Golf Digest has ranked Spyglass Hill as high as fifth on its list of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses".

[5] It has also featured in the popular Tiger Woods PGA Tour series of video games, along with the sister course Pebble Beach.

Since 1967, it has been in the rotation of the multi-course AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a February tournament on the West Coast Swing of the PGA Tour.

[9] All the holes at Spyglass Hill were named by Bob Hanna, executive director of the Northern California Golf Association, after characters and places from the novel.

The course record of 62 (–10) was set by Phil Mickelson in 2005 and equaled by Luke Donald the next year; both were carded on Thursday of the AT&T under calm conditions.