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September - The USGA returns to Pebble Beach for the 1940 U.S. Women's Amateur, which was won by defending champion Betty Jameson. The USGA also scheduled the 1942 U.S. Men's Amateur for Pebble Beach Golf Links, but it was cancelled due to World War II. |
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Artist Salvador Dali designs an elaborately decorated costume party at Hotel Del Monte. |
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The U.S. Navy leases Hotel Del Monte as a naval pre-flight school "for the duration" of the war. Morse changes the corporate focus from the large hotel to the operation around Pebble Beach. |
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January - The Bing Crosby National Pro-Am golf tournament is played for the first time at Pebble Beach after being played for 6 years at Rancho Santa Fe before World War II. |
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September - The U.S. Amateur returns to Pebble Beach and was won by Skee Riegel. |
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The U.S. Navy buys Hotel Del Monte from the Del Monte Properties Company for $2.2 million. It is now the Naval Postgraduate School.
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September - The U.S. Women's Amateur returns to Pebble Beach. It is won by Grace Lenczyk. |
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