HP 🍑 for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2024

First Look: Pebble Beach Golf Links @ Pebble Beach, CA

Check out DB’s full Course Breakdown for everything you need to know about this week’s venue including in-depth stats and data from Bet The Number.

Have we ever seen a start to the PGA TOUR season quite like this? Through four events, every winner started the week at longer than 100-1 odds to win including Matthieu Pavon who bagged his first TOUR victory at Torrey Pines last week. Pour one out for all the chalk bettors out there. Will a “favorite” finally retake the reigns at Pebble Beach this week, or will another longshot continue the trend and deliver a huge payout for those with a ticket in hand? Read on for a first look at the venue and some notes and numbers to know ahead of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Let’s get into it!

Welcome to the Show:
Get to Know the 2024 PGA Tour Rookies

Thanks to recent eligibility changes from the PGA Tour, 45 newly minted Tour Cards were handed out ahead of the 2024 season. Each week, we’ll spotlight a few up-and-comers whose names will be important to know as the year progresses.

• Matthieu Pavon - France

  If you paid any attention to the Farmers Insurance Open last week, you already know this guy. The 31-year-old European Tour veteran didn’t take long to get accustomed to golf on this side of the pond as he nabbed his first PGA TOUR victory in just his third start as a full, card-carrying member. Pavon’s rise to the top of the game started late last year when he posted five top-15 finishes in the final six events of the Race to Dubai, including his first-ever DP World Tour win last October. He’s seen more success (and won more money) in the last six months than the previous six years of his career, and he might just be getting started.

• Jorge Campillo - Spain

  One of Europe’s most veteran journeymen, Jorge Campillo finally locked up a PGA TOUR card via the new DP World Tour eligibility rules after a whopping 15 years as a professional. Hailing from Spain, the 37-year-old is enjoying a career resurgence after his best season yet. Campillo racked up a win and five top-10 finishes on the DPWT in 2023 thanks to his exceptional skill on the greens. Far from the longest or most accurate player off the tee, Campillo is one of the better putters in Europe and will hope that carries over onto the different grass types he’ll see Stateside. He’s yet to compete on the PGA TOUR so far in 2024, and it should be noted he hasn’t competed professionally in the USA since the 2020 PGA Championship at Harding Park where he missed the cut.

• Ryan McCormick - West Long Branch, NJ

  The 31-year-old New Jersey native is among the oldest of the ‘Rookies’ on the PGA TOUR for the 2024 season. After three straight years on the Korn Ferry Tour, McCormick earned his TOUR card off the back of eight top-20 finishes last season. His biggest strength is with the flat stick, as he finished 5th on the KFT in putts/round in 2023. But accuracy both off the tee and on approach is what holds him back. He finished 99th and 120th in Driving Accuracy and GIR % respectively, and he’ll have to improve in those areas if he wants to keep his card that we worked so hard to earn.

1. SG: Off the Tee Leaders last 40 rounds: 1. Scheffler  2. McIlroy  3. An 4. Yu 5. Aberg  6. Hovland 7. Conners  8. Mitchell 9. Homa 10. List

2. SG: Approach Leaders last 40 rounds: 1. Scheffler  2. Ryder 3. Morikawa 4. Glover 5. Poston  6. Schauffele  7. Cole  8. Hubbard  9. Wu, Brandon 10. Kirk

3. SG: ARG Leaders on Bent/Poa last 16 rounds:  1. Cantlay 2. Mitchell  3. Morikawa  4. Theegala  5. English  6. Davis  7. An 8. Poston  9. McIlroy 10. Malnati

4. SG: Putting on Poa Leaders last 16 rounds:  1. McCarthy  2. Todd  3. Homa  4. Malnati  5. Montgomery  6. Kim, S.H. 7. English  8. Thomas  9. Theegala 10. Hoge

5. SG: APP from 90-130 last 40 rounds: 1. Matsuyama  2. Todd 3. Scheffler  4. Finau  5. Hojgaard  6. Montgomery 7. Glover  8. Putnam  9. Hossler  10. Morikawa

6. SG: APP from 175-225 last 40 rounds: 1. Spaun  2. van Rooyen 3. Wu, Brandon  4. Scheffler  5. Rodgers  6. Poston  7. Griffin, Ben 8. Young, Cameron  9. Bradley 10. Hoge

7. SG: Putting on Poa from 5’-15’ last 40 rounds: 1. McCarthy  2. Theegala  3. Svensson  4. Aberg  5. Straka  6. Malnati 7. English 8. Kim, S.H.  9. Todd  10. Thomas

8. SG: APP on Small Greens last 20 rounds: 1. Morikawa  2. Schauffele  3. List  4. Cantlay  5. Scheffler 6. Hovland  7. Fowler  8. Davis, Cam  9. Rose 10. Fleetwood

9. SG: Total (Per Rd vs Field) at Pebble Beach last 8 rounds: 1. Todd  2. Yu  3. Bezuidenhout  4. Hoge  5. Cantlay  6. An 7. McNealy  8. McCarthy  9. Scott  10. Davis, Cam

10. Top 10 in Data Golf Positive Course History vs. Expectation: 1. Im 2. Hodges 3. Bezuidenhout  4. McNealy  5. Schauffele  6. Cole  7. Homa 8. Moore, Taylor  9. Clark 10. Hatton

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