PGA TOUR 2022, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, California: 3-6 February
From Five Things to Know, by Sean Martin:
The PGA TOUR visits picturesque Pebble Beach this week for one of its most historic events, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The tournament is back to its traditional format this year, with three courses in use and a return of the pro-am competition. Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula also will be in use, with the final round being played on the famed links that Robert Louis Stevenson is credited with calling the “the most felicitous meeting of land and sea.”
Jack Nicklaus picked Pebble Beach as his preferred site if he had just one last round to play. Fortunately for PGA TOUR players, they can return to Pebble Beach on an annual basis.
As Nature Intended It:
It’s impossible to fathom now, but the first attempt to construct the Pebble Beach Golf Links was unsuccessful. Twenty-five memberships for the new seaside course were sold for $25 apiece... Read more
Tiny Targets
Its small putting surfaces are one of Pebble Beach’s defining characteristics. The greens average 3,500 square feet, making them the tiniest on TOUR.
Those greens are one reason Rich Beem, the 2002 PGA Championship winner, called Pebble Beach “one of the most intimidating golf courses I’ve ever played.” Read more
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