PGA Tour Brunch | Pebble Beach | Preview
PGA Tour Brunch | Pebble Beach | Preview
Tournament Preview for the 2023 AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
By TERRY LYONS
PEBBLE BEACH - The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will feature 156 professionals competing in a 72-hole stroke-play competition on three courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore). The PGA Tour schedule includes four events played on multiple courses, with three being played consecutively as the California swing features The American Express (three courses), Farmers Insurance Open (two courses) and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (three courses) played back-to-back. The RSM is the other multi-course tournament.
There are 81 players in this week’s field who played in both The American Express and Farmers Insurance Open.
Tom Hoge won the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by two strokes over Jordan Spieth, earning his first PGA Tour victory and becoming the 13th first-time winner in tournament history and the first since D.A. Points in 2011. Hoge went on to record a career-best six Top-10s, and advanced to the Tour Championship for the first time in his career, finishing No. 10 in the FedEx Cup standings.
In nine starts this season, Hoge has three Top-10s, including a T-3 in his tournament debut at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Hoge seeks to become the first repeat winner at the tournament since Dustin Johnson (2009-10).
Matt Fitzpatrick is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Fitzpatrick will make his fourth start at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after finishing T-6 last year. The 2022 U.S. Open champion leads the TOUR in Par-5 Scoring Average (4.29).
Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Pebble Beach Golf Links
YARDS/PAR: 6,972 yards/Par 72
ARCHITECT: Jack Neville & Douglas Grant
PRIZE Money - Purse: $9,000,000/$1,620,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Tom Hoge
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
Pebble Beach | The Basics
The Tee Times at Pebble Beach run from 11:30am (ET) to 1:42pm (ET).
Weather: Thursday might be the only day of the Pebble Beach Pro Am weekend without showers. Cloudy and 57 degrees, humidity at 60% with winds blowing at 10 mph. Fri-Sat-Sunday all calling for showers.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 11:00am (ET) Thursday
Pebble Beach Field, Tee Times, Updates and Leaderboard
The Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
Updates:
Sunday
Davis Thompson (out)/Robert Garrigus (in)
Monday
Vaughn Taylor (out)/Bo Van Pelt (in)
Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
Pebble Beach | Tournament Odds
Source: CBS Sportsline
Jordan Spieth +900
Matt Fitzpatrick +1000
Viktor Hovland +1000
Maverick Mcnealy +1600
Tom Hoge +1700
Seamus Power +1900
Justin Rose +2400
Andrew Putnam +3100
Joel Dahmen +3300
Keith Mitchell +3300
Denny McCarthy +3400
Matt Kuchar +3700
Taylor Pendrith +4800
Thomas Detry +4800
Alex Smalley +5000
David Lipsky +5500
Lanto Griffin +5500
Ben Griffin +5500
Scott Stallings +5500
Davis Riley +6500
Kevin Kisner +6500
Brendon Todd +7000
Will Gordon +7000
Kurt Kitayama +7000
Trey Mullinax +7000
Nick Taylor +7000
Taylor Moore +7000
Webb Simpson +7500
Erik Van Rooyen +7500
S.H. Kim +7500
Troy Merritt +8500
Russell Knox +8500
Dean Burmester +8500
Robby Shelton +9000
Greyson Sigg +9000
Beau Hossler +9000
Ryan Palmer +10000
Byeong Hun An +10000
Matthew NeSmith +10000
Nick Hardy +10000
Justin Suh +12000
Kevin Streelman +12000
Garrick Higgo +12000
Scott Piercy +13000
Joseph Bramlett +13000
Ben Taylor +14000
Nate Lashley +14000
Doug Ghim +16000
Danny Willett +18000
Callum Tarren +18000
Brandon Wu +18000
Harry Higgs +18000
Charley Hoffman +18000
Kevin Yu +18000
Austin Smotherman +19000
Lucas Glover +19000
Erik Barnes +19000
Jimmy Walker +21000
Matthias Schmid +21000
Zac Blair +21000
Peter Malnati +21000
Aaron Baddeley +21000
Luke Donald +21000
Mark Hubbard +21000
Satoshi Kodaira +21000
Vaughn Taylor +21000
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: Missed on Max Homa so I’m 2-for-4 since Jan 1st. Have misfired on all my One-and-Ones, last week Will Zalatoris was gonzo - MTC. This week, more chalk suggestions with Seamus Power, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick and a slight wild card with Andrew Putnam. That said, you can put Spieth on reserve/bench and play Maverick Mcnealy and Tom Hoge with the obvious chance to switch.
For the Tour One and Done? Taking Fitzy. (Fading Spieth)
What They’re Saying
First Look at Pebble Beach (PGATourCom)
Power Rankings for Pebble (PGATourCom)
Five Things to Know about Pebble Beach Golf Links (PGATourCom)
Sports Gambling and Daily Fantasy
Best Bets for Pebble Beach Pro-Am - (Action Net)
Expert Picks for Pebble - (PGATourCom)
Sleepers for the Pebble - (PGATourCom)
Horses for the Course at PB Golf Links - (PGATourCom)
On This Day in Golf History
To Honor Black History Month:
February 1, 1970 - Seven years after becoming the first African-American player to win a PGA Tour event, Pete Brown won the second of his two Tour titles at the Andy Williams San Diego Open Invitational.
Parting Putt
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