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Tiger returning to Pebble Beach Pro-Am?

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Pebble Beach has cleared a path for Tiger Woods' return. The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, an early-season Tour stop that Woods hasn't played since 2002, will trim the size of its field to help speed play. The cut, from 180 to 156 players, was OK'd by the Tour Policy Board. That's 48 fewer players -- 24 pros and their amateur partners. Woods, a California native who won the 2000 Pebble Beach Pro-Am, cites the five-hour-plus rounds as a reason for not having returned.

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November 3, 2009  12:17 PM ET

They should add Cypress Point.

November 3, 2009  01:35 PM ET

guess when your the #1 player in the world you can get your way, even if it means cutting 24 other pros off the list of players. let's see... 24 unknowns for 1 tiger woods... fair bet. however, 5+ hr rounds seem to be the norm for tournament play on the PGA i thought.

November 3, 2009  02:24 PM ET
QUOTE(#1):

They should add Cypress Point.

They can't. The PGA Tour has a policy of not playing courses that restrict access to women and minorities, something Cypress Point does. Same reason they don't play the Western Open at Butler National anymore and why the PGA Championships at Shoal Creek back in the '80s became more known for the club's membership than for who actually won.

Lee Trevino ('84) and Wayne Grady ('89) if you wanted to know and no I didn't have to google it.

November 3, 2009  02:25 PM ET
QUOTE(#2):

guess when your the #1 player in the world you can get your way, even if it means cutting 24 other pros off the list of players. let's see... 24 unknowns for 1 tiger woods... fair bet. however, 5+ hr rounds seem to be the norm for tournament play on the PGA i thought.

Ed Zachary.

November 3, 2009  07:51 PM ET

Ed Zachary Disease 13 up, 5 down
get this on a mug or greeting cardWhen someone's face looks Ed Zachary like their ass.

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November 3, 2009  07:56 PM ET

Its sort of embarrassing when a guy makes $50,000 an hour playing golf on 4 hour rounds in upset because he will only earn $40,000 an hour...not sure if my math is right but.....the other guys built like him...NFL Corners....play in the rain....that's probably the real rub as it rains there that time of year.....its much nicer in Jupiter...Windermere is colder...I know that

November 4, 2009  11:58 AM ET
QUOTE(#2):

5+ hr rounds seem to be the norm for tournament play on the PGA i thought.

They are........which is another reason the Masters is the greatest golf tournament in the world, a small field.

November 4, 2009  01:06 PM ET

Does anyone know how much an amatuer has to pay to play with TIGER in the pro-am at Pebble Beach? It has to be a huge amount of money.

Does anyone know if the charge for being with Tiger is a different amount than for the other players? It sure should be.

I believe this money goes right to charity. So this is a HUGE deal!

November 4, 2009  01:47 PM ET
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They can't. The PGA Tour has a policy of not playing courses that restrict access to women and minorities, something Cypress Point does.

I believe they've changed their policy.

I remember hearing it was also because it is too short a course to which I say, "Who cares?" They all play the same holes, what does it matter if the avergae score is 64. They all get the same chance. Plus, what a beautiful course. Gotta get it back on TV.

November 4, 2009  01:52 PM ET

tiger can do whateva he wants.

 
November 4, 2009  03:55 PM ET

OKAY

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