the forest corridor of the ninth and eighteenth, out toward Monterey Bay
▦ hero—the forest corridor of the ninth and eighteenth, out toward Monterey Bay

Poppy Hills

The NCGA's home course, reborn by RTJ II in the Del Monte Forest.
Designers
Robert Trent Jones Jr. (1986; redesigned 2014)
Par
71
Yardage
7,002
Style
Parkland · Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Green fee
from $350
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Robert Trent Jones Jr. built Poppy Hills for the Northern California Golf Association in 1986, then returned for a ground-up 2014 redesign—sand-capping the whole course, returning each hole to the natural forest floor, and rebuilding all 18 greens in bentgrass.

The result is one of the most walkable, purely strategic rounds on the peninsula, tucked into the pines of the Del Monte Forest a few minutes from Pebble Beach.

Course conditions

Greens are scheduled for aeration 17–17 August 2026, with roughly 20 days of recovery after. Expect normal green speeds from about 6 Sep.

Confirmed with the course · 8 Aug 2026

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