Storm hitting MPCC

[Jim Sherma]

https://nypost.com/2023/01/10/california-golfers-flee-45-foot-waves-crashing-onto-pebble-beach-course-in-wild-video/

Video from MPCC in the link - crazy stuff.

[Tim Leahy]

Can only think of Bill Murray in the storm in Caddy Shack.

[David_Tepper]

"Flooding threatens to turn Monterey Peninsula into an island"

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/flooding-threatens-monterey-peninsula-17713664.php

[Cal Carlisle]

Cypress…

https://twitter.com/GOLF_com/status/1612920890487889921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1612920890487889921%7Ctwgr%5E1d7c0224bd2b817b50d5b18d5ac6913900b5c498%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F


Eek!
Cheers,
F.

Dang! Looks like Nazare out there.

[Kalen Braley]

Well not quite 

This was a WR at the time - 78 feet... just ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afnKiSpYT2c

[Mark Mammel]

This is the lone cypress, in a photo posted on Instagram by Alan Shipnuck. From today's storm. It is 150 feet above sea level.

This is NOT 150' above sea level.

Will- not to belabor the point, but as you seem so adamant here's the quote from Golf Digest from their website:
"Needless to say, if this isn’t one of the golf photos of the year when all is said and done, then it’s going to be another very eventual 12 months for the sport. Pebble Beach’s Lone Cypress normally stands 150 feet above sea-level. Here we see it enveloped by waves, some even towering above the iconic landmark"https://www.golfdigest.com/story/monterey-bay-pebble-beach-lone-cypress-storms-waves-photo-golf

Of course they may be wrong, but the tree is 25+ feet tall and sits atop a cliff. I didn't make up the number.
 

[Matt_Cohn]

The tree is 25 feet tall, so I'm pretty sure that's not a 125 foot tall cliff below it...



Anyway, 14 at MPCC seems to be recovering nicely. See the 5th pic in this Instagram post from Cal men's golf.

[Erik J. Barzeski]

The tree is 25 feet tall, so I'm pretty sure that's not a 125 foot tall cliff below it...

Nobody said you made up the number, Mark. Only that it's not 150'. Golf Digest got it wrong.

[Michael Morandi]

I’m told the 14th at MPCC Dunes is cleaned up and ready for play. IMHO it’s one of the best par 3’s on the Monterey Peninsula. Underrated.

[Matt_Cohn]

Last night's storm wasn't quite as big, but it took out most of the tree left of #14 Dunes:





My friend suggested the tree be replaced with a rock pile, which probably is a pretty good idea:



But as long as we're discussing options:


A fountain?



The lighthouse from Pacific Grove?



Or if we're gonna do a lighthouse, why not go big?

[Kalen Braley]

Perhaps go big with something like this?

[Pierre_C]

private airport w/ short runway would help..