PGA Tour AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am leaderboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/at-t-pebble-beach-pro-am/leaderboard.html
Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day have added their star power to the who's who of the celebrity and corporate world for this weeks marathon over 3 courses that is the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am.
Celebrities include fan favorite Bill Murray, Glenn Frey, Kevin Costner, Steve Young, George Lopez, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Kenny G, Justin Timberlake, Ray Romano, Clay Walker, and Carson Daly.
Rory is playing with his father while DJ is accompanied by his father in law, Wayne Gretzky. Spieth is the defending champion at -19 and by 4 shots over Kelly Kraft.
May I add at this point that Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula is obviously one of the world's most spectacular courses on a stunning coastline. However it is sad to me that it is so very expensive to play $450.00US per round plus caddy, never mind play, that only the very wealthy can experience it, never mind live there.
What about opening it up for a month or so in the off season for $25.00 a round and throw in a free lesson for a one time experience for those mere mortals who have no money to spare and who can only watch and dream about teeing it up on the same course that their heroes have.
If you are wondering who owns Pebble Beach, in 1999, The Pebble Beach Company was acquired from Lone Cypress by an investor group led by Clint Eastwood, Arnold Palmer, and Peter Ueberroth for $820m.
There are 6 Canadians teeing it up this week. Mike Weir, Ben Silverman, Corey Connors, Nick Taylor, David Hearn and Mac Hughes. Weirsy in his prime had 2 runner ups, 2005 to Phil Mickelson and 2009 to Dustin Johnson who always plays well here.
Bryan Angus
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