In the 35 years since Cypress Point Club took itself out of the rotation for the PGA Tour’s Bing Crosby Clambake—otherwise known as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am—there have been few glimpses of it from those who are outside of its 250 members and their grateful guests.
The par-5 second hole is a dynamic, fascinating test that’s emblematic of the evolved genius of Augusta National’s architecture, where hole location dictates the way the players strategise.
Eighteen course architects from around the world were given a patch of prime real estate on the iconic Glenelg Beach in Adelaide and did exactly what you would expect.