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GTHC!
The PGA Tour makes its annual trip to the Monterey Peninsula this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. In last year's tournament, the Cinderella story came true, with D.A. Points winning his first PGA Tour event, along with Points and Bill Murray winning the Pro-Am portion of the tournament. Points and Murray are back this year to defend their titles against a strong field which includes past champions such as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Dustin Johnson. Here is the link to the full field: http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r005/field.html
The other major part of this tournament is the Pro-Am portion, where every professional is paired up with 1 amateur for the first 3 rounds. The top 25 teams make the cut and play Pebble Beach on Sunday. Here is a list of the notable names of the amateurs in this year's field:
Anthony Anderson, Actor
Harris Barton, Former professional football
Bill Belichick, Head Coach, Patriots
Chris Berman, Sports Analyst
Lucas Black, Actor
Michael Bolton, Entertainer
Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants
Don Cheadle, Actor
Eric Close, Actor
Jeffrey Donovan, Actor
Tom Dreesen, Comedian
Clyde Drexler, Former professional basketball
Josh Duhamel, Actor
Herman Edwards, Former Professional Football
Jackie Flynn, Comedian
Kenny G, Musician
Andy Garcia, Actor
Jim Harbaugh, Head Coach, 49ers
Oliver Hudson, Actor
Huey Lewis, Musician
George Lopez, Comedian/Actor
Bill Murray, Actor
Chris O’Donnell, Actor
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
Ray Romano, Actor
Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys
Darius Rucker, Musician
Nick Saban, Head Coach, University of Alabama
Bob Stoops, Head Coach, University of Oklahoma
TobyMac, Musician
Clay Walker, Musician
This is another tournament where multiple courses are used, as players rotate between 3 different courses for the first 3 rounds: Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, and Monterey Peninsula Shore Course. For those playing fantasy golf, this means that the cut is made after the 3rd round on SATURDAY, not the normal cut after play on Friday.
TV Times for this tournament are listed below:
Thu, 2/9: GOLF 3p - 6p ET
Fri, 2/10: GOLF 3p - 6p ET
Sat, 2/11: CBS 3p - 6p ET
Sun, 2/12: CBS 3p - 6:30p ET
So who does everyone like to win this week? I'll start by saying that I think Tiger and Phil both finish in the top-10, but do not win. I'll take Dustin Johnson to take his 3rd title at Pebble Beach.