I am always looking for disconnects with greens (separations that don’t make sense between green surfaces and hazards), greens that have shrunk, hazards that have separated from the fill pads, and so on. I don’t recall much of this at all at Pebble Beach and I have played there dozens and dozens of times over the years. Also the conditions (at least in the last fifteen years) have been excellent and I can’t recall one round in that time frame that I would have called the greens bumpy. Also, the small greens are part of the interest and challenge of Pebble Beach very much like they are at a course like Harbour Town. Placing Pasa’s greens at Harbour Town would degrade that golf course just like it would at Pebble. That is not a diss on Pasatiempo’s greens though as I said some of them at today’s speeds are over the top. Not every design needs wild and crazy putting surfaces to be great. Shinnecock Hills for example does not have huge wild greens and it’s not a bad track

Outside of cost, there is not a single participant on this board who considers themselves a golfer that wouldn’t be thrilled to play a round a golf at Pebble Beach if given the chance. I get this question all the time, “with all the great golf courses you have played, what is your favorite if you had to pick one to play for your last round?” I have played the famous one next door to Pebble just as many times but I might still pick Pebble Beach. It is that iconic and that special of an experience and that is a big part of what golf is all about.
I have said this before, Pine Valley might be the best architectural design I have ever played, but it is not my favorite golf course.