PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Rain suits and umbrellas are back in vogue at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where a six-year run of glorious weather on the picturesque Monterey Peninsula appears to be over.
As for the six-hour rounds? The celebrity amateurs who make as much news as the PGA Tour pros?
Some things never change.
Under gray skies and a light mist Wednesday morning, the practice green suddenly came to life with activity as cameras and tape recorders fought for space. You would have thought Tiger Woods was holding court, except that the world's No. 1 player stopped coming to Pebble Beach in 2001 -- which, coincidentally, is when the weather improved.
The star attraction was Ray Romano from the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond." Two club lengths away was actor Kevin James, who was so uninterested in an interview that he wouldn't look up at the camera while rapping putts toward the hole, missing most of them.
The media fell out of love with Romano and chased after Bill Murray, who lumbered across the green with a box of lime green golf shoes. A local TV reporter asked him for an interview, and the "Caddyshack" star told her she had 30 seconds.
"You're burning daylight," he said, bending over to tie his shoes.
Murray is infamous for his antics at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, especially the year he tossed a woman into the bunker.
"You're the man of the hour," the TV reporter said to him.
Murray looked up.
"What is this, stream of consciousness?" he said. "Are those your thoughts are mine?"
Then he tied the other shoe.
Another TV reporter asked him if he felt any pressure.
