This year marks the 77th winter that the PGA Tour has made an annual trek to the Monterey Peninsula for the grandfather of all pro-am golf tournaments—known today as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. However, the tournament actually began 87 winters ago at Rancho Santa Fe in Southern California. It was the idea of entertainer Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby who, in 1925 at age … [Read more...] about How it All Began
The Heritage of the Crosby
A lot has changed since entertainer Bing Crosby first brought his tournament to the Monterey Peninsula 60 years ago in 1947.The galleries were smaller, as was the infrastructure. There were no bleachers, and parking was not a serious problem. Spectators simply paid their one-dollar fee for a daily pass, and went out and lined the greens and fairways to watch some of the … [Read more...] about The Heritage of the Crosby