AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Tournament information
Location	Pebble Beach, California
Established	1937, 79 years ago
Course(s)	Pebble Beach Golf Links Spyglass Hill Golf Course Monterey Peninsula CC
Par	72 (PB), 72 (SH), 71 (MP)
Length	6,816 yd (6,233 m) (PB) 6,953 yd (6,358 m) (SH) 6,914 yd (6,322 m) (MP)
Organized by	Monterey Peninsula Foundation
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$7.0 million
Month played	February
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Brandt Snedeker (2015)
To par	−22 Brandt Snedeker (2015)
Current champion
Vaughn Taylor

Pebble Beach

Location in the United States

Pebble Beach

Location in California

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held annually at Pebble Beach, California, near Carmel. The tournament is typically held during the month of February on three different courses, currently Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club.

The event was originally known as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur, or just the Crosby Clambake. After Crosby's death in 1977, the tournament was hosted by his family for eight years.^[1] The Crosby name was dropped after the 1985 event,^[2][3] and AT&T Corporation became the title sponsor in 1986. It is organized by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation.^[4]

History

Founded 79 years ago in 1937, entertainer Bing Crosby hosted the first National Pro-Am Golf Championship in southern California at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in San Diego County, the event's location prior to World War II.^[3] Sam Snead won the first tournament, then just 18 holes, with a winner's share of $500.^[5] A second round was added in 1938 and was played through 1942.^[5][6][7] After the war, it resumed in 1947 as a 54-hole event, up the coast on golf courses near Monterey, where it has been played ever since. Beginning that year, it was played at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Cypress Point Club, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club until 1966. The tournament became a 72-hole event in 1958.

In 1967,^[8] Spyglass Hill replaced Monterey Peninsula CC as the third course (with the exception of 1977, when it returned to MPCC). In 1991, the private Cypress Point Club was dropped by the PGA Tour because it would not admit an African-American member, and was replaced as a tournament venue by Poppy Hills, which hosted through 2009. Poppy Hills was not well received by the players, primarily due to poor drainage, and Monterey Peninsula CC returned to the rotation in 2010.

Notable professionals in recent years have included Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Davis Love III, Jordan Spieth, and Vijay Singh. Notable celebrities have included fan favorite Bill Murray, Glenn Frey, Kevin Costner, Steve Young, George Lopez, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Kenny G, Ray Romano, Clay Walker, and Carson Daly. Past celebrities included many Hollywood legends, some of whom were actually fairly good golfers. Jim Backus, who starred in many movies and television shows, actually made the 36-hole cut in 1964.

The tournament continues to be a success every year despite the rainfall that typically slows down play, especially in 1996, 1998 and 1999 (see Format section below).

There is an equivalent celebrity pro-am event on the European Tour, called the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Gene Littler holds a unique record in this event. When he won the 1975 event, it marked the only time that a player had won this particular event as a professional after having previously been the amateur on the winning pro-am team which Littler did as a 23-year-old amateur in 1954.^[9]

Pro-Am playing format

Singer Justin Timberlake at the 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

The starting field consists of 156 professionals and 156 amateurs. One professional is paired with one amateur. Each day, 52 2-man teams will play on one of the three courses. Then on the final day, those professionals and pro-amateur teams making the 54-hole cut will play on the Pebble Beach Golf Links.

• Individual cut: At 54 holes, the low 60 scorers plus any ties. Players between 61st and 70th (and ties) will receive both official money and FedEx Cup points, as the cut for this tournament ensures the field is smaller than a standard tournament cut of 70. They are also credited as MDF (Made the cut, did not finish).
• Pro-Amateur cut: At 54 holes, the low 25 teams, plus any ties.

Only professionals may compete in the individual competition part of the tournament. Amateurs are restricted to playing only in the pro-amateur team competition. The local Pebble Beach tournament officials handle pairing of professionals with amateurs, while the PGA Tour's weekly tournament officials handle the assignment of tee times.

Professional field

The professional field consists of 156 players selected using the standard eligibility rankings except that the following shall first be eligible:^[10][11]

1. AT&T Pebble Beach winners prior to 2000 and in the last five seasons
2. The Players Championship and major championship winners prior to 2000 and in the last five years

There is no open qualifying for this tournament.

Format

Conducted as a planned 72-hole event, 1958–present. Exceptions are as follows:

• 18 holes: 1937
• 36 holes - planned: 1938 to 1942
• 36 holes - due to bad weather: 1952
• 54 holes - planned: 1947 to 1951, 1953 to 1957
• 54 holes - due to bad weather: 1974, 1981, 1986, 1998, 1999, and 2009
  • In 1996, the first 36 holes were played as scheduled on Thursday and Friday. Rain on Saturday and Sunday prevented the completion of the tournament and it was canceled (54 holes required to be official due to three course setup).
  • In 1998, weather conditions prevented the tournament from being finished on schedule (9 holes were played Thursday, 9 on Friday, 18 on Saturday, rain Sunday and Monday). The third round was delayed until August to prevent cancellation similar to 1996. 43 of 168 players withdrew rather than return for the final round.

