Let’s pray that Jordan Spieth does not get into a cliffside disaster at the eighth hole of Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California.
His tee shot at the famous par-4 during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was shot a year ago. It crossed into the penalty zone but stopped 18 inches short of falling over the edge onto the rocks below. It was great television, watching the caddie Michael Greller plead for him to take a risk and hit a 7 iron from 162 yards. He pulled off the daring feat.
“I believe I saved a stroke. Is the reward worth the risk? He said that the reward was not worth the risk if the risk was death. “I’m glad that I chose a 4, because a 5 would have been one the worst decisions I ever made.” It was a terrible decision.
Colt Knost, CBS’s Colt Knost, described Spieth’s shot as “downright frightening”. The resort moved the red line further away from the ledge, and grew the rough at the fairway’s end. They also added signage to discourage players trying to imitate Spieth’s daredevil feats.
Even Spieth admitted that discretion might be better than valor in retrospect. He played the hole on November’s family trip, and again on Monday during practice rounds.
He said that Sammy was only 3 months old when he made the comment. “I don’t think I could have hit that shot.”
The 2017 tournament champion Spieth almost won it again last year. He finished second to Tom Hoge. Spieth has enjoyed a successful hunt at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. It includes rounds at Spyglass Hill Golf Course or Monterey Peninsula Country Club’s Shore Course. He has also recorded six top-10 finishes in his previous 10 appearances. Spieth has the highest scoring average (69.0), of any player who has played more than 15 rounds over the past 40 years. Spieth would find it a great place to get out of his mini-slump. He hasn’t scored a top-10 since July’s British Open. In fact, in his last start at Hawaii’s Sony Open, he was the first person to make the 36-hole cut.
He explained that it was just a bad run of the cards.
Spieth stated that Pebble Beach is one of his favorite courses around the world. He also said that it was a part of what makes the pro-am such a popular stop on his calendar.
I don’t believe he knows when to say certain words, but that’s okay. So, like, “Hey, so are you going to like to make a birdie? Or are you just going keep making bogeys?” He’ll say something similar. Spieth said, “Maybe that wasn’t the most polite thing to say at this time.”
Spieth is bidding on his 14 th Tour title. He would love nothing more than to be on the 18 th green holding the trophy late one Sunday.
Spieth is also a long-standing ambassador for AT&T. He has made Pebble Beach one the four tournaments that he has played in every season of his Tour. In recent years, more top talent has chosen to skip the event. The world’s No. 10 players are this year’s top-ranked. Matt Fitzpatrick is the U.S. Open champion, and currently No. 11 Viktor Hovland who won the 2018 U.S. Open. Amateur at Pebble Beach. However, only seven of the 50 top players are playing this week. Spieth stated that he hopes the Tour will make the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am a recognized event in the future, but he tallied it higher than his pay to see how that would work with celebrities and industry captains who are such an integral part the event’s success.
Spieth stated, “Can you picture Rory (McIlroy), and (Jon] Rahm, two of the most popular players in the world right at the moment, coming down, 16, 17 and 18 at Pebble Beach?” They were being pursued by a bunch of other top-10 players around the globe. This would be a must-see television program. It would be amazing to see it happen.
