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/ 14 February 2007

Missing Tiger, missing the point

Tiger Woods did not show up at Pebble Beach. Attendance and other numbers used to measure success will be down this year, and tournament director Ollie Nutt won’t have to look hard to place the blame. The weather. Woods hasn’t been to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am since 2002, yet officials somehow have managed to hand out a trophy.

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/ 14 February 2005

Back-to-back wins for Mickelson

Reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson fired a one-over 73 on Sunday to capture the ,3-million Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, his second PGA victory in as many weeks. Mickelson beat Canada’s Mike Weir by four strokes and accomplished his first back-to-back and wire-to-wire victories on the tour.

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/ 10 February 2005

Pebble Beach: Different look, same course

The Pebble Beach National Pro-Am will have a slightly different look when it gets under way on Thursday. Rain washed out a small section of the 18th fairway about 280 yards from the tee, making the landing area a little tighter. Plus, the two cypress trees replaced in the middle of the fairway were planted about 20 yards farther out than they were.

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/ 9 February 2005

What will Mickelson do next?

Phil Mickelson keeps everyone guessing. Three years ago, he defiantly said he would never change his risk-taking, jaw-dropping style on the golf course, even if that meant never winning a major. Last year, he was so determined to keep his tee shots in the short grass that he went to a controlled fade off the tee, although that meant giving up distance.