Pacific Grove Golf Links
77 Asilomar Blvd., Pacific Grove,, (831) 648-5775, playpacificgrove.com
Back in the ’80s, Pacific Grove was introduced to national audiences as a fictional home town for a Detective Scott Turner (a youthful Tom Hanks) and his sidekick Hooch, a massive (and slobbery) French mastiff (via the hit movie Turner & Hooch). Back in the late ’80s, Pacific Grove still owned and operated its golf course (today the city owns it, but outsources management). Both then and now, PGGL is the Big Dog when it comes to public courses in the world’s golf Mecca because of breathtaking ocean views and chihuahua-sized greens fees (starting at $50).