AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

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AT&T National Pro-Am
Tournament information
Location Pebble Beach, California
Established 1937
Course(s) Pebble Beach Golf Links
Poppy Hills Golf Course
Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Par 72 (all)
Yardage 6,816/6,944/6,953
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Purse $6,100,000
Month played February
Tournament record score
Aggregate 268 Mark O'Meara (1997)
268 Phil Mickelson (2007)
To-par -20 Mark O'Meara (1997)
-20 Phil Mickelson (2007)
Current champion
Dustin Johnson

The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, an event originally known as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur, or just the Crosby Clambake, is a PGA Tour golf tournament that is held every year at Pebble Beach, California, in the United States. The tournament is typically held during the month of February on three different courses, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Poppy Hills Golf Course and Spyglass Hill Golf Course.

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[edit] History

In 1937, Bing Crosby hosted the first National Pro-Amateur Golf Championship at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, the event's location prior to World War II. Sam Snead won the first tournament, in which the first place check was for $500. After the war, the event resumed play in 1947 on golf courses in Pebble Beach, 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.

In 1967, Spyglass Hill replaced Monterey Peninsula Country Club as the third course (with the exception of 1977, when it returned to MPCC). In 1991, Cypress Point Club was dropped by the PGA Tour because it would not admit a black member, and was replaced as a tournament venue by Poppy Hills Golf Course, a move that finalized the current roster of tournament venues. In 2010, Monterey Peninsula Country Club will replace Poppy Hills.

Notable professionals in recent years have included Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Davis Love III, and Vijay Singh. Notable celebrities have included fan favorite Bill Murray, Glenn Frey, Kevin Costner, Steve Young, George Lopez, Tom Brady and Carson Daly.

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

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

[edit] Pro-Am playing format

The starting field consists of 180 professionals and 180 amateurs. One professional is paired with one amateur. Each day, 60 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.
  • 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.

According to the 2006 PGA Tour Media Guide --

[edit] Format

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

  • 18 holes: 1937
  • 36 holes: 1938 to 1942, 1952
  • 54 holes - planned: 1947 to 1951, 1953 to 1957
  • 54 holes - due to bad weather causing unplayable conditions: 1974, 1981, 1986, 1998, 1999 and 2009
    • After weather conditions prevented the 1998 tournament from being finished, the PGA Tour, in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the 1996 disaster where the tournament was abandoned, the 1998 tournament was finished in August.
  • No tournament in 1996 (weather prevented completion of three rounds; Tour rules require 54 holes to be completed).

[edit] Winners

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Bing Crosby National Pro-Am

Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship

Bing Crosby Pro-Am Invitational

Bing Crosby Pro-Am

Note: No playoff was held in 1947 or 1950 to resolve the ties.

[edit] Multiple winners

Eleven players have won this tournament more than once through 2009.

  • 4 wins

[edit] External links

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