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The 18th green at Pebble Beach Golf Links beside Carmel BayMonterey Peninsula
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Green Trip · Coast · forest · links

Monterey, three ways

Three courses close together, each translating the same peninsula differently. Leave room for fog, wind and the pleasure of not hurrying.

Four daysmeasured pace3 courses
Begin with Pebble Beach

The sequence

Follow the idea, not a checklist.

Day 1Pebble Beach Golf Links

Begin at the exposed edge, where the coastline establishes the scale of the trip.

Day 2Spyglass Hill Golf Course

Watch the landscape turn from dunes to dense forest after an ocean-facing opening.

Day 4The Links at Spanish Bay

Finish with low, wind-shaped ground after a day away from the course.

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