United States · Bucket-List Golf
Two public rounds every American golfer means to get to eventually, on opposite coasts and with almost nothing in common. Pebble Beach is coastal and weather-driven, small greens and the ocean waiting on your right for a good stretch of the back nine. Pinehurst No. 2 is inland Carolina sandhills, pine and wiregrass in place of cliffs, and its whole defence is the greens: crowned enough that a decent shot trickles off into a collection area and leaves you a genuinely awkward chip. Pebble is the one you photograph. Pinehurst is the one that quietly takes your score apart.
Read the full record on each before you decide.
| Detail | Pebble Beach Golf Course | Pinehurst No. 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Pebble Beach | Pinehurst |
| Region | California | North Carolina |
| Holes | 18 | 18 |
| Par | 72 | 70 |
| Established | 1919 | Not recorded |
These two are a hand-picked pair in the same country. The table shows only facts we hold.