Pebble Beach is the third course to become an anchor for the US Open, with the USGA announcing four US Opens Wednesday and four US Women’s Opens over the next 26 years.
Pebble Beach Joins Pinehurst No. 2 and Oakmont Country Club as anchors, a strategy that allows the USGA to return to its most famous US Open courses more frequently.
The USGA made sure the women were not left behind.
The US Women’s Open will be held for the first time on America’s most famous coastal course next year and then return three more times in 2035, 2040 and 2048.
Pebble Beach, which opened in 1919 and hosted a USGA event featuring the US amateur for the first time in 1929, was the first public course to host the US Open in 1972. These Opens were famous for Jack Nicklaus hitting the pin with a 1-iron par-3 17th en route to victory.
Other big moments include Tom Watson filling in on 17th against Nicklaus in 1982, and Tiger Woods delivering his greatest performance when he won the 2000 US Open by 15 strokes, the widest margin in major championship history.
It was last hosted at the US Open in 2019 when Gary Woodland chipped from one end of the 17th green to the other for a remarkable par save on his way to his first Major.
John Bodenhamer, the USGA’s chief championships officer, recalled a conversation with three-time major champion Nick Price, who told him it matters where a player wins a US Open.
“There are certain places that you go and stand out from them, they’re meant for a US Open or a US Women’s Open. They’re playing Pebble Beach, it’s a bit of a religious experience,” Bodenhamer said at a press conference overlooking the 18th hole. “We go where the players want to win.”
Pebble Beach also hosts a PGA Tour event every February that dates back to 1947. It once hosted a PGA Championship (1977) and the precursor to the Tour Championship (1988).
“This relationship with Pebble Beach, long considered a national treasure, is a historic advancement for the sport of golf,” said Mike Whan, CEO of the USGA. “In addition to enhancing our Open Championships, the USGA and Pebble Beach are committed to working together to ensure a more diverse, welcoming, and accessible game.”
Spyglass Hill, considered the toughest of the Pebble Beach courses in relatively calm conditions, will host back-to-back weeks of the US Senior Women’s Open and US Senior Open in 2030.
The US Open now only has 10 open slots until 2051, with the next available year in 2028.
Of its current anchorages, Oakmont has hosted the US Open nine times, the most of any club, and the US Open will return to the Pittsburgh-area spot in 2025, 2033, 2042 and 2049.
No. 2 North Carolina Pinehurst is the newcomer who first hosted the US Open in 1999 and returned in 2005 and 2014. It has hosted the 2024, 2029, 2035, 2041, and 2047 US Open. Pinehurst was also selected as the secondary headquarters for the USGA.
The USGA could still have a fourth anchorage. Among the clubs to consider are Shinnecock Hills and Winged Foot, both in New York. Shinnecock Hills is hosting its sixth US Open in 2026.
“There are so many exciting things to come,” Bodenhamer said. “Each of these long-term relationships is different. You will see more.”