Carmel Pine Cone, February 8, 2008 (ATT)
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FEBRUARY 2-10, 2008 ATAT&&TTPPEBBLEEBBLE BBEACHEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM PPEEBBBBLLEE BBEEAACCHH ■■ PPOOPPPPYY HHIILLLLSS ■■ SSPPYYGGLLAASSSS ■ Pairings, tickets, tee times, parking and shuttles ■ How your ticket $$ benefit local nonprofits ■ Course conditions: Big storm caused problems ■ History of the pro-am, from Crosby to AT&T ■ The best of food and wine for après golf A special section of The Carmel Pine Cone February 8, 2008 2 ATT AT&T Week February 8, 2008 2008 SCHEDULE, TICKETS & PARKING February 2 - 10 Looking for ocean Pebble Beach - Spyglass - Poppy Hills scenery as a Purse: $6,000,000 backdrop for great golf? The Saturday, February 2 8th Tee (left) works ... and so 2 p.m. • Payne Stewart Youth Golf Exhibition — Pebble Beach Driving Range (free) do most of the other holes at Monday, February 4 Pebble Beach. 8 a.m. • Practice rounds — all three courses Tuesday, February 5 - Charity Day 8 a.m. • Practice rounds — all three courses 1:30 p.m. • GoGirlGo.com Charity Shoot-out — Pebble Beach Golf Links. Top PGA Tour profes- PHOTO/PAUL MILLER sionals play holes #1, 2, 3, 17 and 18, with prize money donated to player’s designated charity Wednesday, February 6 - Military Day • Law enforcement, firefighters and military plus one accompanied guest admitted free 8 a.m. • Practice rounds, all three courses 11 a.m. • 3M Celebrity Challenge — Pebble Beach Golf Links. Celebrity amateurs play holes #1, 2, 3, 17 and 18, with prize money donated to player’s designated charity 3:30 p.m. • Payne Stewart Youth Clinic, present- ed by AT&T — Pebble Beach driving range (free) Thursday, February 7 8 a.m. • First round — all three courses TV coverage: The Golf Channel, noon - 3 p.m. Ticket Information forget that military, firefighters and police officers are and 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Most attendees buy their tickets well in advance, admitted free on Feb. 6. including high rollers who pay thousands for admis- ■ $60 for each tournament round. Friday, February 8 sion to all tournament events and exclusive clubs. 8 a.m. • Second round — all three courses Also, ticket packages, such as the Executive Booster Any-Day ticket book • $600 TV coverage: The Golf Channel, noon - 3 p.m. Package ($2,400), the Champions Club Member ■ Each book contains 10 coupons which can be and 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. ($1,600 weekly, $450 daily), the Partners Package exchanged at the gate for daily tickets. ($350) and the Charity Patron Badge ($150). Had to Saturday, February 9 be purchased by Jan. 15. (Start planning for next ■ 12 and under admitted free if accompanied by 8 a.m. • Third round — all three courses (cut year!) But there are still several options: an adult. made after play) TV coverage: CBS, noon - 3 p.m. Season Badge • $150 Where to buy: On line at www.attpbgolf.com. By ■ Entrance to all events, practice rounds and all telephone at (800) 541-9091, and by fax to (831) 649- tournament rounds at all three courses. 1763. Daily tickets will also be sold at the Carmel Sunday, February 10 shuttle stop in front of Carmel Plaza shopping center, 7:30 a.m. • Final round — Pebble Beach Golf at the Carmel Chamber of Commerce visitors center Links (60 low pros and 25 low teams) Daily Ticket ■ $60 for the three days of practice rounds. Don’t on San Carlos Street, at the Pacific Grove admission TV coverage: CBS, noon - 3 p.m. trailer (17 Mile Drive at the P.G. Gate) and at the CSUMB parking area (follow signs from Highway 1 exit to CSUMB, approximately 10 miles north of Pebble Beach). FEATURING Parking: During early practice rounds (Mon.- Tues.), parking is available inside Pebble Beach. Cross Timber Wednesday and during tournament rounds, compli- Redefining Gas mentary spectator parking is available on the CSUMB campus at the former Fort Ord, about 10 Vented Logs miles north of Pebble Beach on Highway 1, with fre- by Hargrove quent shuttle buses to deliver spectators to the com- Log Technology petition courses, where other shuttle buses will also 2007 VESTA AWARD WINNER take them between courses. Handicapped parking is available throughout the practice and tournament The Hearth Shop is proud to present the most rounds inside Pebble Beach. There are also convenient shuttle buses available realistic, award winning gas logs from from Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey to the pro-am tournament. For details about these shuttles, Hargrove. Come by and see please see page 5ATT. for yourself. The Monterey Prohibited items: The following items are specifi- cally prohibited inside the entrance gate of the AT&T Peninsula’s first choice for Thursday through Sunday of tournament week: Cell phones and PDA’s; distracting or noise producing consultation, installation, devices; cameras (except during practice round days Mon-Wed); bags, backpacks, food container or cool- accessories, and unique gifts er or any other carrying device larger than 8” inches in height, width or depth; signs, banners or posters (except for autographs); televisions and radios; alco- since 1967. hol, except on site sales or businesses; pets (except service animals), bicycles and ladders; metal spiked THE HEARTH SHOP golf shoes; weapons of any sort, whether licensed or permitted, and any other item deemed potentially 486 DEL MONTE CENTER / MONTEREY injurious, unlawful or dangerous to staff, volunteers or participants as determined by the PGA Tour, tour- (Located between Starbucks & Macys) nament security personnel or law enforcement offi- cials. 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By MARY BROWNFIELD unlimited rides in and out of the Forest throughout the day, are $10 per per- ANT TO add an hour to son. your day of spectating at Wthe AT&T Pebble Beach See SHUTTLES page 12ATT National Pro-Am? Increasingly, BRA FITTING fans are saying yes, and they’re using shuttles to do it. • In fact, recent years have proved BRIDAL many golf fans would happily pay a • few bucks to hop a shuttle in Carmel RESORT WEAR or Pacific Grove rather than park • on the former Fort Ord and ride INCLUDING BASICS buses to and from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Ams. The chambers of commerce in the two cities are sponsoring shuttles through Sunday, Feb. 10. The Carmel Chamber of Commerce and the Carmel Innkeepers Association will have buses operating from 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. this weekend, leaving from the Carmel Plaza and delivering riders to the tournament gate in Pebble Beach. 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