BREAKING Live: Padres former owner John Moores Officially set $45M new Monterey sells Beach record” after hitting mouth watering profit in a single deal….
According to listing agent Tim Allen of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury, former San Diego Padres owner John Moores sold his house on the renowned Pebble Beach Golf Links’ 18th hole for $45 million, making it the highest sale in Monterey County’s history.
The ocean view home at 1544 Cypress Drive was not on the MLS but “discreetly available off-market,” Allen said. His marketing site for the home, dubbed “Masterpiece on 18,” shows a listing price of $55 million.
The biggest sale in the county prior to this one was a $40 million trade in the Carmel Highlands that went to Brad Pitt in 2022.
Oceanfront and Pebble Beach Golf Course-fronted homes rarely come on the market, so we expected the opportunity for arguably the best-located home in Pebble Beach to attract significant interest,” he said. “Having a direct view of the iconic cypress tree on 18 and Stillwater Cove as your backyard is hard to put a price on.”
But, according to public records, buyer WhiteApple DE LLC did manage to put a price on the 10,500-square-foot home with five bedrooms, six full- and four half-bathrooms on approximately 1.8 acres.
Ben Zoller at Monterey Coast Realty 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 iconic holes in golf” is “what you dream about when representing luxury real estate.”
According to property records, Moores paid $7 million for the home in 1994 when he purchased it with his then-wife, Rebecca. The San Diego Padres baseball team was purchased by the Texas-born venture entrepreneur who founded the software company in the same year.
The couple built the home in 1996 with Houston-based architect Robert Griffin, who also designed a Rancho Santa Fe home for Moores’ brother Barry, according to San Diego luxury magazine Ranch and Coast. Moores’ home is one of only five on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach, and has panoramic views of the links and coast, as well as distinctive domed copper roofing and stone floors.
Rebecca Moores filed for divorce in 2008, after which the couple began looking to sell the team, which eventually went for $800 million in 2012. John Moores appears to have held onto the golf course home, according to public records, which show him as the seller.
Allen could not comment on the sellers but said the sale is a sign of the continued strong demand on the Monterey Peninsula for “quality properties priced appropriately.”
