DraftKings preview: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

The PGA TOUR continues its California swing this week with the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Pebble Beach Golf Links will be the host, and we are back to both a three-course rotation and 54-hole cut this week. Golfers will each play one round at Pebble Beach, Monterey Peninsula and Spyglass Hill over the first three days, before returning to Pebble Beach for the final round.

All three courses sit between 6,816 and 7,035 yards, while Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill are both par 72s. Monterey Peninsula will play as a par 71. All three courses feature poa greens.

The field this week is headlined by Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth and Viktor Hovland.

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GOLFERS TO CONSIDER

Jordan Spieth ($10,600)

Spieth boasts some great course history at the event having played each year over the last decade. Since 2013, Spieth hasn’t missed the cut, while posting a win, five additional top-10 finishes and a pair of top 20s.

It’s not entirely surprising to see Spieth dominate here, considering how small the greens are at Pebble. Everyone is going to miss their fair share of greens in regulation, putting an emphasis on both short game and putting, which Spieth has generally done better than many over the years.

Spieth is still smarting from going from first round leader to missing the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii, and he was T13 the week prior at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. The three-time major winner ranks No. 2 in SG: Tee-to-Green, seventh in SG: Ball-Striking and sixth in SG: Total over his past 48 rounds. Only Fitzpatrick has been better from tee-to-green than Spieth in that time frame.

We have seen Spieth flip a proverbial switch when he gets to Pebble Beach every year, regardless of form, and I would expect nothing less this year. He makes for a great play in all formats.

Nick Taylor ($8,000)

Not quite to the extent of Spieth, but Taylor is also a former winner at Pebble Beach who boasts great course history. He’s made six of eight cuts here, including his win in 2020 and two additional top-15 finishes. Despite missing two of his past three cuts, Taylor had previously been playing some strong golf, which extended back to the fall swing.

The Canadian finished T7 at the Sony Open in Hawaii three weeks ago and had a stretch in mid-September where he posted three top-25 finishes in four weeks, including a T6 at the Fortinet Championship.

Taylor’s rolling stats have been pretty steady in this time frame as well, ranking 19th in this field in SG: Tee-to-Green, 16th in SG: Approach and 19th in SG: Total. His $8,000 salary is also quite reasonable for both his course history and recent form, and I will gladly go back to the well here.

Beau Hossler ($7,400)

Hossler was a disappointment last week at the Farmers Insurance Open, but we can chalk it up to an anomaly, as it was his usually steady putter that let him down. Dating back 48 rounds in this field, Hossler ranks seventh in SG: Putting, so as you can see, this is not something we should expect to continue. I am happy to go right back to him this week at a strong price of just $7,400, especially after he gained two strokes ball-striking in his lone round at the South Course at Torrey Pines last week.

Prior to last week, Hossler had made five of his previous six cuts, with three top-25 finishes in that stretch. He also has some good familiarity with Pebble Beach, having played here six times in his career, which has resulted in four made cuts and a T3 last season. There is plenty of upside here for the price, and we’re getting three guaranteed rounds from him no matter what, so hopefully he can turn his putting around..

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