Former MLB Owner’s Pebble Beach Estate Goes for a Record $45 Million
Though it was never officially on the market, former San Diego Padres owner John Moores’s lavish Pebble Beach home just sold for a whopping $45 million, making it the priciest residential transaction in Monterey County to date, surpassing the $40 million transfer of a historic Carmel Highlands estate to Brad Pitt in 2022. As first reported by The Real Deal, the buyer of the aptly named Masterpiece on 18, which was most recently promoted with a $55 million ask, is an as-yet-unnamed entity tied to the LLC WhiteApple DE.
“We are delighted that we could orchestrate a successful discreet marketing and sale of our client’s estate, one of only five prestigious homes located on the 18th hole of this iconic golf course,” said Tim Allen of Coldwell Banker Realty, who repped Moores in the deal. “The allure of unparalleled amenities and spectacular ocean views awaiting the new owners has propelled this closing to an all-time record high for Monterey County home sales.”
The home is nestled alongside what is perhaps the most recognizable finishing hole in golf.
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Records show Moores and his now ex-wife Rebecca acquired the property for $7 million in 1994, the same year the wealthy Texas-born software company founder and venture capitalist purchased a majority share of the Padres Major League Baseball franchise from Tom Werner Group for around $80 million (Moores sold the team for $800 million in 2012 and was voted into the Padres Hall of Fame last year). The couple subsequently had an existing home razed and enlisted Texas-based Robert E. Griffin Architects to design a brand-new limestone and domed copper roof structure, which was completed in 1996.
Nestled amid a nearly 1.8-acre parcel overlooking the 18th fairway of the exclusive Pebble Beach Golf Links and Pacific Ocean, the striking residence features a total of five bedrooms and 10 baths sprawled across 10,500 square feet of single-level living space decked out with radiant-heated stone floors, plaster walls, warm wood accents, and vast expanses of glass. There’s also a four-car tiled and heated garage, plus a guest suite.
A spacious fireside living room offers up a view of a grand cypress and the crashing waves of the Pacific.
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Additional highlights include a sleekly designed kitchen outfitted with dual islands and top-notch appliances, along with a handsome fireside office and a sumptuous primary suite boasting a luxe bath. Outdoors, the landscaped grounds host a putting green, a greenhouse, a pond flanked by bear sculptures (though the bears are not part of the sale), and a duo of large stone-clad patios—one in the front with a fireplace and a bronze trellis and the other out back holding a kitchen setup and two fire-pits.
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