When I think golf, I think Pebble Beach. That’s where the PGA Tour is heading this week and, to top it off, it’s a Pro Am. Bing Crosby first hosted this tournament in 1937 where Sam Snead won the $500 first prize. The check is a little bigger nowadays with the winner taking home just over a million dollars.Playing for seven figures on Pebble Beach brings out the big guns. The field includes 4 of the top 10 players in the world in Padraig Harrington (3), Vijay Singh (4), Phil Mickelson (5) and Kenny Perry (10) so it should be a good tournament to watch.
Lefty has played well here in the past, but last year he teed off into the Pacific a few too many times, blowing up on the 14th. It should be interesting to watch him play Hole 14 this week to see if he has any hesitation trying to cut that corner again. In addition, he hasn’t been his usual self yet this year, so all you fantasy golfers out there may want to save him for later despite his past success at Pebble Beach.
My pick is Jim Furyk this week. This is his 2009 PGA debut and the course is short enough for him to use his precision to his advantage. Furyk will play well this week even though his swing is goofier than a pair of Ian Poulter’s pants. Exhibit “A”
Furyk’s goofy swing was once called “an octopus falling out of a tree” by David Feherty, but Furyk is just too good to let things as silly as “swing-plane” or “fundamentals” throw him off. Furyk goes out day in and day out, throwing darts at the flag stick. That is what you need to win at Pebble Beach, and if Furyk is on he will be very tough to beat this week.
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