It comes as no surprise given California’s heightened coronavirus awareness that this year’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will be played without its traditional pro-am format next month.
The event was first played in 1937 as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur but it was not to 1947 it was played on the Monterey Peninsula making this year the event’s 74th anniversary hosting along the spectacular Pacific Ocean shoreline.
However, it will take place from February 11th to 14th without amateur partners accompanying the professionals and in what could be the first occasion ever without the stars of stage, screen and sport teeing-up.
BREAKING NEWS .. No amt’ partners 2021 @attproam @PGATOUR @PebbleBeachCali & drops Monterey Pen’ as 3rd ⛳️
Also next week’s @theamexgolf rules-out amt’ partners & declares ‘no spectators’ under @VisitCalifornia tightened #COVIDー19 restrictions 💪
🌟Enjoy📽️from our 2019 visit pic.twitter.com/S3TSSvKx7b
— Fatiha & Science (@TOURMISS) January 14, 2021
The professional portion, featuring 156 players, will be played as scheduled, but over only two courses instead of the usual three. Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill will be used. Monterey Peninsula Country Club is the other venue used in the tournament.
It’s not uncommon during the four rounds to bump into the likes of local Clint Eastwood or NFL legend Peyton Manning but sadly not his year.
The Pebble Beach event tournament is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and will also go without spectators, which was previously announced. The only tournament among the Tour’s first seven in 2021 that will have spectators is the Waste Management Phoenix Open, and that will be capped at 5,000 per day.
Not having amateurs is also a big blow to the tournament’s bottom line, as they pay upwards of $30,000 for the privilege of walking alongside the world’s leading golf stars.
