Groups we're watching: Round 2, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
By Mark Spoor, PGATOUR.com Coordinating Producer
Another week with the celebrities at Pebble Beach. We'll look at the celebrity parings, and a LIVE@ pairing or two. Remember, celebrity handicaps are in parenthesis.
All times eastern.
Charley Hoffman/Kenny G (0) Dean Wilson/Don Cheadle (17)
Tee time: 11:20 a.m.
Course: Spyglass Hill, Tee No. 10
Why you should watch: No, that's not a misprint, Kenny G is a scratch golfer. He and the follically gifted Hoffman should be sponsored by Vidal Sassoon.
Wilson, searching for his first TOUR win, is teamed with the great Don Cheadle. If you don't know Cheadle, you've probably been hiding under a rock for the past 10 years. Since the Super Bowl just ended, let's say he's the guy who did all the Super Bowl ads a few years ago. Many, like me, prefer to think of him as Basher from Ocean's Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen.
How funny would it be if after a bad shot, Cheadle, in the Basher accent, says "we're in barney."
Jason Gore/Carson Daly (8) Pat Perez/Kelly Slater (3)
Tee time: Noon
Course: Spyglass Hill, Tee No. 10
Why you should watch: Actually had to look up who Slater was (sorry, Kelly). For those of you who are curious, he is evidentially a legendary surfer (and as one of our editors asked, "aren't all surfers legends?"). Anyway, according to Wikipedia, he's been romantically linked to, among others, Pam Anderson, Cameron Diaz and Gisele Bündchen.
Carson Daly is, well, Carson Daly.
Paul Stankowski/Andy Garcia (10) Daniel Chopra/George Lopez (12)
Tee time: 12:50 p.m.
Course: Spyglass Hill, Tee No. 10
Why you should watch: Staying with the Ocean's theme, Garcia plays casino mogul Terry Benedict in the series (All right, you proved your point. You broke into my vault. Congratulations, you're a dead man.)
Lopez appears to be creating a second career for himself on the celebrity golf scene, as this is at least his third appearance at a TOUR event already this year. He hosted the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and participated in a celebrity pro-am last week at the FBR Open.
Oh, by the way, Chopra is third in the FedExCup standings and his going for his second TOUR victory this year.
LIVE@ PAIRING OF THE DAY
Jim Furyk, Brian Bateman
Tee time: 12:20 p.m.
Course: Pebble Beach, Tee No. 1
Why you should watch: Furyk makes his fourth TOUR appearance of the season and is looking for his third top-20 finish. Bateman, meanwhile, is trying to bounce back from two missed cuts in a row after a 23rd-place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Championship.
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