Winners

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	First prize ($)	Ref
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
2016	Vaughn Taylor	United States	270	−17	1 stroke	Phil Mickelson	1,260,000
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
2015	Brandt Snedeker (2)	United States	265	−22	3 strokes	Nick Watney	1,224,000
2014	Jimmy Walker	United States	276	−11	1 stroke	Dustin Johnson Jim Renner	1,188,000
2013	Brandt Snedeker	United States	267	−19	2 strokes	Chris Kirk	1,170,000
2012	Phil Mickelson (4)	United States	269	−17	2 strokes	Charlie Wi	1,152,000
2011	D. A. Points	United States	271	−15	2 strokes	Hunter Mahan	1,134,000
2010	Dustin Johnson (2)	United States	270	−16	1 stroke	David Duval J. B. Holmes	1,116,000
2009	Dustin Johnson	United States	201^	−15	4 strokes	Mike Weir	1,098,000
2008	Steve Lowery	United States	278	−10	Playoff	Vijay Singh	1,080,000
2007	Phil Mickelson (3)	United States	268	−20	5 strokes	Kevin Sutherland	990,000
2006	Arron Oberholser	United States	271	−17	5 strokes	Rory Sabbatini	972,000
2005	Phil Mickelson (2)	United States	269	−19	4 strokes	Mike Weir	954,000
2004	Vijay Singh	Fiji	272	−16	3 strokes	Jeff Maggert	954,000
2003	Davis Love III (2)	United States	274	−14	1 stroke	Tom Lehman	900,000
2002	Matt Gogel	United States	274	−14	3 strokes	Pat Perez	720,000
2001	Davis Love III	United States	272	−16	1 stroke	Vijay Singh	720,000
2000	Tiger Woods	United States	273	−15	2 strokes	Matt Gogel Vijay Singh	720,000
1999	Payne Stewart	United States	206^	−10	1 stroke	Frank Lickliter	504,000
1998	Phil Mickelson	United States	202^	−14	1 stroke	Tom Pernice, Jr.	450,000
1997	Mark O'Meara (5)	United States	268	−20	1 stroke	David Duval Tiger Woods	342,000
1996	Tournament canceled after two rounds due to weather[12]
1995	Peter Jacobsen	United States	271	−17	2 strokes	David Duval	252,000
1994	Johnny Miller (3)	United States	281	−7	1 stroke	Jeff Maggert Corey Pavin Kirk Triplett Tom Watson	225,000
1993	Brett Ogle	Australia	276	−12	3 strokes	Billy Ray Brown	225,000
1992	Mark O'Meara (4)	United States	275	−13	Playoff	Jeff Sluman	198,000
1991	Paul Azinger	United States	274	−14	4 strokes	Brian Claar Corey Pavin	198,000
1990	Mark O'Meara (3)	United States	281	−7	2 strokes	Kenny Perry	180,000
1989	Mark O'Meara (2)	United States	277	−11	1 stroke	Tom Kite	180,000
1988	Steve Jones	United States	280	−8	Playoff	Bob Tway	126,000
1987	Johnny Miller (2)	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	Payne Stewart	108,000
1986	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	205^	−11	5 strokes	Payne Stewart	108,000
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
1985	Mark O'Meara	United States	283	−5	1 stroke	Kikuo Arai Larry Rinker Curtis Strange	90,000
1984	Hale Irwin	United States	278	−10	Playoff	Jim Nelford	72,000
1983	Tom Kite	United States	276	−12	2 strokes	Rex Caldwell Calvin Peete	58,500
1982	Jim Simons	United States	274	−14	2 strokes	Craig Stadler	54,000
1981	John Cook	United States	209^	−7	Playoff	Bobby Clampett Ben Crenshaw Hale Irwin Barney Thompson	40,500
1980	George Burns	United States	280	−8	1 stroke	Dan Pohl	54,000
1979	Lon Hinkle	United States	284	−4	Playoff	Andy Bean Mark Hayes	54,000
1978	Tom Watson (2)	United States	280	−8	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw	45,000
1977	Tom Watson	United States	273	−15	1 stroke	Tony Jacklin	40,000
1976	Ben Crenshaw	United States	281	−7	2 strokes	Mike Morley	37,000
1975	Gene Littler	United States	280	−8	4 strokes	Hubert Green	37,000
1974	Johnny Miller	United States	208^	−8	4 strokes	Grier Jones	27,750
1973	Jack Nicklaus (3)	United States	282	−6	Playoff	Raymond Floyd Orville Moody	36,000
1972	Jack Nicklaus (2)	United States	284	−4	Playoff	Johnny Miller	28,000
1971	Tom Shaw	United States	278	−10	2 strokes	Arnold Palmer	27,000
