Storied Bayonet Course to challenge aspiring professional golfer
(SEASIDE, Calif.) – Bayonet Black Horse, the 36-hole, full-bentgrass facility on the Monterey Peninsula, today announces that the Bayonet Course has been selected by the PGA TOUR to host Second Stage Q-School, November 15-20.
The PGA TOUR cited the Bayonet’s championship-caliber layout, commitment to maintaining “tour level” conditions and reputation among industry professionals and players as cornerstones of its selection. The field consists of 78 players, with practice rounds on November 15 and 16. The first round of competition will take place at Bayonet on the 17th.
“Second Stage is a hotly-contested round featuring many of the game’s rising stars,” says Dick Fitzgerald, project director for owner/operator Seaside Resort Development. “We are excited to host the event and honored by Bayonet’s selection and affiliation with the PGA TOUR.”
Bayonet was recently tapped by the United States Golf Association (“USGA”) and the Northern California Golf Association (“NCGA”) to host a U.S. Open qualifier on May 10. The 2010 U.S. Open will be played at Pebble Beach Golf Links, June 14-20. Pebble Beach – hosting the prestigious national championship for the fifth time — is just 15 minutes from Bayonet Black Horse.
Bayonet and Black Horse re-opened in December, 2008 after a $13 million renovation by Bates Golf Design Group (Gene Bates). Both courses underwent dramatic view-shed alterations and hole re-routings to reveal new, breathtaking ocean vistas and improved playing options (including new bentgrass greens). They were included in Golf Digest’s “Best New Courses” issue for 2009 in the ultra-competitive “Renovation” category.
For more information, rates and tee times, visit www.bayonetblackhorse.com.
About Bayonet And Black Horse Golf Club
Bayonet, with its narrow playing corridors and steep, penal bunkering, has long been considered the most difficult test of golf on the Monterey Peninsula. The par-72, 7,104-yard course has retained its famous bite after the recent renovation by award-winning architect Gene Bates, but playability and strategic options have been greatly improved. The uphill, dogleg right, 476-yard, par-4 ninth hole exemplifies the course’s significant challenge. Black Horse, a 7,024-yard, par-72 layout, features sweeping vistas of the Pacific and is highlighted by fescue-framed fairways, bunkers with distinctive, serrated edges and slickly-contoured greens. The par-3 15th, created during the renovation, faces the bay and is sure to emerge as one of the great holes on the Peninsula.
Getting There: The Monterey Peninsula Airport offers commercial and charter air service, including direct flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Phoenix and Las Vegas. San Jose International Airport and San Francisco International Airport serve the area and are one and two hours north of Bayonet Black Horse, respectively.
Contact:
Shane Sharp
Buffalo Communications
704.519.8381
ssharp@billycaspergolf.com
