Pebble Beach sees return of Scheffler and McIlroy
Pebble Beach Links – image USGA
With the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am now a Signature event on the PGA Tour, most of the tour’s leading players are on the Monterey Peninsula this week at one of the game’s most iconic venues to compete for their share of the US$20 million purse.
Four Australians, Adam Scott, Jason Day, Cam Davis, and Min Woo Lee, are among that group.
But with Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Collin Morikawa returning to their first events of the season—Morikawa’s first since the opening event of the year at Kapalua—much interest will be focused on how their seasons start.
Scheffler is back after an injury to his hand in a kitchen incident at home, while McIlroy is here after an impressive Sunday surge to finish 4th in Dubai two weeks ago but just his second official world ranking event in nearly three months ago.
Scheffler has played this event just once when finishing 6th last year while McIlroy plays for the third occasion, missing the cut once and finishing 66th in the other.
Adam Scott has played the event on three previous occasions, including a best-of-20th last year after a slow start to the week.
Jason Day does enjoy a good record with eight top tens including a runner-up finish in 2018. Day was a disappointment last week at a venue where he had previous success after following an impressive week in the desert the week before.
Cam Davis has made four of five cuts in the event with a best of 14th four years ago. His strong final day at the American Express at his last start suggests he is playing well and could well feature in the finish this week.
Min Woo Lee has played the event for two missed cuts so his feeling for the layout and the pro-am format leaves a question mark.
