AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Winners And Tournament History

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Winners and Tournament History

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The tournament currently known as the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am has been a fixture on tour since it began in 1937 as the National Pro-Amateur Golf Championship. The Pro Am was founded and hosted by crooner Bing Crosby, who thought it would be a nice idea to pair some skilled amateurs with the pros where were on the West Coast leg of their traveling road show. For the first tournament, Bing donated $3,000 for the purse, of which the winner, Sam Snead took home $700. Snead reportedly asked for cash.

Crosby’s Clambake, as the event came to be known, was interrupted for World War II but returned in 1947 on the Monterey Peninsula at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, Cypress Point Club and Monterey Peninsula Country Club. The change of venue was the work of Monterey civic leaders, who thought the event would help boost tourism. Crosby was named an honorary police chief for the event.

Bing’s star power, and the Hollywood crowd that gravitated to the tournament turned it into a media event. The Crosby Clambake was broadcast on television for the first time in 1958, making it one of the longest running sports events on television. (More photos of Bing Crosby At The Pebble Beach Pro-Am)

The importance of the Clambake to the popularization of golf cannot be understated. Bing was a music superstar, and in 1948 it was estimated that half of all radio airtime was dedicated to his music. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he was routinely listed in polls as the man most admired. He won an Academy Award in 1948 for his role in Going My Way, and has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That fame, and his great interest made him at least as responsible as Arnold Palmer and President Eisenhower for the game’s growth.

Unlike his pal Bob Hope, Bing was no hacker on the links. He sported a 2 handicap and competed in both the British and US Amateurs. He won the Bob Jones Award in 1978 and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Bing died, appropriately, on a golf course in Spain in 1977.

In 1959, the event became known as the Bing Crosby National Pro Am, and remained so until 1985. Spyglass Hill entered the rotation in 1967, replacing the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. Cypress Point was dropped in 1991 for its failure to accept a black member, and was replaced by the Poppy Hills Golf Course. This year (2010), Monterey Peninsula Country Club will replace Poppy Hills.

In spite of being in California, the tournament has been famous for its bad weather. Rain, fog, and even snow (1962) have delayed, shortened or even cancelled the event (1996). In 1998, the final round actually was held in August. Crosby once quipped “Where else can you have the greatest golfers play on the greatest courses in the worst conditions?” The tournament also takes some heat for its six hour rounds.

In 1986, AT&T became the event’s title sponsor, and Bing’s widow withdrew his name from the event.

The Crosby Clambake is one of just three Pro-Ams on the Tour, and the only one where amateurs play on the final day. The format consists of two man teams—one professional and one amateur. Each of the first three days, the teams play on a different course. On the final day, the professionals and pro-am teams making the 54 hole cut play at Pebble Beach. The individual cut is the low 60 players, plus ties. However, players between 61st and 70th (and ties) will receive both official money and FedEx Cup points, as the cut for this tournament ensures the field is smaller than a standard tournament cut of 70. On the Pro-Am side, the low 25 teams, plus ties make the cut.

Due to the COVID pandemic, the 2021 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am will be played without the amateurs.

The list of AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Winners is a slice of golf history: Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Payne Stewart, Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Billy Casper, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead and more.

Past AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Winners are on the table below

