FEBRUARY 7 - 15, 2009 ATAT&&TTPPEBBLEEBBLE BBEACHEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM PPEEBBBBLLEE BBEEAACCHH ■■ PPOOPPPPYY HHIILLLLSS ■■ SSPPYYGGLLAASSSS ■ Tickets, tee times, parking and shuttles ■ Using golf to teach youngsters about life ■ $13M upgrade to one of the Peninsula’s oldest courses ■ A lifetime golf challenge A special section of The Carmel PinePine ConeCone February 6, 2009 2 ATT AT&T Week February 6, 2009 2009 SCHEDULE, TICKETS & PARKING February 7 - 15 Kevin Costner Pebble Beach - Spyglass - Poppy Hills tees off on the Purse: $6,100,000 dramatic 5th Hole Winning share: $1,080,000 during the 3rd round of the 2008 Champion: Steve Lowery 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach Saturday, February 7 National Pro-Am 2 p.m. • Payne Stewart Youth Golf Exhibition — Pebble Beach Driving Range (free) Monday, February 9 8 a.m. • Practice rounds — all three courses Tuesday, February 10 - Charity Day PHOTO/PAUL MILLER 8 a.m. • Practice rounds — all three courses 1:30 p.m. • Birdies for Charity Shoot-out — 1st Tee, Pebble Beach Golf Links Wednesday, February 11 - 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 Thursday, February 12 8 a.m. • First round — all three courses TV coverage: The Golf Channel, noon - 3 p.m. and 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Ticket Information forget that military, firefighters and police officers are Most attendees buy their tickets well in advance, admitted free on Feb. 6. Friday, February 13 including high rollers who pay thousands for admis- ■ $60 for each tournament round. 8 a.m. • Second round — all three courses sion to all tournament events and exclusive clubs. TV coverage: The Golf Channel, noon - 3 p.m. Also, ticket packages, such as the Executive Booster Any-Day ticket book • $600 and 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Package ($2,400), the Champions Club Member ■ Each book contains 10 coupons which can be ($1,600 weekly), the Partners Package ($350) and exchanged at the gate for daily tickets. Saturday, February 14 the Charity Patron Badge ($150) had to be pur- 8 a.m. • Third round — all three courses (cut chased by Jan. 15. (Start planning for next year!) ■ 12 and under admitted free if accompanied by made after play) But there are still several options: an adult. TV coverage: CBS, noon - 3 p.m. Season Badge • $150 Where to buy: On line at www.attpbgolf.com. By Sunday, February 15 ■ Entrance to all events, practice rounds and all telephone at (800) 541-9091, and by fax to (831) 649- 7:30 a.m. • Final round — Pebble Beach Golf tournament rounds at all three courses. 1763. Daily tickets will also be sold at the Carmel Links (60 low pros and 25 low teams) shuttle stop in front of Carmel Plaza shopping cen- TV coverage: CBS, noon - 3 p.m. Daily Ticket ter, at the Carmel Chamber of Commerce visitors ■ $60 for the three days of practice rounds. Don’t center on San Carlos Street, at the Pacific Grove admission 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). Parking: During early practice rounds (Mon.- Tues.), parking is available inside Pebble Beach. Wednesday and during tournament rounds, compli- mentary spectator parking is available on the CSUMB campus at the former Fort Ord, about 10 miles north of Pebble Beach on Highway 1, with fre- quent shuttle buses to deliver spectators to the com- petition courses, where other shuttle buses will also take them between courses. Handicapped parking is available throughout the practice and tournament rounds inside Pebble Beach. There are also convenient shuttle buses available from Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey to the pro-am tournament. For details about these shuttles, please see page 5ATT. Prohibited items: The following items are specifi- cally prohibited inside the entrance gate of the AT&T Thursday through Sunday of tournament week: Cell phones and PDA’s; distracting or noise producing devices; cameras (except during practice round days The Hearth Shop is home to one of the most Mon-Wed); bags, backpacks, food container or cool- er or any other carrying device larger than 8” inches complete selections of quality fireplaces, accessories in height, width or depth; signs, banners or posters (except for autographs); televisions