A T&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Welcome to the Monterey Peninsula and the A T & T Pebble Beach Pro Am. Some consider the 18th hole at Pebble Beach the finest finishing hole in golf but a funny thing the famous par five wasn't a par 5 to begin with. When Pebble opened in 1919 the 18th was a short straight par four measuring 325 yards. The topographic map from then shows the green just in front of a deep ravine, with the Pacific on the left and a toll road called 17 Mile Drive, soon relocated, close on the right. Due to limited funds a proposed oceanside tee to make the hole 379 yards long wasn't built at that time. However a year later under the advice of golf architect W. Herbert Fowler it was built. Then just one year later under the criticism of the California Golf Assoc. that Pebble still had a poor finishing hole Fowler was brought back again and this time Fowler suggested filling in the ravine, building a sea wall and backfilling a new green location some 170 yards farther up the shoreline, turning the hole into a boomerang-shape par 5. Thereby creating what some consider the finest finishing hole in golf. By the way if the 18th green someday collapses into a trench don't fault an earthquake, there is a culvert that runs under it. Will we have a spectacular finish on one of the most famous finishing holes ever built and who will conquer the 18th at Pebble to become this years A T & T Pebble beach Pro Am winner.

Hi Dutch.......thank you for more great Trivia....well done.



I sure like the BIG Thread.......good people over there.   

Hey Dutch...I thought you had gone AWOL this week??   Here are the bookies  thoughts. Woods is a firm favorite. I can't say I'd be tempted at 5/1.  Those are rubbish odds.

   Maybe this is the time to bet on John Huh... @ 80/1  he looks attractive.


5/1 Tiger Woods 20/1 Dustin Johnson 20/1 Phil Mickelson     22/1 Rickie Fowler 22/1 Hunter Mahan 22/1 Nick Watney     25/1 Bryce Molder 25/1 Brandt Snedeker 28/1 Padraig Harrington     33/1 Zach Johnson 33/1 Martin Laird 33/1 Spencer Levin     35/1 Sean O'Hair 40/1 Jim Furyk 40/1 Kevin Na     40/1 Pat Perez 40/1 D.A. Points 40/1 Ian Poulter     40/1 Rory Sabbatini 50/1 Aaron Baddeley 50/1 Geoff Ogilvy     50/1 D.J. Trahan 66/1 Bud Cauley 66/1 Trevor Immelman     66/1 John Mallinger 66/1 Vijay Singh 80/1 Sang-Moon Bae     80/1 Harris English 80/1 Robert Garrigus 80/1 Brian Gay     80/1 J.B. Holmes 80/1 John Huh 80/1 George McNeill     80/1 Rod Pampling 80/1 Brendan Steele 80/1 Chris Stroud     80/1 Cameron Tringale 100/1 James Driscoll 100/1 Bob Estes     100/1 Jeff Maggert 100/1 William McGirt 100/1 Ryan Moore     100/1 Ryan Palmer 100/1 Jimmy Walker 125/1 Ricky Barnes     125/1 Alex Cejka 125/1 Chris Couch 125/1 Chris Dimarco     125/1 Martin Flores 125/1 Charley Hoffman 125/1 Matt Jones     125/1 Bill Lunde 125/1 Nick O'Hern 125/1 Chez Reavie     125/1 Kevin Streelman 125/1 Josh Teater 150/1 Kris Blanks     150/1 Jonas Blixt 150/1 Roberto Castro 150/1 Kevin Chappell     150/1 Matt Every 150/1 Tom Gillis 150/1 J.J. Henry     150/1 Billy Horschel 150/1 Blake Adams 150/1 Davis Love     150/1 Jarrod Lyle 150/1 Garth Mulroy 150/1 Arron Oberholser     150/1 Heath Slocum 150/1 Charlie Wi 200/1 Stuart Appleby     200/1 Briny Baird 200/1 Jason Bohn 200/1 Gary Christian     200/1 Brian Davis 200/1 Graham Delaet 200/1 Ken Duke     200/1 David Duval 200/1 Tommy Gainey 200/1 Bobby Gates     200/1 Tim Herron 200/1 Lee Janzen 200/1 Sung-Hoon Kang     200/1 J.J. Killeen 200/1 Danny Lee 200/1 Zack Miller     200/1 Joe Ogilvie 200/1 Tom Pernice 200/1 Ted Potter     200/1 Kevin Stadler 200/1 Scott Stallings 200/1 Kevin Sutherland     200/1 Vaughn Taylor 200/1 Boo Weekley 200/1 Mike Weir     250/1 Steven Bowditch 250/1 Daniel Chopra 250/1 Will Claxton     250/1 Marco Dawson 250/1 Steve Flesch 250/1 Mathew Goggin     250/1 Paul Goydos 250/1 Hunter Haas 250/1 Ryuji Imada     250/1 Kevin Kisner 250/1 Jason Kokrak 250/1 Edward Loar     250/1 Troy Matteson 250/1 Greg Owen 250/1 Tim Petrovic     250/1 Patrick Sheehan 250/1 Roland Thatcher 250/1 Brendon Todd     250/1 Garrett Willis 300/1 Mark Anderson 300/1 Arjun Atwal     300/1 Shane Bertsch 300/1 Matt Bettencourt 300/1 Tommy Biershenk     300/1 Joseph Bramlett 300/1 Scott Brown 300/1 Miguel Angel Carballo     300/1 Gavin Coles 300/1 Steve Elkington 300/1 Nathan Green     300/1 Brian Harman 300/1 Dudley Hart 300/1 Billy Hurley     300/1 Troy Kelly 300/1 Colt Knost 300/1 Russell Knox     300/1 Derek Lamely 300/1 Scott Langley 300/1 Richard H. Lee     300/1 David Mathis 300/1 Scott McCarron 300/1 Matt McQuillan     300/1 Rocco Mediate 300/1 Fran Quinn 300/1 Kyle Reifers     300/1 Alexandre Rocha 300/1 Sam Saunders 300/1 Daniel Summerhays     300/1 Paul Stankowski 300/1 Kyle Thompson 300/1 Peter Tomasulo     300/1 Kevin Tway 300/1 Steve Wheatcroft 500/1 Notah Begay     500/1 Charlie Beljan 500/1 Scott Dunlap 500/1 Steve Jones     500/1 Neal Lancaster 500/1 Mitch Lowe