Year	Player	Score	To par	Margin To Par
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Winners
2024	Wyndham Clark	199*	-17	1 stroke
2023	Justin Rose	269	-18	3 strokes
2022	Tom Hoge	268	-19	2 strokes
2021	Daniel Berger	270	-18	2 strokes
2020	Nick Taylor	268	-19	4 strokes
2019	Phil Mickelson (5)	268	-19	3 strokes
2018	Ted Potter, Jr.	270	-17	3 strokes
2017	Jordan Spieth	268	-19	4 strokes
2016	Vaughn Taylor	270	-17	1 stroke
2015	Brand Snedeker	265	-22	3 strokes
2014	Jimmy Walker	276	-11	1 stroke
2013	Brandt Snedeker	267	-19	2 strokes
2012	Phil Mickelson	269	-17	2 strokes
2011	D.A. Points	271	-15	2 strokes
2010	Dustin Johnson	270	-16	1 stroke
2009	Dustin Johnson	201*	-15	4 strokes
2008	Steve Lowery	278 PO	-10	Playoff
2007	Phil Mickelson	268	-20	5 strokes
2006	Arron Oberholser	271	-17	5 strokes
2005	Phil Mickelson	269	-19	4 strokes
2004	Vijay Singh	272	-16	3 strokes
2003	Davis Love III	274	-14	1 stroke
2002	Matt Gogel	274	-14	3 strokes
2001	Davis Love III	272	-16	1 stroke
2000	Tiger Woods	273	-15	2 strokes
1999	Payne Stewart	206*	-10	1 stroke
1998	Phil Mickelson	202*	-14	1 stroke
1997	Mark O’Meara	268	-20	1 stroke
1996	Cancelled – Weather
1995	Peter Jacobsen	271	-17	2 strokes
1994	Johnny Miller	281	-7	1 stroke
1993	Brett Ogle	276	-12	3 strokes
1992	Mark O’Meara	275PO	-13	Playoff
1991	Paul Azinger	274	-14	4 strokes
1990	Mark O’Meara	281	-7	2 strokes
1989	Mark O’Meara	277	-11	1 stroke
1988	Steve Jones	280PO	-8	Playoff
1987	Johnny Miller	278	-10	1 stroke
1986	Fuzzy Zoeller	205*	-11	5 strokes
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
1985	Mark O’Meara	283	-5	1 stroke
1984	Hale Irwin	278 PO	-10	Playoff
1983	Tom Kite	276	-12	2 strokes
1982	Jim Simons	274	-14	2 strokes
1981	John Cook	209*	-7	Playoff
1980	George Burns	280	-8	1 stroke
1979	Lon Hinkle	284 PO	-4	Playoff
1978	Tom Watson	280 PO	-8	Playoff
1977	Tom Watson	273	-14	1 stroke
1976	Ben Crenshaw	281	-7	2 strokes
1975	Gene Littler	280	-8	4 strokes
1974	Johnny Miller	208 *	-8	4 strokes
1973	Jack Nicklaus	282 PO	-6	Playoff
1972	Jack Nicklaus	284 PO	-4	Playoff
1971	Tom Shaw	278	-10	2 strokes
1970	Bert Yancey	278	-10	1 stroke
1969	George Archer	283	-5	1 stroke
1968	Johnny Pott	285 PO	-3	Playoff
1967	Jack Nicklaus	284	-4	5
1966	Don Massengale	283	-4	1 stroke
1965	Bruce Crampton	284	-3	3 strokes
1964	Tony Lema	284	-4	3 strokes
1963	Billy Casper	285	-3	1 stroke
1962	Doug Ford	286 PO	-2	Playoff
1961	Bob Rosburg	282	-6	1 stroke
1960	Ken Venturi	286	-2	3 strokes
1959	Art Wall, Jr.	279	-9	2 strokes
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship
1958	Billy Casper	277	-11	4 strokes
1957	Jay Hebert	213**	-3	2 strokes
1956	Cary Middlecoff	202**	-14	5 strokes
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship
1955	Cary Middlecoff	209**	-7	4 strokes
1954	E.J. Harrison	210**	-6	1 stroke
1953	Lloyd Mangrum	204**	-12	4 strokes
Bing Crosby Pro-Am
1952	Jimmy Demaret	145^	+1	2 strokes
1951	Byron Nelson	209**	-7	3 strokes
1950	Jack Burke Jr Dave Douglas Smiley Quick Sam Snead	214**	-2
1949	Ben Hogan	208**	-8	2 strokes
1948	Lloyd Mangrum	205**	-10	5 strokes
1947	George Fazio Ed Furgol	213**
1943-46	WWII
1942	John Dawson (am)	133^^	-11	3 strokes
1941	Sam Snead	136^^	-8	1stroke
1940	Ed Oliver	135^^	-9	3 strokes
1939	E.J. Harrison	138^^		1 stroke
1938	Sam Snead	139^^	-5	2 strokes
1937	Sam Snead	68	-4	4 strokes