1970	Bert Yancey	United States	278	−10	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus	25,000
1969	George Archer	United States	283	−5	1 stroke	Bob Dickson Dale Douglass Howie Johnson	25,000	[13][14]
1968	Johnny Pott	United States	285	−3	Playoff	Billy Casper Bruce Devlin	16,000	[15][16]
1967	Jack Nicklaus	United States	284	−4	5 strokes	Billy Casper	16,000	[17][18]
1966	Don Massengale	United States	283	−4	1 stroke	Arnold Palmer	11,000	[19][20]
1965	Bruce Crampton	Australia	284	−3	3 strokes	Tony Lema	7,500	[21][22]
1964	Tony Lema	United States	284	−4	3 strokes	Gay Brewer Bo Wininger	5,800	[23][24]
1963	Billy Casper (2)	United States	285	−3	1 stroke	Dave Hill Jack Nicklaus Gary Player Bob Rosburg Art Wall, Jr.	5,300	[25][26]
1962	Doug Ford	United States	286	−2	Playoff	Joe Campbell	5,300	[27][28]
1961	Bob Rosburg	United States	282	−6	1 stroke	Roberto De Vicenzo Dave Ragan	5,300	[29][30]
1960	Ken Venturi	United States	286	−2	3 strokes	Julius Boros Tommy Jacobs	4,000	[31][32]
1959	Art Wall, Jr.	United States	279	−9	2 strokes	Jimmy Demaret Gene Littler	4,000	[33][34]
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship
1958	Billy Casper	United States	277	−11	4 strokes	Dave Marr	4,000	[35][36]
1957	Jay Hebert	United States	213	−3	2 strokes	Cary Middlecoff	2,500	[37][38]
1956	Cary Middlecoff (2)	United States	202	−14	5 strokes	Mike Souchak	2,500	[39][40]
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship
1955	Cary Middlecoff	United States	209	−7	4 strokes	Julius Boros Paul McGuire	2,500	[41][42]
1954	E. J. Harrison (2)	United States	210	−6	1 stroke	Jimmy Demaret	2,000	[43][44]
1953	Lloyd Mangrum (2)	United States	204	−12	4 strokes	Julius Boros	2,000	[45][46]
Bing Crosby Pro-Am
1952	Jimmy Demaret	United States	145^	+1	2 strokes	Art Bell	2,000	[47][48]
1951	Byron Nelson	United States	209	−7	3 strokes	Cary Middlecoff	2,000	[49][50]
1950	Jack Burke, Jr. Dave Douglas Smiley Quick Sam Snead (4)	United States	214	−2	n/a		2,000[lower-alpha 1]	[51][52]
1949	Ben Hogan	United States	208	−8	2 strokes	Jim Ferrier	2,000	[53][54]
1948	Lloyd Mangrum	United States	205	−10	5 strokes	Stan Leonard	2,000	[55][56]
1947	George Fazio Ed Furgol	United States	213		n/a		2,000[lower-alpha 2]	[57]
1943–46: No tournament due to World War II
1942	Johnny Dawson (a)	United States	133	−11	3 strokes	Leland Gibson Lloyd Mangrum	800	[58]
1941	Sam Snead (3)	United States	136	−8	1 stroke	Craig Wood	500	[59]
1940	Ed Oliver	United States	135	−9	3 strokes	Vic Ghezzi	500	[60]
1939	E. J. Harrison	United States	138		1 stroke	Byron Nelson Horton Smith	500	[61]
1938	Sam Snead (2)	United States	139	−5	2 strokes	Jimmy Hines	500	[62]
1937	Sam Snead	United States	68	−4	4 strokes	George Von Elm	500	[63]

^Weather-shortened
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Main source^[64]

Multiple winners

Thirteen players have won this tournament more than once through 2016.

• 5 wins
  • Mark O'Meara: 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997
• 4 wins
  • Sam Snead: 1937, 1938, 1941, 1950 (tie)
  • Phil Mickelson: 1998, 2005, 2007, 2012
• 3 wins
  • Jack Nicklaus: 1967, 1972, 1973
  • Johnny Miller: 1974, 1987, 1994
• 2 wins
  • Lloyd Mangrum: 1948, 1953
  • E.J. "Dutch" Harrison: 1939, 1954
  • Cary Middlecoff: 1955, 1956
  • Billy Casper: 1958, 1963
  • Tom Watson: 1977, 1978
  • Davis Love III: 2001, 2003
  • Dustin Johnson: 2009, 2010
  • Brandt Snedeker: 2013, 2015

In addition, Nicklaus won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 1972, Watson in 1982.

Two others have won an AT&T and a U.S. Open at Pebble Beach; Tom Kite (1983 & 1992), and Tiger Woods (2000 & 2000).

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Pebble Beach Golf Links

Coordinates: 36°34′05″N 121°57′00″W / 36.568°N 121.950°W / 36.568; -121.950