FEBRUARY 13-15, 2009 ATAT&&TTPPEBBLEEBBLE BBEACHEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM PPEEBBBBLLEE BBEEAACCHH ■■ PPOOPPPPYY HHIILLLLSS ■■ SSPPYYGGLLAASSSS ■ Tickets, tee times, parking and shuttles ■ Two locals who compete to win ■ Where your ticket and sponsorship dollars go ■ The cebrities and how to find them Peter Butler’s Pebble Beach Properties Sotheby’s www.peterbutlerproperties.com INTERNATIONAL REALTY (See Page 2 AT&T) A special section of The Carmel Pine Cone February 13, 2009 2 ATT AT&T Week February 13, 2009 About theCover 2009 SCHEDULE, TICKETS & PARKING FEBRUARY 13-19, 2009 February 7 - 15 10 coupons which can be exchanged at the gate for AT&TPEBBLE BEACH daily tickets. NATIONAL PRO-AM Pebble Beach - Spyglass - Poppy Hills ■ 12 and under admitted free if accompanied by an adult. PEBBLE BEACH ■ POPPY HILLS ■ SPYGLASS Purse: $6,100,000 Winning share: $1,080,000 Where to buy: On line at www.attpbgolf.com. By 2008 Champion: Steve Lowery telephone at (800) 541-9091, and by fax to (831) 649- 1763. Daily tickets will also be sold at the Carmel shuttle stop in front of Carmel Plaza shopping center, Friday, February 13 at the Carmel Chamber of Commerce visitors center 8 a.m. • Second round — all three courses on San Carlos Street, at the Pacific Grove admission TV coverage: The Golf Channel, noon - 3 p.m. trailer (17 Mile Drive at the P.G. Gate) and at the and 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. CSUMB parking area (follow signs from Highway 1 exit to CSUMB, approximately 10 miles north of Saturday, February 14 Pebble Beach). 8 a.m. • Third round — all three courses (cut made after play) Parking: During tournament rounds, complimen- PETER BUTLER’S TV coverage: CBS, noon - 3 p.m. tary spectator parking is available on the CSUMB PEBBLE BEACH PROPERTIES campus at the former Fort Ord, about 10 miles north Sunday, February 15 of Pebble Beach on Highway 1, with frequent shut- This extraordinary ocean and golf course view home located on the 17 Mile Drive is listed for $8,000,000 7:30 a.m. • Final round — Pebble Beach Golf tle buses to deliver spectators to the competition and features 4 bedroom suites on a one acre lot. This Links (60 low pros and 25 low teams) courses, where other shuttle buses will also take and many other Pebble Beach properties are cur- TV coverage: CBS, noon - 3 p.m. them between courses. Handicapped parking is rently available for sale by Peter Butler of Sotheby’s available throughout the practice and tournament International Realty in Carmel. From grand ocean Ticket Information rounds inside Pebble Beach. view estate homes to affordable and cozy weekend Most attendees buy their tickets well in advance, There are also convenient shuttle buses available golf retreats, there is something here and available from Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey to the for everyone. To learn more about this and all the including high rollers who pay thousands for admis- sion to all tournament events and exclusive clubs. pro-am tournament. For details about these shuttles, properties currently on the market in Pebble Beach please see page 5 ATT. and on the Monterey Peninsula please visit Also, ticket packages, such as the Executive Booster www.peterbutlerproperties.com or call to arrange Package ($2,400), the Champions Club Member for a private showing. See a sample of properties on ($1,600 weekly), the Partners Package ($350) and Prohibited items: The following items are specifi- page 13 of the AT&T section. the Charity Patron Badge ($150) had to be pur- cally prohibited inside the entrance gate of the AT&T Thursday through Sunday of tournament week: Cell To view this and other properties go to chased by Jan. 15. (Start planning for next year!) www.peterbutlerproperties.com But there are still several options: phones and PDA’s; distracting or noise producing devices; cameras (except during practice round days Season Badge • $150 Mon-Wed); bags, backpacks, food container or cool- Peter D. Butler II ■ Entrance to all events, practice rounds and all er or any other carrying device larger than 8” inches tournament rounds at all three courses. in height, width or depth; signs, banners or posters 831.277.7229 (except for autographs); televisions and radios; alco- [email protected] Daily Ticket hol, except on site sales or businesses; pets (except ■ $60 for the three days of practice rounds. Don’t service animals), bicycles and ladders; metal spiked forget that military, firefighters and police officers golf shoes; weapons of any sort, whether licensed or are admitted free on Feb. 6. permitted, and any other item deemed potentially ■ $60 for each tour- injurious, unlawful or dangerous to staff, volunteers nament round. or participants as determined by the PGA Tour, tour- “VERO’S BEACHSIDE