[Mick]

IMHO, Pasatiempo is one of the finest courses in the country.  A true gem.  I haven't played there in years, but I remember each hole vividly.  A beautiful walk.  The place has a wonderful scent.

I've probably played 100 rounds at Pasatiempo, most before I was 21.  Three things stick out for me:

1)  The course was designed by Alister MacKenzie, who also designed Augusta National and Cypress Point.  MacKenzie loved Pasatiempo, he had a home off of the par five sixth fairway (the first house you see on the left side of the hole/right side of the street.

2)  First time I broke 100 I was a a freshman playing fifth man on my high school's golf team, shot 96.  We were playing Harbor High, and they had a junior player named Julie Sheehan.  She shot a 75 or so.  Today, her name is Julie Inkster.  Smooth swing, you bet.

3)  I recall playing what had been described to me as Tom Watson's favorite hole in golf, #15, which was a dogleg left par 4 over a canyon to a three-tiered green.  I played one day with my dad and landed the ball between the 2nd and 3rd tiers on the right, the hole was on the first (lowest) tier on the left.  I start lining up the putt, which would have about 12 feet of break, and my dad walks to the right/front tier and says "your only chance of keeping the ball on the green is to hit it here" about 15 feet from the hold.  I barely touched the ball, missed the hole by a few inches and it went fifteen feet off the green.  Later, dad told me that a golf course architect told the membership that a course built in the 1920s cut the grass too short on that hole.  I assume they fixed it.... :P

Regardless, had lots of great experiences there.

[Mick]

IMHO, Pasatiempo is one of the finest courses in the country.  A true gem.  I haven't played there in years, but I remember each hole vividly.  A beautiful walk.  The place has a wonderful scent.

I've probably played 100 rounds at Pasatiempo, most before I was 21.  Three things stick out for me:

1)  The course was designed by Alister MacKenzie, who also designed Augusta National and Cypress Point.  MacKenzie loved Pasatiempo, he had a home off of the par five sixth fairway (the first house you see on the left side of the hole/right side of the street.

2)  First time I broke 100 I was a a freshman playing fifth man on my high school's golf team, shot 96.  We were playing Harbor High, and they had a junior player named Julie Sheehan.  She shot a 75 or so.  Today, her name is Julie Inkster.  Smooth swing, you bet.

3)  I recall playing what had been described to me as Tom Watson's favorite hole in golf, #15, which was a dogleg left par 4 over a canyon to a three-tiered green.  I played one day with my dad and landed the ball between the 2nd and 3rd tiers on the right, the hole was on the first (lowest) tier on the left.  I start lining up the putt, which would have about 12 feet of break, and my dad walks to the right/front tier and says "your only chance of keeping the ball on the green is to hit it here" about 15 feet from the hold.  I barely touched the ball, missed the hole by a few inches and it went fifteen feet off the green.  Later, dad told me that a golf course architect told the membership that a course built in the 1920s cut the grass too short on that hole.  I assume they fixed it.... :P

Regardless, had lots of great experiences there.