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Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

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3 years ago

February 9, 2021

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Fantasy Sleeper Report

Just when you thought that one former major champion that had fallen on tough times was going to win, along came another to steal his thunder.

A footnote from the Waste Management Phoenix Open is that Jordan Spieth is hitting his irons like a king again, but he’s still not finding fairways with any regularity and so Brooks Koepka was able to slip in the back door and claim the trophy.

He overtook Spieth, Xander Schauffele and James Hahn on a manic Sunday, and as the birdies dropped he looked increasingly likely to be the victor – and especially so when all around him were hitting tee shots into the water.

In the end, Koepka clinched his eighth PGA TOUR title – look out for him come major season.

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But the Tour grinds on to the AT&T Pebble Beach….and you will notice that the ‘pro-am’ has been dropped from the name. There will be no Bill Murray and no Larry the Cable Guy this year, and there will be no Monterey Shore either – the usual trio of courses on rotation has been cut to two.

The first, Pebble Beach, will take on host duties for three rounds, and while this event is normally known for pro-am hi-jinx this is still a track with teeth – it hosted the U.S. Open in 2019, remember. It will presumably be set up a lot easier than that this week, but you can’t turn the wind down and the stiff breeze, plus the small Poa Annua greens, cold temperatures and possibility of rain, and so the winning score will surely be less than the usual late teens under par.

A short Par 72, Pebble Beach is a tough coastal stretch that promises slow greens but ones that are tough to hold from the rough – no wonder so many players take woods and irons off the tee.

A quick word about Spyglass Hill, the other host course this week. Slightly further inland and tree-lined, this is less exposed than Pebble Beach and features more amenable Poa Annua greens. Another short Par 72, you’re looking for your selections to make hay on their turn here.

The great news for bettors is that this is an event that is ripe for the picking for long odds winners, with Nick Taylor, Ted Potter and Vaughn Taylor all winning at astronomical prices in recent years. The lack of the pro-am format may affect things on that front, but with a weak field there is an opportunity for another sleeper-sized pick to lift the trophy come Sunday.

So who’s on our sleeper shortlist for the AT&T Pebble Beach?

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Sleeper Report Predictions This Season (2020-2021)

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