AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

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Tournament information
AT&T National Pro-Am
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Location	Pebble Beach, California
Established	1937
Course(s)	Pebble Beach Golf Links Poppy Hills Golf Course Spyglass Hill Golf Course
Par	72/72/72
Yardage	6,816/6,833/6,858
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Purse	$6,000,000
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
Steve Lowery

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.

1 History
2 Pro-Am playing format
3 Winners
4 External links

[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 women, and was replaced as a tournament venue by Poppy Hills Golf Course, a move that finalized the current roster of tournament venues.

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.

Pebble Beach Individual Cut: At 54 holes, the Low 70 scorers plus any ties among the Low 70. However, only the Low 60 Scorers plus any ties among the Low 60 will play the final 18 holes. Those among the Low 70 cut who do not advance to the final round will receive both official money and (provided that they are regular full-time PGA Tour members) official FedEx Cup Points.

Pebble Beach Pro-Amateur Cut: At 54 holes, the Low 25 teams, plus any ties among the Low 25.

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 --

Any pre-2000 winner of the tournament itself, as well as any pre-2000 winner of the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA Championship or The Players Championship, is eligible.

There are 16, rather than the standard eight, sponsor invitations allowed, all going to various professionals.

After these two special categories, invitations follow most normal PGA Tour Exemption Category rules. Among the exceptions - no Open Qualifying (PGA Tour Exemption Category 17).

[edit] Winners

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 and 1999
After 36 holes, the tournament was cancelled completely in 1996 due to unplayable conditions Saturday and Sunday. A makeshift celebrity event was held on Sunday.

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am