The PGA Tour moves from one of golf’s most storied venues in Torrey Pines to one just as historic in Pebble Beach.
This week will serve as the second-of-eight Signature Events on the PGA Tour, as a limited field of the Tour’s best takes to the storied grounds of Pebble Beach.
With an elevated purse of $20 million on the line and a whopping $3.6 million to the winner, these Signature Events draw the best out of each and every competitor.
For the third straight week we will see a multi-course format.Â
Golfers will play one of each Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill Thursday and Friday before playing the final two rounds at Pebble Beach on the weekend. There is no cut this week.
Prior to the switch to a Signature Event in 2024, Monterey Peninsula was part of a three-course rotation. That was dropped from the event a season ago to make it a two course rotation.
This event is also a Pro-Am seeing amateurs play alongside the professionals for each of the first two days across Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill.
Pebble Beach has been a part of the PGA Tour Schedule since 1937.
The Field
Being a Signature Event we will see a limited field this week.
That field consists of the:
Top-50 of the FedEx Cup Standings from the 2024 season
Aon Next 10 (Fall Series standings)
Leading finisher from the DP World Tour Race to Dubai
Aon Swing 5 (through the Farmers Insurance Open)
Sponsor exemptions
FedExCup Fall points list to round out the field.
The biggest storyline heading into this week is the 2025 debut of World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler who will be making his first appearance since suffering a puncture wound to his hand on Christmas Day while reportedly making ravioli. The injury required surgery.
Jordan Spieth, playing on a sponsor exemption this week, too will be making his season debut after undergoing wrist surgery in August of last year.
Wyndham Clark comes in as the defending champion as he won a weather-shortened 54-hole event a season ago. Clark set the Pebble Beach single-round scoring record in the process. Clark shot a 12-under 60 on Saturday. Sunday was canceled due to weather.
Other past winners of this event teeing it up this week include Justin Rose (2023,) Tom Hoge (2022,) Nick Taylor (2020) and Spieth (2017.)
The Course(s)
We will once again see a multi-course rotation this week between Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill. This will be the last multi-course event of the 2025 PGA Tour regular season however.
Although this event is a pro-am, the two courses used this week offer tough challenges, opposed to the pro-ams we typically see.
Still, the courses will be set up to not kill the amateurs. The greens will roll on the slower side of things and the rough will not be grown out to its limits.
Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach is one of the most infamous courses in the world of golf. It is both iconic and picturesque and offers some of the most stunning backdrops the world of golf has to offer.
It plays as a Par-72 at roughly 7,100 yards in length.
Due to the angular hole layouts, Pebble Beach offers the shortest average driving distance of any course on Tour. The average driving distance falls at around 274 yards as the Tour average sits at 301 yards.
This forces golfers to layup off the tee and almost completely removes any advantage that long hitters off the tee may have.
Pebble Beach also features some of the smallest greens on the entire Tour at an average of 3,500 square feet. They are also laid in Poa grass, which is the same grass used at the South Course at Torrey Pines that we saw last week.
The small greens add an emphasis on finding the fairways and then on quality approach play.
To go along with all of the challenges these small greens present, Pebble Beach too yields one of the lowest Greens in Regulation Percentages on Tour. This adds an emphasis to Strokes Gained: Around the Green work as well.
Historically speaking, Pebble Beach plays at 0.9 strokes over par.Â
Spyglass Hill
Unlike most multi-course events where the opposite course is much easier than the main course, Spyglass Hill is no walk-in-the-park.
It features five holes exposed to the coast and outside of that, is a tree-lined venue that protects itself from the elements.
If the winds are to pick up, Spyglass Hill plays more difficult than Pebble Beach.
It plays as a Par-72 at 7,035 yards and features four par-fours that measure under 400 yards. Golfers must take advantage of those holes during their round at Spyglass Hill.
The scoring average at Spyglass Hill is 0.5 strokes over par.
Both courses sit along the coast and if winds become a factor, golfers will have to grind out each-and-every hole.
The Weather
As of the time of writing this, the weather looks to be the complete opposite of what we saw a year ago. There is at most a ten-percent chance of precipitation across all four days this week. Temperatures will be on the cooler side however. Temperatures will begin at 56-degrees on Thursday and will gradually increase to 64-degrees by Sunday. Winds are also projected to be on the lighter side, beginning at just seven miles-per-hour on Thursday and peaking at eight miles-per-hour on Friday. Winds will then settle to just six miles-per-hour across the weekend.
Key Stats
Strokes Gained: Approach (SG: APP)
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Strokes Gained: Around the Green (SG: ATG)
Proximity to the Hole Less Than 150 Yards / Proximity to the Hole From 100-125 Yards
Par 4 Average Scoring
Par 5 Average Scoring
Birdie or Better Percentage
Strokes Gained: Putting on Poa (SG: PUTT Poa)
Greens in Regulation Percentage (GIR%)
Scrambling
DFS Suggestions
$10,000+
Collin Morikawa ($10,200) is far-and-away my favorite this week. Morikawa hasn’t won on the PGA Tour since the ZOZO Championship in 2023 and prior to that was the 2021 Open Championship. However, he’s a two time Major champion for a reason. He’s played just once so far this season, placing second at The Sentry Tournament of Champions to Hiedeki Matsuyama who set the PGA Tour’s 72-hole record that week. He played this event a season ago, placing 14th. Morikawa is currently first on Tour in all of driving accuracy, par four average scoring, birdie or better percentage, SG: PUTT Poa, GIR% and scrambling. He is also third on Tour in SG: APP, eighth in par five average scoring, 19th in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 31st in SG: ATG and 118th in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards. Morikawa is also on my betting card at +1400.
