Bill Murray, whose new movie Moonrise Kingdom was announced Jan. 13, will be returning to the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am to defend his pro-am title. Murray, a regular participant in the tournament since the mid 1990s, will again team with PGA Tour veteran D.A. Points, a fellow Illinois native. Points claimed the professional [...]
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Tiger Woods confirms rumor, announces 2012 PGA Tour season will begin at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
After a decade absence, Tiger Woods has confirmed a several-month prevalent rumor. He'll begin his 2012 PGA Tour season at the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The tournament's 63rd edition will be held Feb. 7-12, with the 72-hole championship rounds beginning Feb. 9. The final round is scheduled Feb. 12 at Pebble Beach. Woods [...]
PGA Tour 2012 TV broadcast schedule, Hawaii to Florida
The PGA Tour season in 2012 will feature a nearly year-round schedule. The limited field Hyundai Tournament of Champions initiates the season January 6 in Kapalua, Hawaii, and the schedule continues through the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic on Sunday, Nov. 11 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Of course, there's the four majors — The [...]
Darius Rucker: music, golf & philanthropy
Since the tournament founder was crooner of some note, it’s logical through the decades there’s always been plenty of room for singers in the celebrity field at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. But just as the tournament today reaches retirement age when its 65th edition begins, so has retirement affected legions of players more [...]
PGA Tour rookie Alexandre Rocha has traveled the globe
Alexandre Rocha is likely the world’s most experienced golfer with the least PGA Tour experience. As Brazil’s lone pro golfer, the Sao Paolo native has won nine pro tournaments from Canada to Chile. But this season, Rocha is among 35 PGA Tour rookies from seven countries. The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am is only Rocha’s [...]
Comedians Bill Murray, George Lopez commit to AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Bill Murray and George Lopez, frequent but no longer annual players in PGA Tour and Champions Tour events on the Monterey Peninsula, will both participate in the 2011 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Murray, the actor/comedian and star the legendary golf 1980 movie Caddyshack, began playing in the tournament in the early 1990s. He often [...]
Dustin Johnson profile: PGA Tour’s rising star
Dustin Johnson has figured out two important things during his four-year PGA Tour tenure. He can hit the ball as far as anyone and the nastier the weather the more likely his competitors will unravel and the more likely he won’t. If it’s cold, fine. If it’s windy, great. If it’s rainy or whatever other [...]
Celebrity Interview: A few minutes with George Lopez
One day following an early round of a recent edition of AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, I interviewed comedian George Lopez for a back-page feature of the golf magazine PGA TOUR Partners Magazine. The interview was held at the putting green next to The Lodge at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Lopez was happy to provide [...]
Celebrity profile: Tom Dreesen, golf’s link to Frank Sinatra
Tom Dreesen was raised in squalor in Harvey, Ill., and his childhood included shining shoes in bars, setting pins in bowling alleys and thinking success in life was somehow related to alcohol. “Both of my parents were alcoholics,” says the veteran comedian. “Growing up in that environment my dad spent all of his money in [...]
Celebrity Interview: A few minutes with Chris Berman
(Interview conducted near the scoring tent just off the 18th green at Poppy Hills Golf Course during the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.) Full name: Christopher James Berman; Age: 55 (Born May 10, 1955); Birthplace: Greenwich, Conn.; Residence: Cheshire, Conn.; Occupation: Television sports broadcaster; Hobbies: Golf and singing.; Family: Wife, Kathy, married in 1983; [...]