AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, February 4-10, 2008

As with all seaside courses, the weather is likely to play its part, so check the draw before you place your AT&T golf bets, as it can be a disadvantage to play the harder Pebble Beach course in the first round, especially if the wind is up.

The 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is February 4-10 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Poppy Hills Golf Course.

Many of the top names on the PGA tour are scheduled to compete, including Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Luke Donald, Jim Furyk, John Daly and Paul Goydos.

This year's celebrity list includes actors

• Rubens Barrichello, Jr.
  
• Harris Barton
  
• Chris Berman
  
• Michael Bolton
  
• Drew Brees
  
• Don Cheadle
  
• Eric Close
  
• Kevin Costner
  
• Carson Daly
  
• Tom Dreesen
  
• Glenn Frey
  
• Kenny G
  
• Danny Gans
  
• Andy Garcia
  
• Thomas Gibson
  
• Bob Griese
• Thomas Hampson
• Kevin James
• Joe Kernen
• Huey Lewis
• George Lopez
• Dan Marino
• Al Michaels

2008 AT&T PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM RESULTS

The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is a golf tournament, which is a part of the PGA (the Professional Golfers? Association) Tour. It is held annually at Pebble Beach, CA, typically in February. It is usually played at one of the three courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Poppy Hills Golf Course, or Spyglass Hill Golf Course.

Pebble Beach Golf Links is the host course for the PGA Tour AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but the professionals and amateur rotate among three courses each year. In addition to Pebble Beach, the current rotation includes one round each on Poppy Hills Golf Course and Spyglass Hill Golf Course. The final round is always played at Pebble Beach.

Pebble Beach Golf History

In 1937 the first AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was held in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, at Rancho Santa Fe golf club and was hosted by Bing Crosby. The winner of the first tournament was Sam Snead who won 500 US dollars. After the Second World War the tournament moved to CA Pebble beach, where it is played now. From 1947 till 1966 the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was played at Pebble Beach Golf Links (Cypress Point Club and the Monterey Peninsula Country Club).

From 1967 Spyglass Hill was chosen instead of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. In 1991 Cypress Point Club was denied the right to hold golf tournaments as it didn?t admit women.

It was replaced by Poppy Hills Golf Course, which became the permanent venue of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Apart from numerous notable golf professionals the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament has seen many famous golf fans, like Kevin Costner, Steve Young, Bill Murray, and Carson Daly.

The tournament has had great success, despite some occasional rain falls that slow down the whole play. It was postponed only once though, in 1998. The equivalent golf event held in Europe is called the Dunhill Links Championship.

During its history the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am has changed its name four times. The original tournament name was the Bing Crosby Pro-Am; in 1953 it was renamed into the Bing Crosby Pro-Am Invitational. From 1956 till 1958 it was called the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship. From 1959 and the following twenty-seven years it was known to the public as Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. And finally in 1987 it was given the current name, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

PGA Tour AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Records:
Overall: 268 - Mark O'Meara
Tournament course record: Pebble Beach - 62, Tom Kite, 1983; David Duval, 1997. Poppy Hills - 62, Matt Gogel, 2001. Spyglass Hill - 62, Phil Mickelson, 2005; Luke Donald, 2006

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