Anyone living within a couple of hours of Pebble Beach and looking to stroll the course relatively freely should think about visiting this coming Sunday (Nov. 21) to attend the final round of the Taylormade Pro-Am.
"Founded in 1972, the TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational is the world’s only tournament that pits players from the PGA, LPGA, Champions and Korn Ferry Tours against each other.
The event’s innovative tee placement system strives to see players from each tour hitting the same clubs into every green. The pros play from different tees, but compete for the same $300,000 purse.
Pros also rotate and play with teams of four amateurs each day. Following the first three rounds of tournament play, there is a 54-hole cut to the top 40 professional and ties, as well as, to the top 10 amateur teams and ties. On Sunday, the top 10 amateur teams will be paired with a professional who did not make the cut."
I have been there several times over the years. Assuming the set up is the same this year, only the tees and greens are roped off. There are hardly and spectators there. You can pretty much walk along the fairways at a reasonable distance from the players. You can even see a few players carrying their own bags!
You can see the pro golfers in the field here:
https://www.pebblebeach.com/content/uploads/Professional-Tee-Times-for-website.pdfThe field includes players such as Zach Johnson, Johnson Wagner, Brittany Lincicome, Julie Inkster, Brittany Lang, Cristie Kerr, Billy Andrade, Kirk Triplett and Steve Flesch. Not quite the AT&T, but admission is free.
