A Pebble Beach home on the 18th hole sells for a record $45M

Former San Diego Padres owner John Moores has sold his home on the 18th hole of the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links for $45 million, according to public records. It’s the largest sale ever in Monterey County, according to listing agent Tim Allen of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury.

The Ocean View home at 1544 Cypress Drive was not on the MLS but was “cautiously available on the market,” Allen said. His marketing site for the home, dubbed “Masterpiece at 18,” shows a list price of $55 million.

The previous largest sale in the county was a $40 million trade in Carmel Highlands that went to Brad Pitt in 2022.

“Oceanfront and Pebble Beach golf course front homes rarely come on the market, so we expected the best-located home opportunity in Pebble Beach to attract significant interest,” he said. “It’s hard to have a direct view of a cypress tree as your backyard at 18th and Stillwater Cove.”

But, according to public records, the buyer, White Apple LLC, managed to put a price on the 10,500-square-foot home with five bedrooms, six full and four half bathrooms on about 1.8 acres.

Ben Zoller of Monterey Coast represented the buyers and while he could not comment on them or their plans for the home, he said selling “such an iconic home on one of the most popular holes in golf” is “what you dream about when you represent luxury real estate.”

Moores bought the property with his then-wife Rebecca for $7 million in 1994, according to property records. That same year, the Texas-born software company founder and venture capitalist bought the San Diego Padres baseball team.

According to San Diego luxury magazine Ranch & Coast, the couple built the home in 1996 with Houston-based architect Robert Griffin, who also designed the Rancho Santa Fe home for Moore’s brother Barry. The Moores’ home is one of only five on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach, and features distinctive domed copper ceilings and stone floors, along with links and beach views.

Rebecca Moores filed for divorce in 2008, after which John Moore began selling the team, which eventually went for $800 million in 2012. It seems he was at the golf course house, which shows the movers as the seller.

Allen could not comment on the seller but said the sale is a sign of continued strong demand for “quality properties at a reasonable price” on the Monterey Peninsula.