Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Thompson Tees It Up at Pebble Beach


by Roz Roberts III and Randy Roberts


Michael Thompson has started the first round on the latest stop on the PGA Tour, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The Pebble Beach Pro-Am is a unique event on the PGA Tour and was originally known as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur, or just the Crosby Clambake. This event is known as one of the more fun events on tour since the field for the event is comprised of 156 professionals paired with 156 celebrity amateurs in two person teams. The tournament is played on three different courses: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. Unlike most other tournaments, the cut is made after 72 holes and is applied to both individuals and teams. The low 25 teams plus ties will play Sunday at Pebble Beach as will the low 60 professionals plus ties.

First Round Tee Time
Michael tees off at 8:22am on the tenth hole of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. He is teamed with Robert MacDonnell (on the board of directors of Vons) and they are in a group with Hunter Haas and Paul Hazen (Chairman of Accel-KKR, Former Chairman/CEO of Wells Fargo). The group will be playing Spyglass on Friday and Pebble Beach on Saturday.


Useful Links
Here are the usual helpful links to follow Michael this week.
Tee Times

Television Coverage
Television coverage will be carried on the Golf Channel and CBS. The coverage schedule is listed below, check your local listings.

Day
Date
Network
Time
THU
2/10
GOLF
3 - 6 PM ET
FRI
2/11
GOLF
3 - 6 PM ET
SAT
2/12
GOLF
1 - 2:30 PM ET
SAT
2/12
CBS
3 - 6 PM ET
SUN
2/13
GOLF
1 - 2:30 PM ET
SUN
2/13
CBS
3 - 6:30 PM ET

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