From an Abandoned Sand Mine to This - After watching his father build a links experience through the dunes of Spyglass Hill for its first five holes, Robert Trent Jones, Jr. wanted to do the same — but for 18. He had the unique opportunity to do so just a couple courses down 17-Mile Drive when an abandoned sand mine became available at what is now The Links at Spanish Bay.

On November 5, 1987, The Links at Spanish Bay had its opening ceremony. In the inaugural round, Tom Watson shot a 67. Watson came off the course declaring, “It’s so much like Scotland, you can almost hear the bagpipes playing.”

Almost immediately a tradition was born, and today you can hear the bagpipes play each evening as a piper closes the course shortly before sunset.

Championships at The Links at Spanish Bay - Since 2015, The Links at Spanish Bay has co-hosted the PGA, LPGA and Champions tours during the TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational presented by Dell Technologies. Spanish Bay has also hosted fun events such as the Shivas Irons Games of The Links and NorCal Toyota Challenge, but the environmentally sensitive habitat areas of the course limit the gallery to an approved 5,000 — too small for a larger event such as a PGA TOUR tournament. As a result, the course also holds several smaller participant tournaments each year.