
LONG ISLAND, New York – Outside of the major championships, few events in golf have as much tradition as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which dates back to 1937 when it was won by Hall of Famer Sam Snead for the first of four times. Although it will be played over two courses this year, there are few, if any, courses as recognizable as the par-72, 6,972-yard Pebble Beach Golf Links.
During the first two rounds, half the field will tour the par-72, 7,041-yard Spyglass Hill Golf Course. But it’s Pebble Beach and the Monterey Peninsula that annually lure one of the top fields on the PGA Tour, and it doesn’t hurt that it is the second signature event of the season with a $20 million purse and the chance to draw a large national TV audience on the off week before the Super Bowl.

Once again, the field is impressive with most of the roster of the official world golf rankings, starting with No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who won eight times last season and is the 4-1 favorite despite the fact he is making his season debut after coming off hand surgery to repair a puncture wound. Jordan Spieth, the 2017 winner, also is making his comeback after undergoing wrist surgery last August, and Rory McIlroy is making his PGA Tour debut.
But my pick to win is Patrick Cantlay, a Californian who has a stellar record at Pebble Beach with four finishes of T-11 or better in the past five years. Cantlay is due, and he got off to a great start this year with a T-15 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and a T-5 two weeks ago at the American Express at La Quinta.

My second pick is Collin Morikawa, who hasn’t won since 2023. But Morikawa was second at the season-opening Sentry in Hawaii, where he was a phenomenal 32-under par only to lose to the record 35-under performance of Hideki Matsuyama. Third choice is veteran Jason Day, who was T-6 in this event last year, has a strong record at Pebble Beach and finished T-3 recently at La Quinta.
Scheffler gets the nod as the fourth pick even though he is coming off surgery simply because he was utterly dominant last season and never can be discounted. I like 2020 AT&T champion Nick Taylor as my fifth pick to win based on the Canadian’s track record and a hot start this year that includes a win at the Sony Open.
Others in this deep field who merit consideration include defending champion Wyndham Clark, who shot a third-round 60 last season in an event shortened to 54 holes because of poor weather. Justin Thomas is even in the odds with Morikawa at 14-1, and Ludvig Aberg is attractive at 18-1. Sungjae Im is playing well at 28-1, and many tout Sam Burns as the top longshot at 40-1.
It probably is best to steer clear of Spieth, who is bound to be rusty after such a long layoff, and McIlroy, who finished T-4 at Dubai on the DP World Tour but hasn’t fared well at Pebble Beach.
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