$9,000-$9,900
Leading off this price range we have Justin Thomas ($9,800.) Thomas played this event a season ago, finishing sixth. He’s also played two events this season, placing 26th at The Sentry Tournament of Champions and second at The American Express. Thomas is currently fourth on Tour in SG: PUTT Poa, sixth in birdie or better percentage, eighth in par four average scoring, tenth in scrambling, 12th in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 13th in par five average scoring, 15th in GIR%, 17th in SG: APP, 51st in SG: ATG, 100th in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards and 122nd in driving accuracy. Also consider Patrick Cantlay ($9,400.) If we’re going off of course history, there may not be anyone better than Cantlay. He’s played this event four-of-the-last-five seasons. He placed 11th last year, fourth in 2022, third in 2021 and 11th in 2020. He’s played two events to start this season, placing 15th at The Sentry Tournament of Champions and fifth at The American Express. He’s currently second on Tour in par four average scoring, third in SG: PUTT Poa, fourth in birdie or better percentage, ninth in SG: ATG, tenth in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 15th in both par five average scoring and GIR%, 33rd in driving accuracy, 113th in scrambling, 154th in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards and 156th in SG: APP. Cantlay is also on my betting card at +2000.
$8,000-$8,900
First up in this middle price range is The American Express winner Sepp Straka ($8,000.)Â Straka is currently sixth on Tour in driving accuracy, seventh in SG: PUTT Poa, eighth in both proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards and par four average scoring, ninth in GIR%, tenth in birdie or better percentage, 16th in SG: APP, 25th in both par five average scoring and scrambling, 52nd in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards and 131st in SG: ATG. Outside of winning in his last outing at The American Express, Straka also placed 30th at the Sony Open in Hawaii and 15th at The Sentry Tournament of Champions. He also placed 26th here a season ago. Also consider Corey Conners ($8,700.)Â Conners is currently seventh on Tour in GIR%, eighth in both par four average scoring and SG: PUTT Poa, 11th in birdie or better percentage, 19th in driving accuracy, 20th in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 25th in par five average scoring, 45th in SG: APP, 117th in SG: ATG, 144th in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards and 169th in scrambling. Conners missed the cut in his last outing at the Sony Open in Hawaii but did place fifth at The Sentry Tournament of Champions on the season. He played this event a season ago where he placed 31st.Â
$7,000-$7,900
Russell Henley ($7,900)Â is currently eighth on Tour in driving accuracy, tenth in SG: PUTT Poa, 12th in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 13th in birdie or better percentage, 15th in par four average scoring, 19th in par five average scoring, 32nd in GIR%, 33rd in SG: APP, 48th in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards, 57th in SG: ATG and 125th in scrambling. Henley has placed 30th at The Sentry Tournament of Champions and tenth at the Sony Open in Hawaii on the season. He played this event a season ago where he placed 58th. Henley is also on my betting card at +7000. Also consider Tom Hoge ($7,300.) Hoge is currently fourth on Tour in scrambling, ninth in SG: APP, 19th in both par four average scoring and par five average scoring, 26th in SG: PUTT Poa, 29th in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards, 30th in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 35th in birdie or better percentage, 45th in GIR%, 49th in SG: ATG and 103rd in driving accuracy. Hoge has started his 2025 season by placing eighth at The Sentry Tournament of Champions, 45th at the Sony Open in Hawaii and 29th at The American Express. He also has some great course history here. He won this event in 2022. He also placed sixth here a season ago, 48th in 2023, 12th in 2021 and 60th in 2020.
$6,900-
Leading off this final price range we have Rickie Fowler ($6,900.) Fowler has played this event twice over the last five years. He placed 47th a season ago and missed the cut in 2021. He’s also played just once so far this season, placing 21st at The American Express. Fowler is currently fifth on Tour in par four average scoring, eighth in scrambling, 11th in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 13th in SG: PUTT Poa, 18th in both birdie or better percentage and GIR%, 60th in driving accuracy, 80th in SG: ATG, 90th in SG: APP, 98th in proximity to the hole from less than 150 yards and 125th in par five average scoring. Also consider Jhonattan Vegas ($6,400.) Vegas has played this event once within the last five seasons, placing 50th in 2021. He’s played three events so far this season, highlighted by a fourth at The Sentry Tournament of Champions. He is currently 1st on Tour in SG: APP, 12th in proximity to the hole from 100-125 yards, 34th in SG: PUTT Poa, 44th in GIR%, 46th in birdie or better percentage, 54th in proximity to the hole from within 150 yards, 59th in par five average scoring, 84th in par four average scoring, 88th in scrambling, 139th in driving accuracy and 174th in SG: ATG.
Betting Card
Collin Morikawa (+1400)
Patrick Cantlay (+2000)
Russell Henley (+7000)
Cam Davis (+10000)
Cam Davis (+10000)
Davis has had some mixed results to start his 2025 PGA Tour campaign. He placed 13th at The Sentry Tournament of Champions and 18th at The American Express but also missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He’s also played this event three-of-the-last-five seasons. He placed 20th here a season ago, 14th in 2021 and 38th in 2020. Davis is currently fourth on Tour in SG: PUTT Poa, fifth in birdie or better percentage, 15th in par five average scoring, 30th in both SG: APP and GIR%, 48th in par four average scoring, 58th in both SG: ATG and proximity to the hole from within 150 yards, 73rd in proximity to the hole from 125-150 yards, 112th in scrambling and 121st in driving accuracy.