I have never heard anyone, media or local or anywhere, call Pebble Beach "the Beach." That would be nauseating.
As for "the Glass", well that is somewhat cringing, but bear with us, the full name sometimes gets laborious to type, and there are a lot of other SHs we discuss.
As for "shinny" - I too find that a little too cutesy... but what are you gonna call it, the cock?
TH