(SEASIDE, Calif.) – Bayonet Black Horse, the 36-hole, full-bentgrass facility on the Monterey Peninsula, today announces the Bayonet course is rated the “No. 4 Best Overall Course” by ACES Magazine in its November issue.
In the inaugural “The Best of Northern California Public Golf” edition, the magazine selected Bayonet as one of its top choices among hundreds of others in the region, stating: “It is a great course and a tremendous test of golf.”
It was bested only by Spyglass, Pebble Beach and Pasatiempo, three of the highest-ranked, California-based courses in the U.S. and icons of the Northern California golf scene.
“That is formidable company, and a testament to how receptive golfers and industry insiders have been to the 2008 renovation,” says Dick Fitzgerald of Seaside Development, the owner and operator of Bayonet Black Horse.
Bayonet has enjoyed a banner year in state and national golf course rankings, including: “Best Remodel, No. 7” Golf Digest, “Best Value in the Monterey Peninsula,” GOLF Magazine, “Best in State, No. 11,” Golfweek, and “Best in State, No. 15,” GOLF Magazine.
For more information about Bayonet Black Horse call (831) 899-PAR1, download the “BBH” iPhone App at iTunes, key word “Bayonet,” or visit www.bayonetblackhorse.com.
About Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Club
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 “Remodel” category.
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.
Contact:
Shane Sharp
Buffalo Communications
704.519.8381
ssharp@buffalocommunications.com
