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GCM has been inside the ropes at Pebble Beach all week, getting a peek at how the No. 1 public course in the nation gets perfected ahead of the 119th U.S. Open.
Sunday, June 9
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U.S. Open volunteers check out the job assignment board ahead of Sunday’s volunteer meeting.
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Retirement looms for longtime Pebble Beach assistant superintendent Jack Holt (right), pictured with director of golf course maintenance Chris Dalhamer, CGCS, (left) and assistant superintendent Bubba Wright (center). Holt received a special token of appreciation during Sunday’s gathering. Read about it.
Spend a morning at Pebble Beach with Holt and his trusty canine companions, Lefty and Charlie, courtesy of Golf Channel:
Monday, June 10
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With another unseasonably warm day on tap, hand waterers were out in force Monday morning.
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Monday morning bunker brigade.
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The fourth green — tightly guarded by bunkers — gets plenty of attention as a.m. maintenance rolls on.
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Pebble Beach’s iconic par-3 7th hole.
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The par-3 12th hole, taken from a bleacher directly behind the green. The maintenance facility sits between this hole and the par-4 10th hole.
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A panoramic shot of the eighth hole. The green is left center.
Frank Nobilo, Brandel Chamblee and David Duval break down the “Cliffs of Doom” — Nos. 8-10 — where land meets ocean at Pebble Beach, courtesy of Golf Channel:
Tuesday, June 11
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Crews rake the seawall bunker that runs along the left side of Pebble Beach’s 18th hole.
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Lefty, one of assistant superintendent Jack Holt’s dogs, lounges on the 18th fairway during Tuesday morning’s work.
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Jack Holt (left) talks with one of the volunteers on the 18th hole.
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Putting the finishing touches on the Tuesday hole location on No. 3 green.
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A deer on the 16th hole. Even with all the activity surrounding the U.S. Open, the Pebble Beach wildlife still go about business as usual.
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Crews spiff up the eighth green.
Mark Rolfing breaks down the keys to Pebble Beach’s par-4 eighth hole on Golf Channel:
Wednesday, June 12
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Crews get to work on the 16th hole during Wednesday morning maintenance at Pebble Beach.
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Jon Rybicki, equipment technician at Pebble Beach.
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Jon Rybicki hoses off the cutting units on a fairway mower after Wednesday morning’s maintenance rounds.
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A volunteer rakes the deep greenside bunker that fronts the 14th green.
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Mowing the green on the par-5 14th hole.
Thursday, June 13
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A lone bunker raker tackles the large barranca bunker that fronts the second green at Pebble Beach during work before Thursday’s first round.
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The 16th green gets a roll.
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The eighth fairway.
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Kimberly Erusha (left) and Brian Whitlark from the USGA Green Section take Stimpmeter readings on the sixth green.
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Mowing the final few feet of the eighth fairway, looking back toward that hole’s greens complex.
Photos by Scott Hollister, GCM editor-in-chief.