Field Level Media’s Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.
PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Farmers Insurance Open (Luke List)
THIS WEEK: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach, Calif., Feb. 3-6
Courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Par 72, 6,972 yards); Spyglass Hill GC (Par 72, 7,041 yards); Monterey Peninsula GC-Shore (Par 71, 6,957 yards)
Purse: $8.7M (Winner: $1.566M)
Defending Champion: Daniel Berger
FedEx Cup Leader: Hideki Matsuyama
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS)
PGA Tour Live: Four live feeds per day on ESPN+
Social Media: @ATTProAm (Twitter)
NOTES: The event returns to a three-course rotation after the pro-am portion was canceled last year due to COVID-19 restrictions. The final round will be played at Pebble Beach. … Will Zalatoris was forced to withdraw on Tuesday following a positive COVID-19 test. … Brandon Harkins is in the field after winning on the Korn Ferry Tour last week – his first victory in 179 career PGA Tour-sanctioned events. Other sponsors exemptions include Dean Burmester, Chan Kim, Alex Cejka, Mark Baldwin, Austin Eckroat, John Murphy and Min Woo Lee.
BEST BETS: Patrick Cantlay (+600 at BetMGM) is the only top-10 player in the field at No. 4. He finished T3 last year after tying the course record at Pebble Beach with an opening-round 62. … Berger (+1100) is trying to become the first player to successfully defend since Dustin Johnson. He also finished T5 in 2020. … Jason Day (+2000) hasn’t won since 2018 but played in the final group last week. He has 10 top 15s at Pebble Beach and six top-10s since 2014. … Jordan Spieth (+2000), who won the event in 2017, finished T3 last year. … Maverick McNealy (+2500), who was in contention last week, carded a final-round 66 last year while finishing runner-up for the first time on tour. He also finished T5 in 2020.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Waste Management Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 10-13
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio (Lydia Ko)
THIS WEEK: LPGA Drive On Championship, Fort Myers, Fla., Feb. 3-5
Course: Crown Colony Golf & Country Club (Par 72, 6,592 yards)
Purse: $1.5M
Defending Champion: Austin Ernst
Race to the CME Globe leader: Kang
HOW TO FOLLOW
Streaming: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 3-6 p.m. ET; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2-5 p.m. ET (Featured Hole Stream on LPGA.com)
Social Media: #DriveOn
NOTES: The 54-hole event includes 120 players, including five of the top 10 in the Rolex Rankings, with a cut to the top-70 and ties after 36 holes. … Ernst won by five shots last year over Jennifer Kupcho at Golden Ocala. Kang (Inverness Club) and Ally Ewing (Reynolds Lake Oconee) won the first two editions of the event. … Jin Young Ko, who retook the No. 1 spot in the Rolex Rankings this week, is not in the field for the third consecutive event. She is scheduled to make her 2022 debut at next month’s HSBC Women’s World Championship. Nelly Korda is in the field before taking a scheduled six-week break while skipping events in Singapore and Thailand. … Andrea Lee and Frida Kinhult are in the field as Monday qualifiers. There are no sponsors exemptions this week.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: HSBC Women’s World Championship, Singapore, March 3-6
Champions Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Mitsubishi Electric Championship (Miguel Angel Jimenez)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Chubb Classic, Naples, Fla., Feb. 18-20
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