The longest rough is trimmed at just two inches, primarily because the amateurs are back. Pebble’s 3,500-square foot greens easily are the smallest. Spy checked in at 72.788 in its two rounds of the adjusted format for which MPCC wasn’t utilized.Īll three courses feature Poa annua greens running up to 12 feet on the Stimpmeter. The absence of amateurs last year (due to the pandemic) allowed for a tougher track, and the field still averaged 71.197, so it generated a fair compromise. Tournament organizers have retained a few of the longer opportunities that were introduced in last year’s edition. That up over 150 yards from its customary length and it doesn’t reflect a couple of modifications, such as the new green complex at the 390-yard, par-4 11th hole. MPCC is just 6,957 yards and Spy is the longest at only 7,041 yards. Daytime temperatures will climb into the low 60s, but the cool, oceanside air will govern only a handful of tee balls. Sunshine and a light breeze will pave the way for all three courses to test as intended. Therefore, capitalizing on the singular spin of the Shore Course will be a little like doing damage on La Quinta Country Club, the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA WEST or Torrey Pines North because scoring conditions will exist throughout the week. Under docile conditions, MPCC not only expects to play as the easiest of the trio in the aggregate by default, it also should surrender a scoring average in relation to par that is lower than both Pebble and Spy. Three of its four par 5s are on its inward par 37.
Spy also is a stock par 72, while MPCC is a par 71 with five par 3s.
BREAK REMINDER FOR PEBBLE PC
In addition to Pebble Beach Golf Links, the famous stock par 72 used as backgrounds of mobile devices, tablets and PC monitors, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club’s Shore Course share duties as co-hosts. The KFT grads are reordered after Genesis, so they are advised to consider the AT&T as the last stop of this phase to make hay. If not, it would pay forward to The Honda Classic two weeks after that because The Genesis Invitational is, as its name specifies, an invitational for which top-10 exemptions do not apply.
BREAK REMINDER FOR PEBBLE CRACK
Depending on the cutoff for entry at next week’s WM Phoenix Open, which hosts 132 golfers, it’s possible that even a top 10 by any KFT grad at Pebble Beach will not be enough to crack the field on merit.