Memories from 2013 AT&T Pro Am Golf Tournament – Pebble Beach
Brandt Snedeker
The AT&T Pro Am Golf tournament took place in Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula from Monday February 4th through Sunday February 10th. Practice rounds began on Monday. A Charity Shootout between the San Francisco Giants and the San Francisco 49ers attracted crowds on Tuesday ending in another indignity for the 49ers. On Wednesday golf enthusiasts could view the 3M Celebrity Challenge with the likes of Andy Garcia, Huey Lewis, and Ray Romano vying to support their chosen charities. (More about Ray Romano in my next entry.) The actual tournament began on Thursday morning and took place through Sunday in Pebble Beach on three golf courses – Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill, and the newly redesigned Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course. It’s on the latter course that I ended up with a front row seat to view the tournament play today!
As Alain Pinel realtors we are lucky to represent many of the finest luxury properties on the Monterey Peninsula. Currently listed by one of my associates is a dramatically positioned home on Cormorant Road front and center on the Shore Course 7th green with wide open views of the golf course and crashing surf beyond. A group of us gathered to watch the play not more than 10 feet from the sand trap where a number of golfers’ balls landed. First group up after I sat down included Brandt Snedeker, a pro, and Heidi Ueberroth, one of the few women playing in the tournament, who is president of global marketing partnerships and international business operations at the NBA (National Basketball Assoc). She is also the daughter of Peter Ueberroth, ex-commissioner of Major League Baseball and one of the owners of the Pebble Beach Company. Watching this group play out the hole was uneventful, but the next group was quite entertaining. What was significant about seeing Brandt Snedeker up close and personal is the fact that he ended up winning the tournament!
