2018 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Broadcast Window & Pre
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2018 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes ShotLink Keys to Victory for Jordan Spieth Jordan Spieth picked up his ninth PGA TOUR victory becoming the second youngest player to win nine times on TOUR since WWII (Tiger Woods (23,5) 1999 Memorial Tournament, Jack Nicklaus (24) 1964 WMPO))). Spieth moved from 16 th to third in the FedExCup standings with his win at the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Strokes Gained Statistics* Jordan Spieth vs. The Field Category Rank Average On Pebble Beach GL (two rds), Jordan Spieth outperformed the field Off-the-Tee 45 th -0.119 by +2.124 strokes on the greens in SG: Putting. In round three, Jordan only needed 23 putts, which marked the 17 th time in his career where App roach -the -Green 12 th +1.293 he had 23 or fewer putts in a round on TOUR. Around-the-Green 33 rd -0.056 Putting 4th +2.124 Total 5th +3.243 *2 rds on Pebble Beach GL Most Victories PGA TOUR Since 2013 Jordan Spieth tied with Dustin Johnson for the most victories Player Starts # of Wins since the start of the 2013 PGA TOUR season (11). Jordan Spieth, Jordan 121 11 th recorded his ninth victory in his 100 professional start on TOUR Johnson, Dustin 104 11 at this event last year. Since the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach-Pro Day, Jason 99 10 Am, Spieth picked up his 10 th career victory at (2017 Travelers Championship) and 11 th career victory (2017 Open). Thomas, Justin 96 7 McIlroy, Rory 77 7 Jordan Spieth PGA TOUR Events with 4 or Fewer Bogeys (4 round events) Year Tournament Finish Boge ys For the week, Jordan Spieth only recorded 4 bogeys 2016 Sentry TOC Won 2 including his bogey-free final round 70. His bogey- th 2014 Sentry TOC 2nd 2 free final round marked his 35 bogey-free round in his PGA TOUR career & the 2 nd time he has won and 2015 Houston Open T2 3 made 4 or fewer bogeys in a 4 round PGA TOUR 2013 Puerto Rico Open T2 3 event. 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro -Am Won 4 2015 PGA Championship 2 4 2013 Dell Technologies Champ. T4 4 Course & Hole Statistics Pebble Beach GL, Spyglass Hill GC & Monterey Peninsula CC Shortest Courses on PGA TOUR Last Season Rank Course Par Yardage Last season, all three courses at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am ranked inside the top-five in shortest course on the 1 Pebble Beach GL 72 6,816 PGA TOUR. Pebble Beach GL (host course) was the 2 TPC River Highlands 70 6,841 shortest course on TOUR playing at 6,816 yards (scorecard 3 Spyglass Hill GC 72 6,953 yardage). 4 Monterey Peninsula CC 71 6,958 5 El Camaleon GC 71 6,987 Last season, the field averaged 264.9 yards from the tee, ranking as the shortest Driving Distance (all drives) of any course. Pebble Beach GL was one of two courses (Stadium Course) where the field hit less than 10.0% of the drives over 300 yards. Players hit 8.96% (of) of the total drives over 300 yards at Pebble Beach GL during the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Courses with the Shortest Drives (All Drives) Lowest % of Drives Over 300 Yards PGA TOUR Last Season PGA TOUR Last Season Rank Course All Drives Rank Course % 1 Pebble Beach GL 264.9 1 Pebble Beach GL 8.96 2 Stadium Course 272.8 2 Stadium Course 9.84 3 Harbour Town GL 273.4 3 Harbour Town GL 10.84 4 Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead) 273.6 4 Torrey Pines GC (South) 12.89 5 PGA National (Champion) 275.8 5 Sea Island Resort (Seaside) 14.87 Courses with the Easiest Fairways to Hit PGA TOUR Last Season Rank Course % Last season, two of the three courses at the AT&T Pebble Beach 1 Monterey Peninsula CC 75.02 Pro-Am ranked inside the top-five in Easiest Fairways to hit. 2 Erin Hills 74.61 Monterey Peninsula CC ranked as the easiest course to find the 3 Pebble Beach GL 74.03 fairway with players hitting the fairway 75.02% of the time and 4 Plantation Course at Kapalua 73.49 Pebble Beach GL ranked third on TOUR last season (74.03%) . 5 TPC Deere Run 72.33 Courses with the Lowest One-Putt % PGA TOUR Last Season Last season, Monterey Peninsula CC had the lowest One-Putt Rank Course % Percentage of any course (31.67%) and was one of five courses 1 Monterey Peninsula CC 31.67 where the field averaged less than 35.0% in one putts. 