and radios; alco- hol, except on site sales or businesses; pets (except and gifts. We specialize in custom fireplace screens service animals), bicycles and ladders; metal spiked golf shoes; weapons of any sort, whether licensed or and glass doors; quality, hard-to-find tools and Family Owned Since 1967 permitted, and any other item deemed potentially injurious, unlawful or dangerous to staff, volunteers accessories; wood and gas stoves; built-in fireplaces THE HEARTH SHOP or participants as determined by the PGA Tour, tour- nament security personnel or law enforcement offi- and top of the line gas logs. We install what we sell. 486 DEL MONTE CENTER / MONTEREY cials. Plastic water bottles and food capable of fitting (Located between Starbucks & Macys) into an 8”-by-8”-by-8” container or pockets are Complimentary consultation on any project. 375-1252 / www.thehearthshop.com acceptable for entry. February 6, 2009 AT&T Week 3 ATT Lakeside at Quail Lodge Pebble Beach Oceanfront Mike Canning For the best in Pebble Beach, Carmel and Preserve Properties Sotheby’s #1 Agent For 9 Straight Years 831.622.4848 Sotheby’s www.mikecanning.com INTERNATIONAL REALTY Pebble Beach Ocean View Privacy Classic Carmel Cottage 4 ATT AT&T Week February 6, 2009 February 6, 2009 AT&T Week 5 ATT SHUTTLES Savvy fans know to hop a shuttle for more fun on and off the course ANT TO avoid parking at son. Fort Ord and add an hour In addition, people can purchase Wto your day of spectating at any-day AT&T Pro-Am tournament the AT&T Pebble Beach National tickets at the bus stop or in the Carmel Pro-Am? Increasingly, fans are saying Visitor Center, located on San Carlos yes, and they’re using shuttles to do it. Street between Fifth and Sixth In fact, recent years have proved avenues, for $55. (Tickets will be $60 many would happily pay a few bucks at the gate.) to hop a shuttle in Carmel, Pacific And the shuttles aren’t just for Grove or Monterey, rather than park locals hoping for a convenient way to at California State University get to the golf tournament. Fanatics Monterey Bay and ride buses to and from out of town might want to take a from the AT&T Pebble Beach break for lunch in Carmel, and those National Pro-Am. The chambers of who get their fill of the game after a commerce in those cities are sponsor- few hours on the course could opt to ing shuttles Wednesday, Feb. 11 — so spend some time shopping in town people can get to the Celebrity instead, the chamber and the innkeep- Challenge to see and photograph their ers association hope. Last year, the favorite stars on the course — through buses provided 5,000 trips during the Sunday, Feb. 15. five days of the pro-am. The Carmel Chamber of Anyone wondering about the best Commerce and the Carmel restaurants in town, or desiring to Innkeepers Association will have know anything else about Carmel-by- buses operating from 8 a.m. until 4 the-Sea, can stop in at the visitor cen- p.m. Wednesday, and 6 a.m. to 5:30 ter located on the west side of San p.m. Thursday through Sunday, leav- Carlos Street between Fifth and Sixth ing from the Carmel Plaza and deliv- avenues. ering riders to the tournament gate in Shuttle tickets and tickets for the Pebble Beach. To return to town, rid- pro-am can be purchased ahead of ers should look for the Carmel shuttle time by calling the chamber at (831) stop at the Pebble Beach Equestrian 624-2522 or visiting www.carmelcali- 831.624.9222 [email protected] Center. Daily passes, which allow NW Corner of 6th & San Carlos unlimited rides in and out of the Forest Carmel-By-The-Sea throughout the day, are $15 per per- See SHUTTLES page 7 ATT 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 6 ATT AT&T Week February 6, 2009 Santa Lucia PreserveTM The Santa Lucia PreserveTM is 20,000 acres of unspoiled California, a place where just 300 families share stewardship of the land and its traditions. Your homesite at The Preserve is set amidst 18,000 acres of private open space you can call your own. Featured home for Sale: 37 Rancho San Carlos Road MLS 80834486 A prestige Spanish style estate on a knoll surrounded by 50 acres overlooking Williams Canyon and beyond. Well situated on Rancho San Carlos Road, this beauty is hidden in the oaks only minutes to the gate and downtown Carmel.