Courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links (Host) Par (Yards): 36-36—72 (7,051) Spyglass Hill Golf Course Par (Yards): 36-36—72 (7,041)
Defending champion: Nick Taylor
Purse: $7,800,000 ($1,404,000/winner)
FedExCup: 500 points to the winner
Format: 72-hole stroke play
Field: 156
Things to Know
Nick Taylor attempts to become first player to successfully defend his title at the event since Dustin Johnson in 2010
AT&T brand ambassador and 2017 champion Jordan Spieth returns for his ninth start at the event, coming off a T4 at last week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open
Five-time AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion Phil Mickelson seeks to surpass Mark O’Meara for most wins in tournament history
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament will be held in 2021 without the traditional pro-am format
Field Notes
Five of the top 30 in the FedExCup standings, led by Patrick Cantlay (3), Stewart Cink (10) and Si Woo Kim (13)
Five of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, led by Patrick Cantlay (11), Daniel Berger (15) and Paul Casey (17)
Four 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season winners: Stewart Cink (Safeway Open), Patrick Cantlay (ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD), Brian Gay (Bermuda Championship), Si Woo Kim (The American Express)
Nine past AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champions (14 wins): Matt Gogel (2002), D.A. Points (2011), Jimmy Walker (2014), Brandt Snedeker (2013, 2015), Vaughn Taylor (2016), Jordan Spieth (2017), Ted Potter Jr. (2018), Phil Mickelson (1998, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2019), Nick Taylor (2020)
Four past FedExCup champions: Jim Furyk (2010), Bill Haas (2011), Brandt Snedeker (2012), Jordan Spieth (2015)
Eight sponsor exemptions: Akshay Bhatia, Matt Gogel, Kevin Hall, Kamaiu Johnson, Min Woo Lee, Andy Ogletree, Rod Pampling, Davis Riley
FedExCup and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
18th event of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season
During the FedExCup era, all 14 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champions qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs, with eight advancing to the TOUR Championship
Best FedExCup finish by a winner of the event: No. 2, Jordan Spieth (2017)
Current FedExCup standings
Pos.
Player
Points
Wins
Top-10s
Starts
1
Xander Schauffele
1,036
0
5
7
2
Dustin Johnson
1,018
1
3
4
3
Patrick Cantlay
1,017
1
3
7
4
Harris English
960
1
5
10
5
Viktor Hovland
873
1
2
7
6
Justin Thomas
840
0
4
7
7
Carlos Ortiz
829
1
3
11
8
Joaquin Niemann
826
0
3
8
9
Bryson DeChambeau
783
1
3
4
10
Stewart Cink
742
1
2
9
A look back at the 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Player
Score
Courses
Nick Taylor
63-66-69-70—268 (-19)
MP-PB-SH-PB
Kevin Streelman
69-67-68-68—272 (-15)
SH-MP-PB-PB
Phil Mickelson
68-64-67-74—273 (-14)
SH-MP-PB-PB
Jason Day
67-64-70-75—276 (-11)
MP-PB-SH-PB
Nick Taylor won the 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by four strokes to earn his second PGA TOUR victory and first since the 2014 Sanderson Farms Championship
Became the first wire-to-wire victor at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am since Phil Mickelson in 2005
Fourth straight tournament winner to win by at least three shots
First international winner since Vijay Singh (Fiji) won in 2004
Became sixth Canadian with multiple official PGA TOUR wins, joining Stephen Ames (4), Dave Barr (2), George Knudson (8), Stan Leonard (3) and Mike Weir (8)
Jordan Spieth
AT&T-sponsored athlete and 2017 tournament champion returns for his ninth start at the event
Held a share of the 54-hole lead and finished T4 at last week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, earning his best result since the 2019 PGA Championship (T3)
In eight prior starts at the event, has finished outside the top 25 just once (T45/2019), highlighted by four top-10s (T4/2014, T7/2015, Won/2017, T9/2020)
Recorded ninth win (of 11) in his 108th TOUR start (100th as a professional on TOUR) at the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Won in 2017 at the age of 23 years, 6 months, 16 days, making him the second-youngest winner of the event (John Cook/1981/23 years, 4 months)
Phil Mickelson
With his third-place finish in 2020, became the third player in PGA TOUR history with at least one top-10 in 30 consecutive seasons (Sam Snead, Raymond Floyd); was his 10th top-three finish at the event (five wins, two seconds, three thirds)
Won 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, his 44th career TOUR title in his 598th start at the age of 48 years, 7 months, 26 days
Five AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am titles (1998, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2019); tied with Mark O’Meara for most wins in the event
Owns 14 PGA TOUR titles in California, tied with Tiger Woods for most since 1983
Oldest winner in tournament history (2019; 48 years, 7 months, 26 days), surpassing 2008 champion Steve Lowery (47 years, 3 months, 29 days)
Additional Player Notes
Patrick Cantlay, the highest-ranked player in the field in the FedExCup standings (No. 3) and Official World Golf Ranking (No. 11), will make his fifth start at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (T9/2013, T48/2017, T35/2018, T11/2020)
Jason Day has four straight top-five finishes at this event (T5/2017, T2/2018, T4/2019, 4/2020) and first top-five on TOUR since a T5 at the 2019 Masters Tournament
Rickie Fowler returns to the event for the first time since 2012 (MC/2010, T27/2012)
Fresh off top-10 finishes in his last two starts (T8/The American Express, T10/Farmers Insurance Open), Francesco Molinari will make his tournament debut
2013 and 2015 champion Brandt Snedeker holds the two-lowest 72-hole scoring records (265/2015, 267/2013)
Coming off his sixth top-25 finish of the season at last week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open (T17), PGA TOUR Special Temporary Member and World No.49 Will Zalatoris will make his second tournament appearance (T28/2018)
Tournament Notes
Ten 72-hole winners (nine players) of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am held at least a share of the lead for all four rounds –
Nick Taylor (2020)
Dustin Johnson (2010)
Phil Mickelson (2005 and 2007)
Tom Shaw (1971)
Bert Yancey (1970)
Lloyd Mangrum (1953)
Jimmy Demaret (1952)
Lloyd Mangrum (1948)
Ed Oliver (1940)
Six players since 1970 earned their first win at this event:
John Cook (1981)
Steve Jones (1988)
Brett Ogle (1993)
Matt Gogel (2002)
Arron Oberholser (2006)
D.A. Points (2011)
Ted Potter’s win in 2018 marked third time the TOUR had 1-2 finishes by lefties since 2005, with two coming at Pebble Beach:
Ted Potter, Jr. (won) and Phil Mickelson (T2), 2018 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Bubba Watson (won) and Phil Mickelson (2), 2011 Farmers Insurance Open
Phil Mickelson (won) and Mike Weir (2), 2005 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am