2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (The 16Th of 49

2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (The 16Th of 49

2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (The 16th of 49 events in the PGA TOUR season) Pebble Beach, California Feb. 6-9, 2020 Purse: $7,600,000 ($1,368,000/500 FedExCup pts) Pebble Beach Golf Links (Host) Par/Yards: 36-36—72/6,816 Spyglass Hill Golf Course Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,035 Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course) Par/Yards: 34-37—71/6,958 First-Round Notes – Thursday, February 6, 2020 Weather: Sunny, with a high of 62. Wind NW 6-12 mph First-Round Leaderboard Pos. Name Score 1 Nick Taylor 63/-8/MP T2 Patrick Cantlay 66/-6//SH T2 Chase Seiffert 66/-6/PB T4 Eight players -5 Things to Know • Nick Taylor begins his round with an eagle en route to an 8-under 63 and second 18-hole lead on the PGA TOUR • Patrick Cantlay ties career-high with nine birdies, good for a 66, in bid for third career PGA TOUR title • PGA TOUR rookie Chase Seiffert ties career-low round in relation to par with 6-under 66 at Pebble Beach • Phil Mickelson birdies last three holes to open with 4-under 68 at Spyglass Hill in title defense • Jason Day opens with 4-under 67; seeks fourth straight top-five finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am • 2018 team champions Kevin Streelman and Larry Fitzgerald lead the team portion of the competition First-Round Lead Notes 5 First-round leaders/co-leaders of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am since 2000 to convert for the win (most recent: D.A. Points/2011) 1 First-round leader/co-leader to win on TOUR in 2019-20 (Tiger Woods/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP) Leaders – Entering the Week Player Nick Taylor Patrick Cantlay Chase Seiffert Age 31 (4/14/1988) 27 (3/17/1992) 28 (8/12/1991) FedExCup 79 29 123 OWGR 229 8 261 Starts at AT&T 5 3 0 Top 10s at AT&T 1 1 0 PGA TOUR Starts 159 88 16 PGA TOUR Wins 1 2 0 Starts in 2019-20 9 3 10 Top 10s in 2019-20 1 2 0 Nick Taylor (1st/MP/63/-8) • Takes an 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA TOUR for a second time (2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open/T29) • Becomes the first player with multiple outright 18-hole leads on the PGA TOUR in 2019-20 • Began his round with an eagle-three at No. 10 at Monterey Peninsula Country Club • Birdied his last two holes to post a bogey-free 8-under 63 and tie his career-low round (four times; most recently in round one of the 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) • The 63 marks the lowest opening-round score in the event since Chez Reavie opened with an 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula in 2016 (T26) • In five previous starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, lone top-10 finish, a T10, came in 2017 • Making his 10th start of the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season, with a T10 at the Safeway Open his lone top-10 showing • Winner of the 2014 Sanderson Farms Championship • After winning the Canadian Junior Championship by a record 11 strokes in 2006, won the 2009 Mark H. McCormack Medal after holding the R&A’s World Amateur Golf Ranking for 21 straight weeks Patrick Cantlay (T2/SH/66/-6) • Made nine birdies in round one to start his fourth AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, tying his career-high for birdies in a round • Marks the third occasion (of four) to open with a 66 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and lowest score at Spyglass (previously a 70 in round two of 2013) • Lone top-10 finish in three previous tournament starts was a T9 (2013) • In three previous starts on the PGA TOUR this season, lost in a playoff at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, finished fourth at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and T40 at the Safeway Open. • Competed for the victorious American team in December in the Presidents Cup • Winner of 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, 2019 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Chase Seiffert (T2/PB/66/-6) • Making his first start in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, PGA TOUR rookie made four birdies, the only eagle of the day at the par-five 18th and no bogeys en route to tying his career-low score (relation to par) • Earned his way to the PGA TOUR by virtue of a 26th-place finish on the 2019 priority rank on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he amassed five top-10 finishes • In 10 starts so far this season, a T21 at The American Express marks his best result (No. 123 in FedExCup) Phil Mickelson (T12/SH/68/-4) • Defending champion finished with three straight birdies on Nos. 16-18 at Spyglass Hill en route to a 4-under 68 • Hit 10 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation; came into the week ranked 112th in Strokes Gained: Off The Tee and 91st in Strokes Gained: Approach The Green • Five-time AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion (1998, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2019) looks to surpass Mark O’Meara for most wins in the event; last repeat winner was Dustin Johnson (2009, 2010) • Is in search of his 15th win in the state of California since 1983; currently tied for most with Tiger Woods • Comes off back-to-back missed cuts in his last two TOUR starts (The American Express, Farmers Insurance Open) • Is making his 24th start in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and 620th start on TOUR this week Additional Player Notes • Making his first start at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Harold Varner (T4/PB) opened with a 5-under 67 at Pebble Beach; seeks first PGA TOUR victory in his 125th start. As a junior golfer and member of the First Tee, won the PURE Insurance Championship with PGA TOUR Champions player Morris Hatalsky • Making his 11th start at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Jason Day (T12/MP) opened with 4-under 67 at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in his bid for a fourth consecutive top-five finish in the event (2019/T4, 2018/T2, 2017/T5) • 2009, 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion Dustin Johnson (T24/SH) opened with a 3-under 69 at Spyglass Hill in his 13th consecutive start in the event. Including two victories, has eight top-10 finishes in 12 previous starts • AT&T-sponsored athlete/2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion Jordan Spieth (T44/SH) opened with a 2- under 70 in his eighth start at the event Bogey-free rounds: R1 (7): Nick Taylor (63/MP), Richy Werenski (66/MP), Chase Seiffert (66/PB), Justin Suh (67/MP), Lanto Griffin (67/SH), Scott Harrington (68/MP), John Senden (71/SH) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative PB 35.423 36.519 71.941 SH 36.404 35.519 71.923 MP 34.269 35.904 70.173 .

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