2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

[Wally Fairway]

11 hours ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Well, maybe things have changed. God knows the prices were a whole lot lower back then than they are now! I think we payed $190 per for Spyglass, and I think Pebble was going for $250 per at the time.

And we were not staying on the property, we were staying in Carmel. Maybe you get a discount if staying at the resort. At close to $500 a round I'm sure they have plenty of vacancies!

Went there 10 years ago with a group of friends - we played Spy Glass, Del Monte, Links @ Spanish Bay, Pacific Grove, because those we could make tee times for while not staying on property.
What I've tried to tell people is that it costs about $2,000 to play Pebble because you have to stay on property 2 nights to be allowed to make 1 tee time for Pebble. The costs of rooms start at around $600/night (plus fees), and if I'm playing Pebble I want to walk and have a caddie so that is about $600 to $650. But for staying on property you can also get tee times at one of the other PB courses.
You can always check for open tee times if you are in the area for the next day; that is what they allow for those not staying on property. They will put you with a 2-some or 3-some if possible. I know several people who have done this and say it is spectacular - but for me it stays on the bucket list because I've still got kids in college.
For the record, 10 years ago we were able to do our trip for less that $2,000 per person including airfare, car rental, housing (gorgeous place in Carmel Highlands - about 15 minutes away), food .... but for some I don't think that covered their beverage bill.

[Golfingdad]

2 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

Went there 10 years ago with a group of friends - we played Spy Glass, Del Monte, Links @ Spanish Bay, Pacific Grove, because those we could make tee times for while not staying on property.
What I've tried to tell people is that it costs about $2,000 to play Pebble because you have to stay on property 2 nights to be allowed to make 1 tee time for Pebble. The costs of rooms start at around $600/night (plus fees), and if I'm playing Pebble I want to walk and have a caddie so that is about $600 to $650. But for staying on property you can also get tee times at one of the other PB courses.
You can always check for open tee times if you are in the area for the next day; that is what they allow for those not staying on property. They will put you with a 2-some or 3-some if possible. I know several people who have done this and say it is spectacular - but for me it stays on the bucket list because I've still got kids in college.
For the record, 10 years ago we were able to do our trip for less that $2,000 per person including airfare, car rental, housing (gorgeous place in Carmel Highlands - about 15 minutes away), food .... but for some I don't think that covered their beverage bill.

When I go, I'm going to do one of the several night package deals.  3 nights and one round each on Pebble, Spyglass and Spanish Bay.  If I want to gamble with the winter weather then it could be $2600 or so, or if I want to go in the summer where it's more likely to be beautiful, then it's closer to $3900.

[nevets88]

 

 

 

 

[Wally Fairway]

Phil is starting the week pretty hot - 5 birdies in his first 8 holes, he's -4 playing MPCC

[nevets88]

Some of these shots on social media are better than what's on the telecast.

 

 

[Wally Fairway]

Pebble gonna Pebble - more weather delays this morning, as they try to complete the first round, drive everyone to their next course and get the second round started.

[skydog]

Pretty awesome commentary out of Spieth.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/spieth-confronts-autograph-seeking-scums-pebble

 

[Finman]

Can we start the big 5 talk? DJ, Spieth, JDay, Rory, Rahm.  6 Straight birdies

[Scotsclaff]

15 hours ago, Finman said:

Can we start the big 5 talk? DJ, Spieth, JDay, Rory, Rahm.  6 Straight birdies

LOL. Go on Jordan,keep it up,The Masters is coming.I hope the weather clears up.

[Buckeyebowman]

On 2/9/2017 at 9:36 AM, Wally Fairway said:

Went there 10 years ago with a group of friends - we played Spy Glass, Del Monte, Links @ Spanish Bay, Pacific Grove, because those we could make tee times for while not staying on property.
What I've tried to tell people is that it costs about $2,000 to play Pebble because you have to stay on property 2 nights to be allowed to make 1 tee time for Pebble. The costs of rooms start at around $600/night (plus fees), and if I'm playing Pebble I want to walk and have a caddie so that is about $600 to $650. But for staying on property you can also get tee times at one of the other PB courses.
You can always check for open tee times if you are in the area for the next day; that is what they allow for those not staying on property. They will put you with a 2-some or 3-some if possible. I know several people who have done this and say it is spectacular - but for me it stays on the bucket list because I've still got kids in college.
For the record, 10 years ago we were able to do our trip for less that $2,000 per person including airfare, car rental, housing (gorgeous place in Carmel Highlands - about 15 minutes away), food .... but for some I don't think that covered their beverage bill.

