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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Parkland
Par 71
Length 7002 yards
Slope 144
Rating 74.4

Located on the famed 17-mile-Drive, Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach was the first course in the United States to be owned and operated by an amateur golf association, the Northern California Golf Association. Originally opened in 1986 and designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.,Poppy Hills is a challenging, par-71 venue that weaves through the Del Monte Forest and has played host to several renowned tournaments, including the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from 1991-2009. In 2014, it received an extensive, $10 million renovation by RTJ Jr. The project was first and foremost aimed to improve environmental responsibility, and cut water consumption by reducing the amount of irrigated turf -- about 60 acres -- while also extending the layout to over 7,000 yards. From a playability perspective, all the rough was removed and doglegs were softened. The course was awarded "Best Renovation" that year by all four major golf publications.

Course Details

Year Built 1986
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (1986) Donald Knott (1986) Gary Linn (1986) Mark Rathert (1986) Mike Gorman (2014)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $25
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in California (2017 #22)

Reviews

4.0
190 Reviews (190)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 9
19th Hole Scenic Views 6
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 12
Undulating Greens 10
Forced Carries 6
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 12
A Weekend Splurge 11
Advanced Golfers 10
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 10
Near Local Attractions 6

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Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

poppy shines

his was the first time I've played the remodeled course. It was a little easier than the old course. Course conditions were excellent, great greens and lovely fairways, and good staff!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 72
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Poppy a must for Golf

THe course is in excellent condition. THey were vle to get me on as a walk-on the same day. Staff very helpful

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Top course design

Outstanding layout. Great vistas on some holes. Monterey pines border every fairway. Very challenging.
Staff were terrific from bag drop to the pro shop and in the restaurant.
Great value for a course in this area.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

half the story

Guys or perhaps gals: When the greens are being punched the morning that you book, someone (anyone) at GolfNow needs to tell you.

It's a great track but we hit the first tee with a bad taste in our mouths when we learned upon arrival that the greens had just been punched.

Apparently the course tried to call us but you wouldn't give them our contact info. You need full disclosure at these moments.

Not a good moment for GolfNow especially at the price we paid.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

A Christmas gift...

My daughter and son-in-law gave me a gift card for Christmas. Stopped yesterday morning and walked on, played without ever waiting, enjoyed the beautiful weather and got over feeling intimidated after I realized that I should have been playing from the "2 Poppies" tees instead of the "3 Poppies".

The course is in outstanding condition and the staff made the round a very pleasant one.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Just Go Play!

Great layout and course condition. Staff was very friendly and warm. Consider CaddieNow while course is cart path only. Luke and I had a great day walking the course. Fantastic golf experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poppy Hills Experience

It was our first time at Pebble, this course was affordable and in very good shape. Greens are huge and fast, the layout great and the time of play just under 4 hours walking. One of the best.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wonderful conditions

Never played the course before the recent updates but we loved the conditions, layout, and views. Staff were all exceptional as well from Pro Shop to food service and starter. Moved quickly as expected on a weekday but the course was active but not crowded. Hope to make it back!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice NCGA course

It is very nice course, first time to play, and it is must play course for California golfers. The course condition is great,large green, don’t go for poles directly, use the course book to find right spot to land your ball on the green. Cart path only but easy to walk and enjoy the view, highly recommended,will back again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course, Great Fun!

We had a great time playing Poppy Hills. The course was in fantastic shape and the weather was perfect.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course was outstanding and the weather cooperated with mid 70’s . Practice range well set up course conditions were very good but the greens were a killer extremely fast! Great golf to test you talent! Clubhouse staff were great ( with one exception) at the bag drop when they pulled out my buddies clubs wrecked the clips and he had to buy a new travel , no real effort to offer a solution or compensation were directed to a local golf shop which could not make the repair.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

The Hidden Gem of Pebble Beach

My experience at Poppy Hills was incredible! The staff was friendly and helpful and the range was really well kept. The course is very open on the fairways and just challenging enough on the greens to keep your focus on a landing point. The fairways and bunkers were in perfect condition. The only bummer when we played was that the greens must have been aerated a few weeks prior because they were just a tad bit sandy and had me leaving putts that should have been fast falling way short of the hole. I'm sure it was just because of that though, because I could easily see those greens playing nice and pure on a normal day. Overall was very happy with the value of the course! Having played all of the other Pebble Beach courses, this one was right up there in layout and quality at a fraction of the price! Definitely recommend and can't wait to play again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

New Poppy Hills

My first time playing to newly renovated Poppy Hills.
I've played the course many times over the years. Enjoyed the new course layout and the total experience when playing on or near Pebble Beach. The pace of play was a bit slow due to a 5-some in front of us. This, the marshal said was an anomaly...I hope so.
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Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Great renovation

Played yesterday on a cool, beautiful sunny winter day. Course was in excellent shape, greens medium fast. The fairways are firm and fast so it doesn't play quite as long as the scorecard, but it's still a heck of a challenge that tests every part of your game. You can use some of the greenside slopes to your benefit, particularly to the right of par 3 11th and par 3 18th. Putting can be deceiving if you don't pay attention to the overall slope of the land towards the ocean. Staff was very friendly. Only complaint was no beverage cart and the halfway house was closed. The restaurant is great but its a full service restaurant and not a place to pick up a quick snack at the turn. NCGA members have a gem - great value at the NCGA member rate.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Amazing day at a great golf course

Poppy Hills exudes love and respect for the game. The renovation made the course more playable and enjoyable.

The staff is awesome. The greens had been partially plugged but with the tiny plugs so no impact whatsoever; greens were fast and true.

And playing at 9am in the middle of December in short sleeves was awesome. I play here about 3-4 times a year and this is more the norm than the exception.

What a blessing to the world of golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great deal for high quality course

Wonderful layout. The conditions were impeccable. I haven’t played except for 9 holes on Executive course a week ago, since the middle of July. A major muscle injury that left me unable to swing a club till the end of September. So to have Poppy be the first course was perfect. Can’t wait to play it with my boys in the near future.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good time

Great golf course. Very slow play on the back nine. 3 groups deep on every tee box. No ball washers on the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Birthday celebration golf

This was the last golf day to the Monterey Peninsula, we had already played Spyglass, Spanish Bay and Pebble Beach. It was my husband's 65th Birthday and he had his best round of the weekend. We had prearranged a caddy who was fantastic and certainly helped on all of those tricky, fast greens. We would all play this course again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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