on California’s Monterey Peninsula. From the tees in the resort’s hole guide it measures about 6,800 yards, par 72.

Designed by two amateurs

Pebble Beach opened on 22 February 1919. It was commissioned by Samuel F.B. Morse, who had founded Del Monte Properties that month, and designed by two amateur champions rather than a professional architect. Jack Neville, a five-time California State Amateur winner, and Douglas Grant, who later moved to England and captained Royal St George’s, laid out the course free of charge, and their figure-of-eight routing is still in use, according to the resort.

It has been refined many times since. William Herbert Fowler turned the 18th from a short par 4 into a par 5 in the early 1920s. Alister MacKenzie rebuilt the green complexes on the 8th and 13th, and H. Chandler Egan, a two-time US Amateur champion, reshaped and rebunkered every green before the 1929 US Amateur. Jack Nicklaus added a new 5th in 1998, on oceanfront land the owners had wanted for about 80 years. Before the 2010 US Open, four greens and 16 bunkers were rebuilt, altered or added.

Small greens, 118 bunkers

The greens average about 3,500 square feet, which the resort says is the smallest on the PGA TOUR, and 118 bunkers surround them. The course is not long by modern standards, and mid-handicappers can get round from the forward tees without being overpowered.

Seven holes, from the 4th to the 18th

The 4th (par 4). The only par 4 to play under par at the 2019 US Open, and the best birdie chance before the harder holes along the coast.

The 6th (par 5). The second shot climbs nearly four storeys to the fairway on the headland.

The 7th (par 3). Just 107 yards, yet depending on the wind, aces here have been made with everything from a lob wedge to a 3-iron.

The 8th (par 4). Nicklaus has called its approach his favourite second shot in golf.

The 6th hole at Pebble Beach (2008). Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

The 9th (par 4). The hardest hole at the 2019 US Open.

The 17th (par 3). A 182-yard shot to an hourglass-shaped green, and the scene of two of the most famous shots in US Open history: Nicklaus hit the flagstick with a 1-iron in 1972, and Tom Watson chipped in on his way to the title in 1982.

The 18th (par 5). At 541 yards, it curves around the shore of Carmel Bay. The resort calls it the most famous finishing hole in golf.

The championship record

Nicklaus won the US Open here in 1972, Watson in 1982 and Tom Kite in 1992. In 2000 Tiger Woods won by 15 strokes, still the biggest winning margin in a major, and Graeme McDowell won in 2010. Gary Woodland won in 2019 at −13, one shot better than the Pebble Beach record Woods set in 2000. The 2023 US Women’s Open, the first held here, went to Allisen Corpuz at −9.

In 2022 the USGA named Pebble Beach one of its US Open anchor sites, with men’s Opens booked for 2027, 2032, 2037 and 2044 and women’s Opens for 2035, 2040 and 2048. The PGA TOUR’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, first played in 1947, comes to the course every February.

Booking a tee time

Guests of The Lodge at Pebble Beach, The Inn at Spanish Bay or Casa Palmero can reserve tee times more than 24 hours ahead, subject to a minimum stay. Non-guests can book only one day in advance, according to the resort’s booking guidelines.

Golf News Net reported in February that the green fee would rise from $675 to $695 on 1 April 2026 and stay at that level until 31 March 2027, with a buggy costing $60 a player on top. The same report said booking more than two days ahead requires a stay of at least two nights, rising to three for golfers playing Thursday to Sunday between September and November. Those are prices at the time of writing. The resort does not publish them on its course page, so check when booking on +1 800 877 0597. Buggies must stay on the paths, and pull trolleys are allowed.

Golf News Net adds that short-notice booking suits singles and twosomes best, because a completely empty tee time is rare. Spyglass Hill, one of the resort’s other courses, takes bookings up to three months ahead whether or not you stay at the resort.

Sources

• Pebble Beach Resorts: Pebble Beach Golf Links
• Pebble Beach Resorts: The course architects of Pebble Beach Golf Links
• Pebble Beach Resorts: Course changes over time
• Pebble Beach Resorts: 2027 U.S. Open Championship
• Pebble Beach Resorts: Booking guidelines
• Golf News Net: How much does it cost to play Pebble Beach Golf Links in 2026?
• GolfPass: USGA and Pebble Beach partnership brings future U.S. Open rota into focus
• Wikipedia: Pebble Beach Golf Links