VILLAGE” nament security personnel or law enforcement offi- Any-Day ticket book cials. Plastic water bottles and food capable of fitting Vero Beach, Florida • $600 into an 8”-by-8”-by-8” container or pockets are ■ Each book contains acceptable for entry. Do you love the beach? Do you enjoy your privacy? Try a vacation in Vero Beach, Florida. The quintessential village located on the east coast. For more information contact WENDY FRANCO Vero’s Beachside Village Realtor 772-321-4225 [email protected] or visit her website at www.sorensenrealestate.com Homes for sale within this prime barrier island village range from $200,000 to $35 million. RIVERFRONT PENTHOUSE METICULOUSLY REFURBISHED 2 Bdr/2Bth/2Car, Boat slip available 3Bdr/3Bth/2Car, Furnished $499,000 $800,000 PHOTOS/PAUL MILLER GLAMOROUS OCEAN FRONT CONDO MULTIPLE LOT ACREAGE 3Bdr/3.5Bth/1 Car, 2 Private Elevators Oceanfront 1.54 Acre, Utilities Available The 18th Fairway at Pebble Beach curves along the shore of Stillwater Cove (top), which $850,000 $2,000,000 is frequently placid. But Spyglass (above) overlooks the restless open waters of the inac- curately named Pacific Ocean. February 13, 2009 AT&T Week 3 ATT This is the epitome of what Carmel-by-the-Sea has to offer Quintessential Cottages set amidst English gardens and only a short stroll to the beach, shopping, and restaurants. This truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you and your family to enjoy for many generations to follow! www.IsabellaCarmel.com Colin Campbell Colin_Scotsman@msncom www.apr.com/ccampbell 831.624.9222 [email protected] Cell: 831.236.3122 NW Corner of 6th & San Carlos Alain Pinel Realtors Carmel-By-The-Sea America’s Favorite Art Gallery “Tsunami” GALLERIES by David WYLAND est. 1978 White “Extreme Sports” by Jim Warren “Lost in Paradise” by Michael Godard “Gates of the Night” by Walfrido “Desert Mist” by Richard Daniel Hailed a “Marine Michelangelo” by USA Today Ocean Avenue • Carmel, CA (Between Mission and San Carlos) Visit Wyland Gallery Carmel and support the Wyland Ocean Challenge Clean Water for the 21st Century… and Beyond 831-626-6223 • 1.888.WYLAND1 [email protected] Artists Featured: Wyland, Walfrido, Godard, Richard Daniel, Deborah Valiquet-Myers, David Wight, Chris DeRubeis, Val Warner, Jim Warren 4 ATT AT&T Week February 13, 2009 February 13, 2009 AT&T Week 5 ATT SHUTTLES The least-hassle way to get to the Pro-Am? A shuttle, of course ANT TO avoid parking at Chamber president Moe Ammar Fort Ord, thereby adding pointed out that taking the shuttles — Wan hour to your day of as some 2,500 people did last year — spectating at the AT&T Pebble Beach will save them about an hour of travel National Pro-Am? Increasingly, fans time while offering them more flexibili- are saying yes, and they’re using shut- ty in their schedules. tles to do it. With special packages offered by In fact, recent years have proved hotels and businesses willing to stay many would happily pay a few bucks open late, chamber officials said they to hop a shuttle in Carmel, Pacific are “making a concerted effort to pro- Grove or Monterey, rather than park vide the maximum in hospitality to the at California State University visitors for the golf tournament and to Monterey Bay and ride buses to and showcase the many charms of Pacific from the AT&T Pebble Beach Grove.” National Pro-Am. The chambers of Shuttle passes run $15 per day, or commerce in those cities are sponsor- $40 for a five-day pass, and free park- ing shuttles through Sunday, Feb. 15. ing is available a block away on Ocean The Carmel Chamber of View Boulevard. The chamber is also Commerce and the Carmel selling daily tournament tickets for Innkeepers Association will have $55. For more information, contact the buses operating from 6 a.m. to 5:30 chamber of commerce at (831) 373- p.m. all weekend, leaving from the 3304 or check the group’s website: Carmel Plaza and delivering riders to www.pacificgrove.org. the tournament gate in Pebble Beach. To return to town, riders should look Monterey hospitality for the Carmel shuttle stop at the The Cannery Row Company, the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center. Old Monterey Business Association WORRY LESS. LIVE MORE. Daily passes, which allow unlimited and the Fisherman’s Wharf rides in and out of the Forest through- Association are collaborating to offer out the day, are $15 per person. express shuttles to and from Del In addition, people can purchase Monte Forest from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. any-day AT&T Pro-Am tournament Friday and Saturday, and from 6 a.m. Choose Classic Residence by Hyatt today. tickets at the bus stop or in the Carmel to 5 p.m. Sunday. Visitor Center, located on San Carlos The buses will carry golf fans from Get fewer surprises tomorrow.