Good job Noko...thank you......I agree with the Rubbish with Tiger..........5 to 1........WHAT is that about .

Hey Larry   Yes there are some real good people on the B1G kinda reminds ya of the B & G a year ago. Did ya make it out and play last weekend and if ya did I'll say this You Lucky Sled Dog You. EH

Larry, can't you break your computer before you get picks posted.  LOL  No cellar for you this yr!!  Good start!!

well I take it LL is lead'n this thang or at the very least ride'n ILG's skirt'em'tails!!  I don't know how any of ya can pick winners these days.  Seems some new face is hold'n the trophy more often than not which I happen to like see'n..good for the game and fun to watch'em!!

Good luck y'all, Dutch my man another fine intro and Noko's has done his usual good info for y'all in the bookie's odds!  I'd question some of the odds but who knows these days!! 

Larry  ~

You'd better be very careful as you continue in the league.   It starts with idle pleas of broken computers; then later on things begin to appear as voodoo dolls and special POX's.   Be on the look-out . . . that sweet ILG will sneak-up on you when you least expect it.   


She'll do just about anything to be in first..

Jimmy, Let's say,  LL is too close for comfort if I want to stay in the lead.  LOL  But so is VC, Esox and a few others.  They are "Mov'n up at a fast rate of speed!

DGM.... 

Snedeker WD from AT&T....Anyone hear about Slocum WD.  He's not listed anymore. 

DGM..........how are you....long time my friend.........




Dutch your right the B&G is suffering from Trolls attacking........it is bad over there......Handi and Raven will not let up.




The Volcanos are doing OK so far.......I have a new System this year.........lol




Dutch I did play on Saturday and shot a 88 at McGlerry GC.........it was a sunny day and the course was in good shape. 

Slocum is still in field.  Sned not though.

Going with  Watney/Z.Johnson  Fowler/Woods D.Johnson/Mahan Bae/Baddeley  Good Luck All

Dutch...You, me and Arasmis (Worm) have Zach.. Off to GOOD start. 


Z Johnson/Levin
Molder/Woods....Points/Mahan
Tringale/Slocum


A lot the same, except in C and that is hodgepodge.  LOL              

Zach's start short lived.  Dang..how fast can you fall in a few holes, as fast as the players take you down.  LOL

I haven't had any confidence in Z-Johnson in about three years now . . . . been burned too many times in the past.



. . . .  sorry.

There's only two ( 2 ) brave souls having enough hutzpuh to stay leave Woodie-boy OFF their line-up....I wonder how successful they'll be????

Larry  ~

I'm closing-in on retirement [ of course, I've been doing that for years, now ], yet I'm busier than ever. . . .  go figure!   I stop by these threads to catch-up on reading . . . generally don't post until something really trips the trigger, than I'm brutally honest, now.  I follow you around and enjoy reading what you have to say. 

I've given everyone a very solid head start this year by missing the first week . . . but I will do everything in my power to attain the top spot from al you ahead of me [ which just happens to be everyone right now ]. 

Larry - THIS IS THE YEAR.... I know you're gonna stop keeping score and focus on your enjoyment, be conservative, and when said-n-done you'll surprise yourself.


Doug

esox ouija board broken from being crushed and mangled by a 9 iron

my magic 8 ball told me to play

Levin/Ohair

Mahan/Points
Woods/Fowler

Perez/Maggert

was going to keep Tigger off but he does not play that often so I plugged him in