Well, a buddy of mine brought up a "bucket list" item about playing Pebble. I took a look on the internet, and I figured it would cost us at least 3 grand apiece to make the trip. If you did for under 2 Grand you are a wizard!

Then I noticed that you said this took place 10 years ago. I don't know what the green fees were back then, but today they'd equal your $2K!

[colin007]

As much as I love Bill Murray, he's out of control. He needs to stop throwing his clubs around and acting like a huge dick. He's gonna hurt somebody one of these times.

[Wally Fairway]

38 minutes ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Well, a buddy of mine brought up a "bucket list" item about playing Pebble. I took a look on the internet, and I figured it would cost us at least 3 grand apiece to make the trip. If you did for under 2 Grand you are a wizard!

Then I noticed that you said this took place 10 years ago. I don't know what the green fees were back then, but today they'd equal your $2K!

I think you missed the point that we did not play PB, your price point to play PB is pretty much dead on

[Gunther]

Just an FYI to y'all, Jordan Spieth just won his 9th PGA  Tour event.  He's on Tiger's tail, with an exponentially harder field to contend with.  This is some shit.

Edited February 13, 2017 by Gunther

[saevel25]

4 minutes ago, Gunther said:

Just an FYI to y'all, Jordan Spieth just won his 9th PGA  Tour event.  He's on Tiger's tail, with an exponentially harder field to contend with.  This is some shit.

He's young. People said Tiger would crush Jack's record and look how that turned out. Let's judge Spieith's career about 10 years from now. 

[Buckeyebowman]

22 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

I think you missed the point that we did not play PB, your price point to play PB is pretty much dead on

Ah, good point! Went back and re-read the post. Back when we played it cost $190 per to play Spyglass, and $250 per to play Pebble. The only issue was that we could get a time on Spyglass a couple of months in advance. At Pebble anything less than a year was laughable! Nowadays I think it takes 5 Hundy per to play Pebble! Plus whatever you have to shell out for lodging and meals, which ain't cheap!

[David in FL]

9 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

He's young. People said Tiger would crush Jack's record and look how that turned out. Let's judge Spieith's career about 10 years from now. 

I don't hear anyone claiming that he's going to "crush" either Tiger or Jack.  Just acknowledging an incredible start....why not just enjoy it as it goes?

No one said that we should wait 10 years before climbing on the Tiger train when he came out of the gate as fast as he did.  And rightfully not.  

 

[DeadMan]

1 hour ago, Gunther said:

Just an FYI to y'all, Jordan Spieth just won his 9th PGA  Tour event.  He's on Tiger's tail, with an exponentially harder field to contend with.  This is some shit.

Tiger, at the same age, won 12 times in the next 13 months, including 4 majors. Spieth is on Tiger's tail compared to Tiger before he really became Tiger.

Not to pick on you, because you're not the only one doing it, but I hate these Spieth-Tiger comparisons. Speith is a fantastic golfer in his own right, but he doesn't hold a candle to Tiger in his prime. Why compared him to one of the two best golfers of all time? Spieth could win 8 majors, which would make him a top 5 golfer of all time, and people might still look at him as a failure, because he wasn't Tiger. That's insane. 

[Golfingdad]

3 hours ago, Gunther said:

Just an FYI to y'all, Jordan Spieth just won his 9th PGA  Tour event.  He's on Tiger's tail, with an exponentially harder field to contend with.  This is some shit.

I saw the stat about the age similarities, but they gave another star too: this is Jordan's 9th win and his 100th start ... when Tiger hit 100 starts, he had 28 wins.  TWENTY EIGHT!

However, I stipulate your point about the field strength - there's no getting around that. :)

P.S. He looked like 2015 this weekend.