Rory McIlroy plays the 2nd hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
The PGA Tour heads eight hours North from Torrey Pines to Pebble Beach along the beautiful Monterey coastline for this week’s 83rd edition of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. While last year’s tournament lacked star power with just seven of the top 50 players in the world rankings, this year’s event is filled with the PGA’s top pros as the second Signature Event of 2024 following the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
The eight Signature Events on the 2024 PGA Tour schedule each have a prize pool of $20 million and $3.6 million to the winner. A change to this year’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am event is that two courses instead of three are played. The invitational field is limited to 80 players with no-cut, and features 49 of the top 50 finishers on last year’s FedEx Cup points list. Only Jon Rahm is absent after joining LIV Golf.
The first two rounds are alternated between Pebble Beach and Spy Glass Hill, which both feature Poa annua greens and a mixture of Ryegrass/Poa fairways and rough.
- Pebble Beach Golf Links - 6,972 yards, Par 72
- Spyglass Hill Golf Course - 7,041 yards, Par 72
72-hole winning score: Over/Under 272.5 - bet under
How Pebble Beach played in 2023: Scoring average 71.53 (PGA Tour rank No. 21)
How Spyglass Hill played in 2023: Scoring average 72.80 (PGA Tour rank No. 8)
Amateurs and celebrities along with pro athletes play alongside the pro golfers the first two rounds, and the PGA Tour players shoot for birdies Saturday and Sunday at Pebble Beach, which features the smallest greens on tour averaging 3,500 square feet.
Pebble Beach remains one of the world’s most iconic links courses, with winds always in play off the ocean. A cold and wet winter leading up to the tournament continues with rain Wednesday and course closed to the public during practice rounds for safety purposes. Thursday and Friday’s forecast calls for a 50% chance of precipitation. A better than 80% chance of rain is forecast for Sunday with the leaders teeing off in 20-30 mph winds. Keep that in mind as you watch and wager on the action.
“The way the weather looks, it’s going to be like hitting a low punch on most every golf shot and trying to get up and down,” Max Homa said Tuesday on the No Laying Up live broadcast at Pebble Beach driving range.
A total of 116 sand bunkers are in play to navigate at Pebble Beach, and nearly twice that of Spyglass Hill (62), which features four holes with water in play. Players will be rewarded with strategic course management and elite approach play from within 150 yards. Pebble Beach also yields one of lowest Greens in Regulation percentages on Tour, so Scrambling and Around the Green are key stats in play at Pebble Beach.
Odds to Win 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Opening round pairings, tee times and full list of players golf odds and props will be updated and added. Current odds to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am are on the leading favorites, and golf odds from leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change.
- +800: Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler
- +1200: Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffle
- +1600: Max Homa
- +1800: Jordan Spieth
- +2000: Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa
- +2200: Justin Thomas
- +3000: Ludvig Aberg
- +3500: Matt Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood
- +4000: Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Sungjae Im, Byeong Hun An
- +4500: J.T. Poston, Cameron Young
- +5000: Nicolai Højgaard
- +5500: Russell Henley, Jason Day
- +6000: Eric Cole, Beau Hossler, Tom Kim
- +6500: Adam Scott
- +7000: Wyndham Clark
- +8000: Hideki Matsuyama, Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley
- +9000: Brian Harman, Cam Davis, Adam Hadwin, Denny McCarthy, Stephan Jaeger
Money has come in on Justin Thomas to win, down from +2800, along with Collin Morikawa (down from +2200). Scottie Scheffler is now co-favorite after opening +850. Tommy Fleetwood is down from +4000.
The remaining 2/3 of the field of 80 players are bigger longshots. That includes Nick Dunlap, who won as an amateur this year at the The American Express at +40000 (400/1) odds. Dunlap makes his professional debut this week and is +15000 to win and cash-in his first paycheck as a pro.
But note that in each of the four PGA tournaments of 2024, triple digit longshots have won with odds of +18000, +4000, +52500 and +2000 at Circa Sports. Three players were first time winners on Tour.
Recent champions of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am include Justin Rose (2022), Tom Hoge (2022), Daniel Berger (2021) and Nick Taylor (2020). Also, FanDuel brand ambassador Jordan Spieth won in 2017, and all five winners scored -18 to -19 under par. All are playing this week except Daniel Berger.
How to watch the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
All times Eastern
- Thursday-Friday: 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel)
- Saturday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-7 p.m. (CBS)
- Saturday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS)
PGA Tour Live on ESPN along with Peacock provide streaming live coverage. Paramount+ will stream CBS’s broadcasts online.
Thursday tee times posted and featured groups added as available. Notable pairings include Spyglass: Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg, Scottie Scheffler and Justin Rose, Viktor Hovland and Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. Pebble Beach: Collin Morikawa and Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele and Nick Dunlap, Max Homa and Maverick McNealy
Featured Groups
Thursday (ESPN+, all times Pacific)
- 8:45 am Spyglass #10: Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg
- 9:21 am Pebble Beach #1: Max Homa, Maverick McNealy
- 10:09 am Pebble Beach #1: Matt Fitzpatrick, Matt Kuchar
- 9:57 am Pebble Beach #1: Collin Morikawa, Tony Finau (Marquee)
- 10:21 am Pebble Beach #1: Nick Dunlap, Xander Schauffele (Marquee)
Friday
- 8:57 am Pebble Beach #1: Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth (Marquee)
- 9:45 am Pebble Beach #1: Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg
- 9:57 am Pebble Beach #1: Rickie Fowler, Tommy Fleetwood
- 10:09 am Pebble Beach #1: Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose (Marquee)
- 10:21 am Pebble Beach #1: Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay
Golf Picks, Props and Stats
Check out more picks and props as sportsbooks post tournament matchups and other offerings.
As you target some golfers of interest this week, note that six players in the field rank top-30 in Strokes Gained Total on both Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill:
- Rory McIlroy
- Max Homa
- Wyndham Clark
- Seamus Power
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Matt Kuchar
Tournament Matchups
Matchup offerings and odds vary from leading online sportsbooks, and here are some notable tournament matchups offered at SuperBook Sports.
- Scottie Scheffler (-120) vs. Rory McIlroy (+100)
- Xander Schauffele (-120) vs. Viktor Hovland
- Patrick Cantlay (-110) vs. Collin Morikawa (-110) - bet Cantlay
- Jordan Spieth (-115) vs. Justin Thomas (-105) - bet Spieth
- Tommy Fleetwood (-120) vs. Matt Fitzpatrick (+100)
- Sam Burns (-120) vs. Cameron Young (+100)
- Sungjae Im (-145) vs. Tom Kim (+125)
- Adam Scott (-125) vs. Justin Rose (+105)
Popular Types Of Golf Betting Odds
- Winner: Bet on who will win this week’s PGA tour event
- Finishing Position Odds: Bet on a golfer to finish in the top 5, top 10, or top 20 in this week’s golf tournament
- Round Leader Betting: Golf odds on who will win the first round, second round, third round, and fourth round separately.
- Golf Matchup Betting: Prop bets on which golfer will finish better in the tournament head to head between the two golfers listed for each matchup.
- Live Betting: Bets placed during a sporting event as odds change.
Check out more golf stats and coverage of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and weekly PGA Tour events as betting on golf continues to be most popular with fans firing for more fairways and greens when wagering.
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