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Located along the California coast, Pebble Beach is widely regarded as one of the most picturesque golf courses in the world. Golf Digest has referred to it as one of the greatest–if not the greatest–meetings of land and see that you'll see in golf.
Pebble Beach has hosted six U.S. Opens, most recently in 2019 when Gary Woodland won. Tiger Woods won the 2000 U.S. Open held at Pebble, and Graeme McDowell did the same in 2010.
Unfortunately, the strength of the field does not match the shine of the course. A trend of top players skipping this event in recent years has led to fewer and fewer big names showing up to play at Pebble Beach (Matt Fitzpatrick is the only OWGR Top-10 player in the field this week).
The lack of big-name players is a result of several factors, such as the disinterest in the longer pro-am rounds, the event being sandwiched on the schedule between more important tournaments, and the emergence of the Saudi International event taking place at the same time.
Like The American Express from two weeks ago, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (as its name suggests) features a pro-am element in which celebrities get paired with PGA Tour pros and compete on a secondary leaderboard. Unlike the AmEx, Pebble's pro-am actually includes legitimate celebrities:
Another multi-course rotation is in play this week. The entire field rotates through three different courses over the first three days with a regular cut coming after 54 holes instead of 36.
The final round on Sunday takes place at Pebble Beach Golf Links, which makes it the one course that golfers play twice if they make the 54-hole cut. Historically, the main Pebble Beach course is the only one of the three with ShotLink set up.
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Overview
The "West Coast Swing" heads to Northern California this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, an event that was founded in 1937 and has been played at Pebble Beach Golf Links since 1947.Located along the California coast, Pebble Beach is widely regarded as one of the most picturesque golf courses in the world. Golf Digest has referred to it as one of the greatest–if not the greatest–meetings of land and see that you'll see in golf.
Pebble Beach has hosted six U.S. Opens, most recently in 2019 when Gary Woodland won. Tiger Woods won the 2000 U.S. Open held at Pebble, and Graeme McDowell did the same in 2010.
Unfortunately, the strength of the field does not match the shine of the course. A trend of top players skipping this event in recent years has led to fewer and fewer big names showing up to play at Pebble Beach (Matt Fitzpatrick is the only OWGR Top-10 player in the field this week).
The lack of big-name players is a result of several factors, such as the disinterest in the longer pro-am rounds, the event being sandwiched on the schedule between more important tournaments, and the emergence of the Saudi International event taking place at the same time.
Like The American Express from two weeks ago, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (as its name suggests) features a pro-am element in which celebrities get paired with PGA Tour pros and compete on a secondary leaderboard. Unlike the AmEx, Pebble's pro-am actually includes legitimate celebrities:
Another multi-course rotation is in play this week. The entire field rotates through three different courses over the first three days with a regular cut coming after 54 holes instead of 36.
The final round on Sunday takes place at Pebble Beach Golf Links, which makes it the one course that golfers play twice if they make the 54-hole cut. Historically, the main Pebble Beach course is the only one of the three with ShotLink set up.
