Local duffers have always known that Northern California is the center of the golf universe, but recently the game's governing bodies have made it official, locking in an unprecedented 15-year slate of big-time tournaments in Pebble Beach and San Francisco. It begins in August 2018 with the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach Golf Links and then the hits just keep on coming. Here's … [Read more...] about Northern California Golf Heats Up
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Shaking the Line Up
Just when you thought the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am couldn’t get any better, along came the 2016 version. One of the strongest fields of professionals in the tournament’s history enjoyed perfect weather for four days, and in the end it came down to the Prince of Pebble, four-time champion Phil Mickelson, battling a down-on-his-luck journeyman named Vaughn Taylor, ranked … [Read more...] about Shaking the Line Up
Local Golf Courses Linked Through History
When players tee off for this year’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, the golf world will focus on the coastal cliffs and cypress-lined fairways of Pebble Beach Golf Links. Pebble Beach Company founder Samuel Finley Brown Morse commissioned the storied course in 1916, back when he managed Monterey Peninsula Properties for the Pacific Improvement Company. At the time, … [Read more...] about Local Golf Courses Linked Through History
Amateurs Just Like Us
While hard-core golf addicts take great pleasure in analyzing Phil Mickelson’s smooth left-handed swing from a pristine fairway, the rest of us are drawn to the annual AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for a different reason—to witness failure. Taking a break from our humdrum lives, it’s somewhat refreshing to watch comedian Ray Romano toil each year to make the … [Read more...] about Amateurs Just Like Us
In the Game with Ol’ Blue Eyes
For the past quarter century, Tom Dreesen has been a fixture at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. After 45 years in show business, Dreesen has acquired a lot of famous friends. Sammy Davis, Jr. was one. David Letterman and Clint Eastwood still are. But the man who meant the most to Dreesen, personally and professionally, was Francis Albert Sinatra. For 14 years, … [Read more...] about In the Game with Ol’ Blue Eyes