AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Preview
The stars as well as some of the best golfers in the world this week will be in Northern California for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Well, unlike the last few years, this even will not really have a strong field, as only 7 of the top 30 golfers in the world will be playing this weekend. This is one of the older events on the tour, as it was established in 1930 when crooner Bing Crosby put the tournament together with some of his friends to play some golf and raise money for charity.
The defending champion of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is Dustin Johnson and the purse is an impressive $6.2 million. The event will be played on 3 courses of the MPCC Shore Course, Spyglass Hill, and Pebble Beach Golf Links and the top 25 pro-am teams and the 60 golfers that make the cut will play final round on Sunday at the beautiful Pebble Beach course.
One of the leading sportsbooks has the field with the best odds at +250 and one of the reasons is that there is a wide-open field.
The golfer with the best odds to win Pebble Beach is Phil Mickelson (+500) and he is a good bet, as he has won this event 3 times including twice in the last 3 years. He has played well this season and even though he has only played in 2 events he has a runner up finish, losing in a playoff in the FBR Open, and a 6th place finish. Lefty has the length and putting stroke to do well at this event and he will surely be in contention.
The golfer with the next highest odds is Retief Goosen and he is ranked 20th in the world and just like Lefty he has only played in 2 tournaments this season taking a 4th at the Sony Open and a 6th at the SBS Championship. In the off-season he worked on his putting stroke and distance and it has showed this season and it seems it is only a matter of time before he captures a title. Putting is key at this event and so far this season he ranks 1st on tour in birdies per round.
Dennis Johnson is also at +1500 and the defending champ knows how to win here and he has made 3 cuts in 4 tournaments this season. He is playing well and last week he came in 3rd at the Northern Trust Open. He has the distance to reach the par 5’s and he has the putting stroke, as he currently ranks 12th in birdies per round.
Jim Furyk and Mike Weir are both at +2000 this week. Furyk has finished in the top 25 in this event and he placed a decent 20th at last week’s Northern Trust Open. Weir has not won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but he has played well there with 4 top 4 finishes in this event.
Other golfers that have solid odds to win this event, at one of the leading sportsbooks, are:
Sergio Garcia +2500
Tim Clark +2500
Luke Donald +2500
Matt Kuchar +2500
Padraig Harrington +2500
Brandt Snedeker +3000
Hunter Mahan +3000
Nick Watney +3000
Sean OHair +3000
Rory Sabbatini +3000
Steve Marino +3000
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