The PGA Tour heads to Pebble Beach this week to play the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
The pro-am will return this week after nixing it last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the tournament will return to a three-course rotation once again.
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club will be the courses featured in the 2022 edition of the event.
The field this week is made up of 156 players including Patrick Cantlay, Phil Daniel Berger, Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, and Justin Rose.
Pebble Beach Golf Links is a par 72 measuring 6,828 yards and featuring Poa annua greens. Spyglass Hill is a par 72 measuring 7,035 yards, and Monterey Peninsula is a par 71 measuring 6,958 yards.
10,000+
Patrick Cantlay $11,200
Cantlay is the most expensive player on the board this week and for perfectly good reason. It is very difficult to make an argument against him at Pebble Beach. He has four consecutive top tens including two victories, and this course should be another great fit. Last season, Cantlay raced out to a -10 opening round last season and looked almost unbeatable before being eventually run down by Daniel Berger. He has shown extreme affinity for playing on the west coast and should have plenty of success on the rest of this west coast swing.
9,000+
Justin Rose $9,600:
The Englishman is playing some of the best golf he has in a long time, and Pebble Beach is the perfect course for it to all come together and result in victory.
Rose has been putting very well over the past few years, but we haven’t quite seen him striking it this well from tee to green. He gained 5.4 strokes on approach in only two measured rounds at Torrey Pines which was good for fourth in the field. The 41-year-old now gets to play a short course and ranks 10th in SG: Total on par 72s under 7200 yards, making Pebble Beach and ideal fit for his current game. He comes in with some encouraging course history having finished 3rd at the 2019 US Open at Pebble Beach, and 6th at this event in 2016. This event can quickly turn into a putting contest and if it does, “Rosie” has just as good of a chance as anyone in the field.
8,000+
Lanto Griffin $8,800:
Lanto Griffin finished in 30th place last week at Torrey Pines, but his path to that finish was more impressive than his eventual place on the leaderboard. Griffin he gained 3.5 strokes on approach in two measured rounds, and had a pedestrian putting week although he should be capable of improvement in that department this week at Pebble Beach. The most encouraging aspect of his week however, was how he finished it. The 33-year-old finished the week bu shooting a 65 at Torrey Pines and seemed to be clicking on all cylinders. Often times, we have seen a golfer who was hot finishing the week roll the momentum into the following event.
Prior to The Farmers Insurance Open, Griffin finished 3rd the previous week at The American Express which will be a somewhat similar test to what we see this week. Has gained an average of 2.2 strokes on the field from tee to green in his past five starts, and was 9th here in 2020 while gaining 3.4 strokes putting on greens that can be tricky. The course clearly fits his eye, as he ranks 4th in strokes gained total on par 72s under 7200 yards.
7,000+
Aaron Rai $7,900:
Many golf fans got their first glimpse of Aaron Rai last week when he found himself in the final group at Torrey Pines. He struggled on Sunday, and ended up finishing in 6th place for the week. Despite being a relatively poor putter, Rai had a strong putting performance compared to his typical results, gaining 2.4 strokes on the field in two measured rounds. It is too soon to tell, but early signs may indicate that he may take kindly to poana greens.
Rai possesses many of the skills that are necessary to contend at a track like Pebble Beach. He is incredible at finding the fairway and isn’t very long off the tee, which won’t hurt him here. He solid on approach last week gaining 1.9 strokes on the field in two measured rounds, and Has averaged +5.3 strokes on the field per event in fairways gained in his past five events played. The 26-year-old is just about as automatic as it gets in finding the short grass off the tee. He also does a good job of hitting greens in regulation, which should come in handy on the smallest greens on Tour. In his past five starts, Rai has averaged +3.5 strokes on the field in Greens in Regulation: Gained. He sniffed contention last week which should prepare him for the nerves to come if he finds himself in the situation again. Don’t let his lack of Tour experience fool you, Rai has two impressive wins on the DP World Tour and is a high class player.
6,900+
Seungyul Noh $6,200:
Pebble Beach is one of the courses on Tour where it is very difficult to argue that course history is not a factor. Those who play this event well, tend to do so on a regular basis. Although Noh hasn’t had any noteworthy results for a while, he has had his fair share of Pebble Beach success. He has two top twenty finishes including an 8th place finish in 2017. He also made the cut two weeks ago at the American Express which may play similarly to what we see this week.
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