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{{Short description|Private golf club in California}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|image = View From Clubhouse to 16 - Flickr - schnaars.jpg
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|caption=View of 16th green from clubhouse in 2004
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|map_caption  = Location in the [[United States]]##Location in [[California]]
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|location = [[Pebble Beach, California]]
|establishment = {{start date and age|1928}}
|elevation = {{convert|80|ft}}
|type = Private
|holes =  18
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|designer1 = [[Alister MacKenzie]] and<br />[[Robert Hunter (author)|Robert Hunter]]
|par1 = 72
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|rating1 = 73.1
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'''Cypress Point Club''' is a private [[Country club|golf club]] located in [[Pebble Beach, California]], at the northern end of the [[Central Coast (California)|Central Coast]]. Its single 18-hole course has been named as one of the finest in golf, best known for a series of dramatic holes along the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golf.com/photos/top-50-holes-united-states |title=The 50 Best Holes In The U.S |work=Golf.com |date=November 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golf.com/photos/best-18-holes-golf |title=Best 18 golf holes |work=Golf.com |date=September 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golfdigest.com/gallery/the-18-undisputed-unchallenged-scientifically-factual-best-golf-holes-in-the-world#2 |title=The 18 undisputed, unchallenged, scientifically-factual best golf holes in the world |work=Golf Digest |date= |accessdate=April 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/10/golf/worlds-best-par-3-golf-holes/index.html |title=Golf's best par 3 holes on the planet |work=CNN |date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>

== History ==
The course was designed in 1928 by [[golf course designer]] [[Alister MacKenzie]], collaborating with fellow golf course architect [[Robert Hunter (author)|Robert Hunter]]. It opened on August 11 that year.<ref>Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey, Forrest L. Richardson</ref>

== Golf Course ==
Set in coastal dunes, the course's front nine enter the Del Monte forest, reemerging on the rocky coastline for the back nine. The [[signature hole]] is #16, which requires a {{convert|230|yd|adj=on}} tee shot over the Pacific to a mid-sized green guarded by strategically placed bunkers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montereypeninsulagolf.com/Cypress+Point+Club |title=Cypress Point Club |work=MontereyPeninsulaGolf.com |accessdate=March 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name=cyrps>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c95YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5946%2C2261415 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Toughest golf hole stymies great in Crosby's Open play |date=January 10, 1958 |page=12}}</ref>

Cypress Point Club was ranked #2 on ''[[Golf Magazine]]'s'' 2011 List of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golf.com/courses-and-travel/course-rankings/world |title=Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses in the World |access-date=June 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819102626/http://www.golf.com/courses-and-travel/course-rankings/world |archive-date=August 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and #5 on ''[[Golf Digest]]'''s 2011–12 list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.<ref>[http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-courses/2011-05/100-greatest-golf-courses Golf Digest's 2011-12 America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses]</ref>

The golf course is considered one of the most exclusive in the world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The incredibly unlikely story of how one golfer got onto ultra-private Cypress Point|url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-incredibly-unlikely-story-of-how-one-golfer-got-onto-ultra-private-cypress-point|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Golf Digest|language=en}}</ref> Non-members require the invitation of a member to play.<ref name=":0" />

==PGA Tour==
From 1947 through [[1990 PGA Tour|1990]] Cypress Point was on the [[PGA Tour]] as part of the multi-course [[AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am]], founded by entertainer [[Bing Crosby]]. It was dropped from the [[AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am#Tournament hosts|rotation]] because it had no black members and refused to admit one to comply with the tour's anti-discrimination guidelines.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Diaz|first1=Jaime|title=Cypress Point Drops PGA Tour Event Instead of Changing Its Rules|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/18/sports/cypress-point-drops-pga-tour-event-instead-of-changing-its-rules.html|accessdate=February 11, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=September 18, 1990}}</ref><ref name=offlim>{{cite news |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1997/02/10/offlimits-whats-stopping-cypress-point-from-rejoining-the-att |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Diaz |first=aime |title=Off-limits: What's stopping Cypress Point from rejoining the AT&T? |date=February 10, 1997 |page=G10}}</ref> Since then, [[Condoleezza Rice]] was admitted as a member of the club.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ostler|first=Scott|date=2013-02-08|title=Condoleezza Rice changing face of golf|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/ostler/article/Condoleezza-Rice-changing-face-of-golf-4261900.php|access-date=2021-11-09|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}</ref>

While no longer part of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, many of the players continue to visit the course in the week leading up to the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Matuszewski|first=Erik|title=Cypress Point Still Has Presence (Unofficially) At Golf's Pebble Beach Pro-Am|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikmatuszewski/2016/02/11/cypress-point-still-has-presence-unofficially-at-golfs-pebble-beach-pro-am/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

==Scorecard==
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{{blue18 |name=Championship|73.1 / 141 |420|549|156|383|491|521|170|369|289|3348|476|440|404|394|393|135|233|386 |343 | 3204|6552}}
{{white18|name=Regular     |72.1 / 139           |407|535|151|370|472|509|159|342|283|3228|476|427|397|344|384|120|218|374|326|3066|6249}}
{{par18                    |name=Men's | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 72 }}
{{handicap18               |name=Men's | 5 | 1 | 17| 7 | 11| 3 | 15| 9 | 13|      16| 4 | 2| 14 | 8 | 18 | 6| 10| 12          }}
{{red18                    |           |409|510|142|366|416|475|155|319|247|3039|480|401|310|285|323|119|208|355|296|2777|5816}}
{{par18                   |name=Women's| 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 74 }}
{{handicap18              |name=Women's| 11| 1 | 17| 7 | 5 | 3 | 13| 9 | 15|      2 | 10| 8 | 14| 6 | 18| 16| 4 | 12          }}
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.montereypeninsulagolf.com/Cypress+Point+Club Cypress Point Course Information] - with photos and interactive map
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