Pebble Beach in GSPro

Finding Pebble Beach in GSPro

View DPC Pebble

Pebble Beach is in the directory under an alternate name: DPC Pebble, built by RustyDave, RDeyer, and Greg McD. Course designers rename famous venues to sidestep licensing, so the version you play is inspired by the real links rather than an official recreation. The routing and the setting are the ones you know.

It's free to download, with no Patreon subscription. Search for “DPC Pebble” in the GSPro course browser, or open its page on The Course View first to check the scorecard and yardages.

Recommended Settings

Pebble sits on the Monterey cliffs, and two things define how it plays: the wind off the Pacific and greens that are small, firm, and among the fastest a US Open ever sees. Turn the wind off and the short par 4s stop being interesting. Here's where we set it:

The greens are the whole test here. They're tiny, so a firm surface at stimp 11 punishes an approach that lands even a few feet long, exactly as it does in June when the tour shows up. Keep the wind honest at breezy rather than gale-force; Pebble's coastal gusts swirl more than they blast. If you're still picking hardware, our launch monitor buyer's guide covers every unit that runs GSPro.

Holes to Know

The stretch along the water is the reason people fly across the country to play here. A few to know before your round:

• Hole 7. A downhill wedge of barely 100 yards to a green perched over the ocean. In calm air it's a flip; in wind it's one of the scariest short shots in golf. We break it down in our best par 3 holes guide.
• Hole 8. The approach clears a chasm in the cliff to a green on the far side. Tom Watson called the second shot the best in golf, and the carry is all nerve.
• Hole 9 and 10. Back-to-back long par 4s that run right along the drop. The whole right side is the Pacific, so the miss is always left.
• Hole 17. The par 3 where Watson chipped in to win the 1982 US Open. A long iron to an hourglass green with the ocean behind.
• Hole 18. A par 5 that curls around the coastline for its full length, with the water down the left the entire way. One of the game's great closing holes.

About the Real Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach Golf Links opened in 1919 on the Monterey Peninsula in California, designed by two amateurs, Jack Neville and Douglas Grant. It has hosted six US Opens, from Jack Nicklaus in 1972 through Gary Woodland in 2019, and the championship is booked to return there in 2027. Unlike most venues of its stature it's open to the public, which is a large part of why it holds the place it does in the game.

See which upcoming tour events have matching courses in GSPro on the full 2026 tournament schedule.

More Famous Courses in GSPro

Pebble is one of many major venues the directory carries under alternate names. A few others worth a round:

• Oakmont CC, inspired by the hardest US Open venue in the rotation
• Pinehurst No. 2, the Donald Ross classic with its turtleback greens
• Georgia Golf Club, inspired by Augusta National (see our Masters guide)

Browse the full list of courses inspired by real courses or explore the best coastal courses in GSPro.

Setting up at home

If playing Pebble in your own room sounds good, start with the launch monitor buyer’s guide, which compares every unit that works with GSPro. A few other things earn their place in a sim room:

• Hitting mats (Amazon): a good one saves your wrists on the firm-turf shots Pebble is full of.
• Impact screens (Amazon): the coastline looks a lot better projected wall-size than on a laptop.
• Practice nets (Amazon): the cheapest way to swing full-out indoors before you commit to an enclosure.

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