36-hole facility on Monterey Peninsula adds to impressive list of USGA, PGA, Champions tour events
(SEASIDE, Calif.) – Bayonet Black Horse, the 36-hole, full-bentgrass facility on the Monterey Peninsula, today announces the Bayonet Course has been selected by the Champions TOUR to host a Q-School regional, November 2-5, 2010.
The announcement caps a banner year for Bayonet for hosting both United States Golf Association (USGA) and PGA TOUR events. Widely regarded as one of the most challenging layouts in the state, the course hosted a U.S. Open qualifier on May 10 in advance of the unforgettable national championship at Pebble Beach won by Graeme McDowell.
In addition, Bayonet will host the Tuesday qualifier for the Champions TOUR’s Home Care and Hospice First Tee Open at Pebble Beach on August 31, the Monday qualifier for the Frys.com Open at CordeValle on October 11, and Stage Two PGA TOUR Q-School November 15-20.
“Bayonet has reached critical mass as a venue for hosting high-level, professional golf tournaments,” says Dick Fitzgerald, project director for owner/operator Seaside Resort Development. “The Champions TOUR is becoming more and more competitive each year, with the addition of players like Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia, and Bayonet should provide a stern and strategic test.”
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, log onto www.bayonetblackhorse.com, and visit iTunes to download the Bayonet Black Horse iPhone App, key word: Bayonet.
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@buffalocommunications.com
