by Jeff Hall and Jeremy Harness

PEBBLE BEACH–For those of you who have never been at Pebble Beach you usually go to the lodge when first arriving for the AT&T and if you go around the corner on the right hand corner of the lodge and as your going around the corner one of the first things that you see is the coast crashing against the 18th Fairway and the 18th hole, it makes your jaw drop it’s gorgeous.

The golf is great but you get the bonus of the glorious creation of the land and the sea it breathtaking and gorgeous. The setting couldn’t be better and this tournament started out in Southern California and Bing Crosby moved it to the Monterey Peninsula and he picked the right spot and were all still being rewarded for that decision.

If you think about it, think about the name of the tournament like the last tournament in Torrey Pines in San Diego it’s corporate sponsored Farmers Insurance Open and so is this one but they didn’t call the last one Farmers Insurance LaJolla, this one is actually called the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. You put the name of the location that tells you how important that location is.

The experience of meeting the celebrities is special in this event. It give you the experience of getting up in front of people in the entertainment industry that you normally wouldn’t get a chance to get in front of. If there are any presidents playing which there are not there will be that much more people and their staff and security working the event but we won’t have that this year.

Speaking about LaJolla, Torrey Pines is a wonderful golf course but it is not Pebble Beach. There are a lot of players to look forward to seeing in this tournament that will be appearing Ernie Els being one, Jason Day, J.B. Holmes who won last week’s tournament will be playing this week. There will be some good golfers showing up at the tournament, also the PGA had a rough week this week losing Tiger Woods after 11 holes at Torrey Pines to a back injury, the passing of the PGA’s first black player Charlie Sifford passed away at age 92 and Billy Casper passed away at the age of 83.

Also it’s not known how long Tiger is going to be out, he had to leave in his last three tournaments due to a bad back. Since the big story of the spat between ex-wife Elin Nordegren in December 2009 Woods has not played up to his past potential. Whether Woods can come back based on what happened in LaJolla is still a mystery and the PGA hopes that Woods can make a comeback soon he’s been the face of the PGA for decades.

Jeff Hall and Jeremy Harness are covering the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to Jeff’s podcast below