I played Pasatiempo a bunch for the Cable Car BB tourney. Wonderful. MacKenzie also designed the nine hole nightmare called Gleneagles in SF's McLaren Park. I used to play there but today I have no chance except on one par 3.
Pebble is beautiful. But the signature hole #18 is really all about the water and the trophy homes.
I'll take #17 at Lincoln Park, a peoples course. You are teeing off on a cliff overlooking the Channel with the GG Bridge, Alcatraz, the Marin Headlands and the promise of the finest bay in the world in view. During Vietnam a couple of times we saw aircraft carriers steaming into port toward Alameda NAS. There were warning signs but we still teed it up and hit drives toward Marin. If you hit it on the nose you could see the splash in the Channel. IMO beats #18 at Pebble.
Forgot about the near secret 18 in Pacific Grove near Asilomar. Back nine especially special.
Pebble is beautiful. But the signature hole #18 is really all about the water and the trophy homes.
I'll take #17 at Lincoln Park, a peoples course. You are teeing off on a cliff overlooking the Channel with the GG Bridge, Alcatraz, the Marin Headlands and the promise of the finest bay in the world in view. During Vietnam a couple of times we saw aircraft carriers steaming into port toward Alameda NAS. There were warning signs but we still teed it up and hit drives toward Marin. If you hit it on the nose you could see the splash in the Channel. IMO beats #18 at Pebble.
Forgot about the near secret 18 in Pacific Grove near Asilomar. Back nine especially special.