Would you pay the extortionate Pebble Beach green fees?

While the course is rather spectacular, many are put off by the Pebble Beach green fees.

Pebble Beach costs $675 for a resort guest from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, and you would need to cough up another $60 for a cart fee if you were a non-resort guest. If you apply those exact dates to between 2026 and 2027, the cost is $695 per resort guest.

At NCG, green fee debate and discussion is one of the many facets within our course vertical. Green fees are important to golfers, and are often a point of aggravation and frustration, as extortionate fees often restrict lovers of the game from playing at the best courses, especially in GB&I.

Here is what NCG’s team make of the Pebble Beach green fees. Would you pay $675 for a game of golf? Is any golf course worth that much?

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‘As iconic courses go, it’s up there with the best’

The price tag reflects the fact that you’re playing one of the most iconic golf courses in the world, writes Matt Chivers.

Whatever you think of the course, the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and any majors held there are a good watch, and it’s mainly for the visual experience. Now imagine you’re actually there, with the sun beaming on your face and a gentle breeze keeping things at a nice temperature.

Feels good, doesn’t it? And everywhere you look, just jaw-dropping scenery. I grew up in Kent, where a handful of golf courses offer all of this and more – Royal St. George’s, Deal, and Princes. It is a privilege to be able to see the sea while walking the fairways.

I was lucky enough to play Royal Lytham & St. Annes last year, courtesy of a very generous guest. The experience was such that I spent most of the drive home thinking that round could have cost me £460. Would I have regretted paying that?

Pebble Beach, at £500 or so, would be in the same category. And while you’re there, you may as well get Spyglass Hill and the Monterey Peninsula in.

When you’re old(er) and grey(er) and lying in bed dreaming of the time you played Pebble Beach, I find it hard to believe that you’d be regretting paying out the price.

‘I could play three Open venues for that price’

I was there for the 2019 US Open, so I’ve walked it a few times, writes Steve Carroll. The bits that are spectacular are absolutely spectacular.

Seven is one of the best short holes I’ve ever seen.

The second shot of the eighth, where you’re effectively playing over the ocean, is one of the greatest shots in golf.

And the ninth, you basically play right into the sea. It’s amazing.

But because those holes are so brilliant, you walk around the rest, and you think, ‘I’m not quite sure about some of these.’ It can be a bit underwhelming.

Instinctively, I want to say ‘yes’, and just pay the money and go and play it. But I could probably play Muirfield, Birkdale and Hoylake – three Open Championship venues and courses that I would love to play – for not too much more money.

So I’ve thought about this quite a lot, and my answer is no, I wouldn’t.

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