Second cypress tree planted in fairway of Pebble Beach’s 18th hole
The new tree restores the hole to its original design intent and brings back the look from what was lost in a 2014 storm.
Jim Nantz hinted that it was going to happen near the end of CBS’ broadcast of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February. It was a light remark after Collin Morikawa won the signature event and it mostly went unnoticed. On Thursday, however, Pebble Beach released images and news that made it official—a second cypress tree has been planted in the fairway of its iconic 18th hole, “restoring the hole to its original design intent and reinstating the signature look golf fans had come to know until the original was lost in a 2014 storm.
” Pebble Beach is ranked ninth in Golf Digest’s list of America’s Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses. It hosts the U. S.
Open next year. According to Pebble Beach, the tree is 30 yards farther down the fairway from the other cypress and is slightly more to the right, which brings more strategy into play for most players. The newly-planted tree was moved from the 17th hole at nearby Spyglass Hill.
On Dec. 11, 2014, Golf Digest reported that the previous tree, which was only planted 10 years earlier to replace a tree that was dying, was knocked down from winds during one of the area’s worst storms in years. 1 / 10 Stephen Szurlej 2 / 10 Sherman Chu 3 / 10 4 / 10 Evan Schiller 5 / 10 6 / 10 Getty Images 7 / 10 8 / 10 Photo by Joann Dost 9 / 10 Keyur Khamar 10 / 10 Stephen Szurlej Previous Next Pause Play false Public Pebble Beach Golf Links Pebble Beach, CA 4.