There have been 4 shocks to begin the season on the PGA Tour with Chris Kirk, Grayson Murray, Nick Dunlap and Mathieu Pavon all winning at treble-figure odds but a host of stars will be aiming to bring an end to that run at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am this week.
Pebble Beach Golf Links, an iconic course but not always a regular destination for some of golf's biggest names, plays host to this $20 million signature event.
The introduction of signature events has not been universally well received but it does mean that Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and several other heavyweights make a rare start in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Three courses were previously used for this event but, with the field size reduced to 80, Monterey Peninsula has been dropped. The players will now rotate around Pebble Beach and tough Spyglass Hill over Thursday and Friday with the weekend action at Pebble. Both courses are short, so tee-to-green precision tends to trump power, while a hot putter is also a significant asset as the winning score has been 17 under par or better in each of the last nine editions.