Country star shares insane golf story about Spieth

He will be a threat to repeat as long as fatigue doesn’t become a factor. “I’m giving it my best and trust me; it hurts me more than anyone else to be playing like this”.

The annual event hosts over 300 players, both professional and amateur, on three different venues (Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club) over the four days of competition. Weather is always a factor on the California coastline, but the forecast looks promising this week.

The lefthander has been working closely with David Leadbetter to try and find some of the consistency that allowed him to win eight times and rise as high as third on the world rankings.

“Even if the rounds are a bit longer because you have foursomes you’re still having more fun, you feel like you’re playing a team event while still kind of grinding yourself”, said the Texan.

Mark O’Meara won the old Crosby Clambake five times, followed by Sam Snead and Phil Mickelson with four titles, and Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller at three each.

The American world number one has finished no worse than joint seventh in his last seven starts worldwide while winning twice, and relishes competing in the pro-am celebrity event on the picturesque Monterey Peninsula.

But watching Spieth and McIlroy – not to mention Rickie Fowler – begin the new year in strong fashion has whetted his appetite to rediscover the level of play with which he closed out the year. His recent form – not that there’s much to go on – hasn’t been great. He only has played here once last season and it was a missed cut at +3.

Snedeker said it was better the second time around. But even those who can’t make it to the links can partake in the fun, thanks to a couple online videos featuring the tchotchke. The money has already started to trickle in for him on the back of another excellent effort in Phoenix.

While Brandt Snedeker is the obvious choice for this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, my colleague Oliver has beaten me to the punch…so I’m going to go with someone else and that man is Dustin Johnson. His worst finish so far this is a 33rd and the rest are three finishes in the top three. Unfortunately, he ranks just 202nd on tour in driving accuracy, which is important at Pebble.

Johnson has not only won on two occasions he finished runner-up two years ago and did lead the US Open into the final round in 2010 before faltering in the final round. “I had never met the guy”, Spieth explained. Hard to count on him outside his favorite courses, though. Rose is also making his Pro-Am debut, so there’s not a lot to go on here.

Jimmy Walker. Jimmy has top 15 finishes over the last 4 straight tournaments.

This is not the first time Harbaugh, who has been on the West Coast the last several days for Sunday’s Super Bowl and also to raise funds with interim athletic director Jim Hackett for a new football weight room, has played in the event. The former defensive back didn’t golf, but served as a captain in a surprise appearance. Fantasy advice: Expect a bounce-back week from a player who could have a big season. He seems to like Pebble Beach finishing T7 here last year and an average finish of 40th in 8 tournaments (T45 or better last three years). Being slightly shorter with the big stick (126th) actually works to Na’s advantage on these courses since he sits second in proximity on 125-150 yards approaches.