Spyglass Hill’s setting inspired poetic illustrations long before pioneering golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. built the course in 1966. It is said Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson strolled the would-be greens in 1879. These stories prompted Jones Sr. to evoke the fantasy novel for Spyglass, including naming each hole after the book. For example, hole two is called “Billy Bones” because, says the Pebble Beach Resorts website, “like the character in the book, he appears early and doesn’t stay long, but is long remembered.”

Found Treasure, Spring 2025

Holes 11 and 13 are considered “signature holes” at Carmel Valley Ranch, with challenging drops into the valleys. … all 18 holes wind through old-growth oak groves, vineyards and lavender fields where golfers may need to play it as it lies alongside wild turkeys, eagles, and deer.

For the Love of the Game, Summer 2025

Forrest Arthur has two photos of his workplace framed in his home. When you learn he’s been COO and general manager of the pristine Santa Lucia Preserve Golf Club since 1998, the artwork makes perfect sense. But if you had the chance to look closer, you may still be puzzled by his choice. The framed photograph depicts a before-and-after of hole three—two images that are nearly the same. “Nothing had to be carved out or fabricated,” Arthur says. “Those holes were sitting there forever.”

Links With Nature, Fall 2024