2 Plantation Course at Kapalua 32.38 3 Torrey Pines GC (South) 32.92 4 Sea Island Resort (Seaside) 33.68 5 Sedgefield CC 34.81 48.8%: Players on the Pebble Beach GL made 48.8% of their putts from five to 10 feet, marking the lowest putts made percentage of any course from this distance. AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Past Champions FedExCup Finishes Since 2007 Year Past Champion FEC Finish Since 2007, eight of the 11 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2017 Spieth, Jordan 2nd champions have advanced to the TOUR Championship. 2016 Taylor, Vaughn 62 nd rd Defending champion, Jordan Spieth finished second in the final 2015 Snedeker, Brandt 23 FedExCup standings, marking the best finish in the FedExCup th 2014 Walker, Jimmy 7 by a past winner of this event. 2013 Snedeker, Brandt 12 th 2012 Mickelson, Phil 5th Five of the eight winners of this event that advanced to the 2011 Points, D.A. 56 th TOUR Championship finished the season inside the top-five of 2010 Johnson, Dustin 5th the FedExCup that season. 2009 Johnson, Dustin 14 th 2008 Lowery, Steve 103 rd 2007 Mickelson, Phil 3rd 1,695 Points: Since 2009, Dustin Johnson has earned 1,695 FedExCup points at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, marking the most FedExCup points earned of any player at this event. Most FedExCup Points Earned AT&T Pebble Beach Pro -Am Since 2009 Johnson, Dustin Snedeker, Brandt Mickelson, Phil Walker, Jimmy Spieth, Jordan 1,695 1,217 1,030 910 756 West Coast Swing: Last season, four of the five winners on the West Coast Swing on the PGA TOUR finished inside the top-10 of the FedExCup. FedExCup Finishes by 2016 -17 West Coast Swing Winners CareerBuilder Farmers AT&T Waste Genesis Challenge Insurance Open Pebble Beach Manag ement Open Hudson Swafford Jon Rahm Jordan Spieth Hideki Matsuyama Dustin Johnson 38th* 5th 2nd 8th 4th *Career Best FEC Finish Broadcast Window Notes 2018 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (featured groups) Jordan Spieth 2015 FedExCup Champion & 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Champion, Jordan Spieth is set to make his 131 st career start on TOUR. Jordan Spieth Most Greens in Regulation En Route to Victory on the PGA TOUR Year Tournament Rank % GIR's Jordan Spieth hit 18 of his last 20 GIR’s to close 2016 Sentry TOC 11 83.33 60 out his win at the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro- 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach 3rd 79.17 57 Am. For the week, Spieth hit 57 of 72 greens in regulation marking the 2 nd most GIR’s en route to 2015 U.S. Open 5 76.39 55 victory of his 11 wins on TOUR. 2015 Masters Tournament 2 75 54 Jordan Spieth & Dustin Johnson are the only two players on TOUR who have finished inside of the top-10 of the FedExCup standings in each of the last three PGA TOUR seasons. Players ranked inside Top-10 Every Season FedExCup Standings Since 2015 Jordan Spieth Dustin Johnson 2017 2nd 2017 4 2016 9th 2016 2 2015 Won 2015 7 Most Top-Five Finishes PGA TOUR Since 2013 Player Top 5's Since 2013, Jordan Spieth has the t-most wins with Dustin Johnson with 11. In Spieth, Jordan 35 this timeframe, Jordan Spieth has accumulated 35 top-five finishes in 122 starts. Johnson, Dustin 33 His 35 top-five finishes are 2 more than Dustin Johnson with 33 and six more than the third highest player Jason Day with 29. Day, Jason 29 Kuchar, Matt 25 Fowler, Rickie 25 Jordan Spieth Top-25 Finishes In Every Start Played on TOUR Jordan Spieth has finished inside of the Top-25 in every start at Event Starts Top 25s the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. This event is one of three AT&T Pebble Beach Pro -Am 5 5 events on TOUR with five starts where he has not finished Dean & DeLuca Invitational 5 5 outside of the top-25. BMW Championship 5 5 Jimmy Walker 2014 AT&T Pebble Beach champion, Jimmy Walker has ranked #1 in the FedExCup for 48 weeks, the second most weeks on top of the FedExCup standings of any player (Woods, 85). Most Weeks Ranked #1 in FedExCup Since 2007 Player # of Weeks Tiger Woods 85 Jimmy Walker 48 Dustin Johnson 29 Jordan Spieth 25 Ernie Els 22 Most Under Par AT&T Pebble Beach Pro -Am Since 2011 Since 2011, Jimmy Walker has played 18 of 28 rounds under par at this Player Score to Par event with a score to par of 66-under. His 66-under par at this event is the Walker, Jimmy -66 best of any player by eight shots. Spieth, Jordan -58 Johnson, Dustin -52 Snedeker, Brandt -50 Day, Jason -50 Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar is set to make his fourth start of the 2017-18 PGA TOUR season and 12 th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro- Am.