Pebble is a classic testament of extremes -- when it's good it's divine -- I've already opined that the combination of the 6th, 7th and 8th holes -- is one of, if not the best stretch, of where you have a par-3, par-4 and par-5 hole in some sort of order.
On the flip side ...
JES II has pointed out a few of the holes that detract from the total time there. No doubt I have heard the argument -- Anthony Gray makes it this time -- that the holes that are less so only make the better holes than much better and that the inferior holes serve as some sort of warm-up for what is to come.
No matter -- Pebble Beach does have its moment but for a course to be a 10, for me at least, it needs to have no discernible weaknesses -- the layout does have them and they do, despite what its proponent say, do matter and do have an impact on its net overall assessment. No 10 for me -- 8 to 9 max. Candidly, that's not suggesting the course is dogfood by any means.