CLEVELAND, Ohio — The PGA Tour’s annual blend of talented players, iconic course and big-name sports and entertainment figures is this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California.
Among those competing for real: Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Jimmy Walker and Phil Mickelson. Day is ranked No. 1 in the world.
The list of celebrities includes: New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, who won his fifth Super Bowl as HC last week; Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young and future Hall of Famers Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers; hockey legend Wayne Gretzky; singing sensation Justin Timberlake; and actors Bill Murray, Mark Wahlberg and Ray Romano.
One of the three courses used is world-famous Pebble Beach Golf Links. Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula CC Shore Course are the others.
PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM TEE TIMES
Thursday’s live leaderboard:
PGA TOUR
AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM
Site: Pebble Beach, Calif.
Courses: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,816. Par: 72); Spyglass Hill (Yardage: 6,953. Par: 72); Monterey Peninsula CC Shore Course (Yardage: 6,958. Par: 71).
Purse: $7.2 million (First prize: $1,296,000).
Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS).
Defending champion: Vaughn Taylor.
Last week: Hideki Matsuyama won the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
Notes: The world ranking is so close among the top five that Johnson might have a mathematical chance to replace Day at No. 1, or he could drop two spots to No. 5. … The amateur field includes a quartet of current and retired NFL quarterbacks — Young, Manning, Rodgers and Alex Smith. … Mickelson, runner-up last year, gets another chance to tie Mark O’Meara’s record of five victories at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. … Taylor has not won in the 28 tournaments he has played since winning at Pebble Beach. His best result is 15th at the Safeway Open in October. … Brandt Snedeker set the 72-hole tournament record two years ago at 265. … Mickelson, Snedeker and Johnson each has won twice at Pebble over the last 10 years. … Spieth has finished in the top 10 in all three of his PGA Tour starts this year. He has finished in the top 20 in 16 of his last 20 starts worldwide. … Of the 12 events on the PGA Tour 2016-17 schedule to date, only four of the winners are at Pebble Beach: Cody Gribble, Pat Perez, Mackenzie Hughes and Jon Rahm.
Next week: Genesis Open at Riviera.
Online: www.pgatour.com
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