Will Pebble Beach ever return the seventh hole to its old look? Our deep dive into the great short par 3

When a golf course is as old and famous as Pebble Beach, it’s tempting to believe we know all there is to know about it. Not only have golfers watched it on television during U.S. Opens and the annual AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am for decades, many of us have also experienced the unforgettable thrill of playing it, something that cannot be said about most of the country’s most venerated courses.

But as much as we think we know about Pebble Beach, there’s more to it than meets the eye—or the camera.

With its incomparable setting next to the Pacific Ocean on California’s Monterey Peninsula, Pebble Beach is a bonanza of history and visual stimulation. Every hole tells a story. In fact, the smallest hole at Pebble Beach, the downhill par-3 seventh, encompasses one of the wildest tales of all. Packed inside those 106 yards is a multitude of personalities. It is comic and tragic, loud and serene, fearsome and flirtatious. Above all, it is one of a kind, the thrilling pinnacle of golf played on the sea.

Please enjoy this video as we explore everything there is to know about the seventh hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links.