A Glowing Review: Revamped MPCC Dunes Course

Future Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Chairman Emeritus Alan Shipnuck got a sneak peak at Monterey Peninsula's revitalized Dunes Course and declared it about the greatest thing he's ever seen in golf.

Granted, architects Jackson and Kahn were trying to improve on a Rees-toration that somehow managed to not improve the majestic site, but Shipnuck still sees greatness in a course that figures to join the AT&T National Pro-Am rota by 2018.

The Dunes’s signature hole has always been the par-3 14th, which demands a full-blooded carry over the Pacific. That remains unchanged but the hole has been enhanced by more natural bunkering, a larger green offering more pin placements and the importation of one tree to frame the vista; it has been so artfully placed that tourists are already confusing it with the iconic Lone Cypress.

Golf.com posted this slideshow with a few images of the course.