Footage Of Monterey Golf Course Damage Reveals How Devastating Atmospheric River Storms Are

Parts of California have been pummeled by devastating rain and flooding caused by an atmospheric river in the region. Footage of Monterey golf course damage from courses throughout the Monterey peninsula reveals just how devasting the storms were.

‘Atmospheric River’ is another one of these terms, like ‘Bomb Cyclone’, that used to be reserved only for meteorologists.

But it’s a term a lot of people are learning and using because atmospheric rivers are expected to cause an increase in both the frequency and severity of flash flooding events on the West Coast in coming years.

The Monterey Peninsula is home to one of the most famous golf courses on the planet, Pebble Beach. Just a 2.5 mile/6 minute drive down the road is the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, one of the three courses used in the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

This footage of Monterey golf course damage has gone viral on TikTok as it shows the extent of these storms in a very easy way to understand for people who aren’t out there. Golf courses are pristine, perfectly manicured, and not like this at all:

Here is additional footage of Monterey golf course damage from Monterey Peninsula Club that makes it look like the entire area got hit by a tsunami:

Here is a video from Pebble Beach where the wind is so powerful the flagstick is ripping the cup right out of the green:

This is how hard the wind was ripping at Pebble Beach on Thursday:

Neighbor was out at Pebble last week and his caddy sent his this video from today pic.twitter.com/xBoG634n1D

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The view from Pebble Beach #4:

Pebble Beach #4 Beach Club Pier pic.twitter.com/eHdiOeWK6Q

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Journalist Alan Shipnuck tweeted a photo on Thursday of the ‘Lone Cypress’ at Pebble Beach. That tree is 150-feet above sea level and waves were crashing above the tree on the

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There are obviously larger concerns that the moment, like damage to homes from flash flooding, but the PGA Tour is scheduled to arrive at Pebble Beach for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on February 2nd, less than a month away.

The greenskeepers have a literal mountain of work ahead of them over the course of the next month.

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