The PGA Tour stays in California for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am which will take place over the Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill courses from the 30th of January to the 2nd of February.
FORMAT
80 professionals and 80 amateurs will take to the tee and this year there will be no cut with all of them playing the weekend. Players will play either Pebble Beach or Spyglass in rounds 1 and 2 with the final two rounds played at Pebble Beach.
COURSES
Pebble Beach is a par 72 playing 6,972 yards and is certainly not a long course. The greens are small and the most important thing to watch this week will be the weather as in typical links fashion the nature of the course can change dramatically if the wind is blowing. Looking at the forecast the wind doesn’t look too strong but some rain is forecast for Saturday and Sunday.
Spyglass is also a par 72 playing slightly longer at 7,041 yards and is less exposed to the conditions with trees lining the fairways so the wind does not play such a great role.
With 3 rounds at Pebble, driving distance doesn’t seem to play a big role in this tournament with emphasis on accurate approach shots, especially at Pebble Beach.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2024 – Wyndham Clark -17
2023 – Justin Rose -18
2022 – Tom Hoge -19
2021 – Daniel Berger -18
2020 – Nick Taylor -19
BETTING – Click here to bet
Scottie Scheffler 4/1
Rory Mcilroy 11/1
Justin Thomas 14/1
Collin Morikawa 14/1
Ludvig Aberg 18/1
Patrick Cantlay 20/1
22/1 and better the balance, prices correct at the time of posting but subject to change
Scottie Scheffler looks a worthy favourite at 4/1 but it has been some time since he has been in action and given that he is coming off a hand injury it may be worth taking him on this week. Rory McIlroy is 11/1 but he doesn’t get across the line often enough these days and I am going to take the top 2 on this week.
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SELECTIONS
Collin Morikawa each way at 14/1
Morikawa played in this event for the first time last year, finishing in the Top 15 and it won’t take much improvement for him to contend. He has taken a few weeks off since finishing 2nd in The Sentry in Hawaii at the start of the year and I have him earmarked for a big 2025.
Keegan Bradley each way at 50/1
It is Bradley’s current form which catches the eye and in 3 starts in 2025 he hasn’t finished worse than 15th. That been said, he hasn’t really threatened to win so balancing your stake towards a Top 5 or even Top 10 finish may be the way to go. Bradley teed up in this Tournament last year and finished 11th.
Nick Taylor each way at 80/1
Nick Taylor has been in excellent form and he won the Sony Open in his penultimate start. We were on him then at a triple figure price and given he followed that up with a solid 12th place, there is every reason to think Taylor can go close again this week. He is actually a past winner of this event way back in 2020. He also has a Top 15 and Top 20 finish to his credit in the last 2 years.
Tom Hoge each way at 90/1
Hoge is my biggest price this week and prior to skipping last week’s event at Torrey Pines he has finished 8th, 45th and 29th suggesting some decent form is lurking. It is the course form which catches the eye though and he won this event in 2022 and has also had a Top 15 and a Top 10 finish in the last 4 years.
