The Links At Spanish Bay ( 1987, Robert T Jones Jr., Sandy Tatum, Tom Watson)

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Pebble Beach Resorts in California has announced the timeline for a renovation to the Links at Spanish Bay by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner.
The course will close March 18, 2026, and is scheduled to reopen in the spring of 2027 a few months before the resort's Pebble Beach Golf Links hosts the U.S. Open.  Also included in the project will be the reconstruction of the Spanish Bay boardwalk that was damaged in recent storms.
The Links at Spanish Bay was opened in 1987. The original layout was designed by the trio of architects Robert Trent Jones Jr., former USGA president Sandy Tatum and PGA Tour player Tom Watson.
Read more:
Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner to renovate the Links at Spanish Bay in 2026

[Ronald Montesano]

There is no attribution to the origin of this initial post. You need to attribute with a citation, the original source of the piece, and that still might not be enough to keep the company from suing GCA and Drew and Ran and others.

We do not have any right to poach someone else's words and post them, willy-nilly, on a discussion group or a social medium, or anywhere else. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, but this is HI ... Human Ignorance.

It needs to stop.

[Ronald Montesano]

The better way:

I read that TLASB will close in 2026, and reopen in 2027. It was designed by three people, and opened back in 1987. Two people and their firm will do the renovative work. If you want to read the original piece, here is the link.

These are authentic words by a poster, not stolen, in no way compromising to the GCA DG.

We need to protect what we value.

[Matt Schoolfield]

There is no attribution to the origin of this initial post. You need to attribute with a citation, the original source of the piece, and that still might not be enough to keep the company from suing GCA and Drew and Ran and others.

We do not have any right to poach someone else's words and post them, willy-nilly, on a discussion group or a social medium, or anywhere else. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, but this is HI ... Human Ignorance.

It needs to stop.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act exempts websites from liability from user generated content. They would issue a DMCA takedown, and THEN the site would need to remove the content in a timely fashion.

I’m all for respecting copyright, but this isn’t egregious, it’s not even the whole blurb, and the link drives traffic to the article.

[Matt_Cohn]

I don’t think it’s so much a legal issue. I’m just not a fan of new threads with no original content and nothing to discuss. Not every article about a golf course project needs a link on GCA.

[Niall C]

There is no attribution to the origin of this initial post. You need to attribute with a citation, the original source of the piece, and that still might not be enough to keep the company from suing GCA and Drew and Ran and others.

We do not have any right to poach someone else's words and post them, willy-nilly, on a discussion group or a social medium, or anywhere else. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, but this is HI ... Human Ignorance.

It needs to stop.

Ron


It's a press release ffs. They will be bloody delighted that it's being quoted on GCA.


Niall

[Peter Sayegh]

Steve has been giving these "scoops" for decades on GCA. I've never sourced-check them and it rarely affects my golf, but I appreciate the heads up. I can't recall him ever taking credit for discovery.

If he's been infringing on others journalistic work (and their verbiage/citation), maybe Ron should PM him directly.
In this instance, the info is on the Pebble Beach website.
No harm, no foul.
I think Steve alerts us all to many possible changes/closures to a course that we wouldn't be aware of without his notices.

Post on Steve!
Peter.

[PThomas]

Ditto re the last two posts