Dan Jenkins, the quick-witted Sports Illustrated golf writer, dubbed Nos. 8-9-10 “Abalone Corner” — a nod to Augusta National’s “Amen Corner” — but the nickname never had the staying power. ESPN threw around “Cannery Row” at one point, but it didn’t fit. In 1992, an up-and-coming golf architect named Tom Doak penned a Golf Magazine preview for the upcoming U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, paying tribute its most treacherous trio of holes. The headline for the preview, created by Golf Magazine editor David Barrett, was ominously titled “Cliffs of Doom.” And the foreboding moniker has stuck. Says a grateful Barrett: "It’s nice to coin a phrase that catches on, but especially to do so for the front-nine ocean holes at Pebble Beach, perhaps the best stretch of holes in all of golf. You would be hard-pressed to name any stretch of holes that combine the beauty, grandeur, difficulty, and strategic interest of this group." • • • • 📷 evan_schiller_photography #mypebblebeach #pebblebeach #8thhole #p...