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THE HISTORY OF GOLF IN CALIFORNIA

Pebble Beach Resorts - Del Monte Golf Course

125년,캘리포니아 골프의 역사

ebble Beach Resort’s famed Del Monte Golf Course dedicated to serving the desires of guests from around
Pis celebrating its 125th anniversary on May 1, 2022. the world.
Since opening in 1897, the Del Monte course has played
an instrumental role in popularizing golf and remains In the Beginning
the oldest course in continuous operation west of the In the early 1890s, the game of golf made its way to
Mississippi. The birthplace of the California State California, and Hotel Del Monte wished to provide a
Amateur, Del Monte retains much of that classic charm golf course for its visitors. However, because the hotel’s
today, challenging the game’s best golfers with old-school own land was occupied by a racetrack and polo field,
greens. the 9-hole Del Monte Golf Course had to be constructed
offsite, on land leased from a man named David Jacks.
The story of Del Monte Golf Course is the story of The course you play today is still located on the original
California golf itself site.

The story of Del Monte Golf Course is the story of Noteworthy Distinctions
California golf itself. When the Hotel Del Monte opened Today, only two of California’s earliest golf courses remain
in Monterey, California, it quickly became regarded as in operation: Del Monte Golf Course and the course at
one of the grandest hotels ever built—a resort sanctuary the Presidio in San Francisco, built in 1896. Because the

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