When Bill Sendell assumed Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational responsibilities earlier this year, he had his own ideas. But as only the third director of the tournament that dates nearly four decades, Sendell also appreciated its traditions. Perhaps the tournament’s most unique attribute is the inclusion of women professionals. Tournament founder Harold Firstman can’t recall [...]

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(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.)

CHRIS BERMAN
Full name: Christopher James Berman; Age: 52 (Born May 10, 1955); Birthplace: Greenwich, Conn.; Residence: Cheshire, Conn.; Occupation: Television sports broadcaster; Hobbies: Golf and singing.; Family: Wife, Kathy, married in 1983; [...]

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(Interview conducted near the scoring tent off the 18th green at Poppy Hills Golf Course following a round of the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.)

STONE PHILLIPS
Full name:  Stone Stockton Phillips; Age: 53 (Dec. 2, 1954); Birthplace: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; Residence: New York, N.Y.; Occupation: Television broadcaster ; Hobbies: tennis, golf, piano; Family: Wife, Debra; [...]

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It’s arguably the world’s most famous golf course and Jeff Sluman, like many veteran pros, has played Pebble Beach Golf Links more than 100 times.
Sluman, a Champions Tour rookie, had the successful but dubious distinction of finishing second twice on the picturesque layout in the same year — in the 1992 AT&T Pebble Beach National [...]

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Like the Super Bowl, Olympics or soccer’s World’s Cup, U.S. Open Golf Championship sites are awarded years in advance.
As such, during the Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links (Aug. 29-31), the merchandise store for the 2010 U.S. Open on the famed Monterey Peninsula was open and doing a brisk business.
The spacious [...]

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Scott Simpson, the former U.S. Open winner on the PGA Tour who won the First Tee event in 2006, is playing with a new junior this year in the Walmart First Tee Open after two years of partnering with Robert Carter of Little Rock, Ark.
“Playing with the kids is really fun,” said Simpson. “I heard [...]

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It’s not often junior athletes get to experience what it’s like to be a professional athlete. But in the Walmart First Tee Open that’s exactly what happens.
It’s not quite playing in the National Basketball Association, National Hockey League or National Football League.
But for the fifth straight year, 78 junior players from around the country are [...]

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It’s almost two years away - the 2010 U.S. Open. But it will be in Pebble Beach. And, eat your heart out, that’s where I am sitting as I write this.
I am here at the invitation of a friend, James Raia, hanging out in the Media Press room.
I am a rookie golfer, more like a [...]

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