Each February, Poppy Hills, along with Pebble Beach and
Spyglass Hill, hosts the
PGA Tour and the AT&T National Pro-Am. With a distinguished list
of champions including Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Johnny
Miller, and Payne Stewart, a round at Poppy Hills can be
compared to golf's great champions.
In 2006, Poppy Hills ranked as the most difficult of the
three AT&T courses:
AT&T Three-Round Course Stroke Averages
1) Poppy Hills 72.302
2) Pebble Beach 72.083
3) Spyglass Hill 72.006
The
5th hole
ranked as the most difficult par four on Tour over the
course of the 2006 season.