One of the biggest draws for viewers to watch the Pebble Beach Pro-Am is, of course, the slew of celebrities and athletes from other sports who make up the "Am" part of the event on the California coast. But the professional talent will be just as entertaining to watch -- and to wager on if you're into that sort of thing.
As of Monday morning, DraftKings lists world No. 10 and reigning U.S. Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick and No. 16 Jordan Spieth as favorites to win next weekend's big event at +900 odds. Viktor Hovland, who won the Hero World Challenge in December and is currently No. 11 in the world ranking, is listed just below at +1000 odds. Tom Hoge, who won the Pro-Am last year, is listed at +1800 odds.
Commitments for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (February 2-5) include reigning U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, World No. 11 Viktor Hovland and 2017 winner Jordan Spieth.
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) January 27, 2023
Field: pic.twitter.com/U5HoO9HFaJ
A win this weekend would be good for Spieth, whose 2023 campaign has been off to a rocky start. The Texas native, who won the Pro-Am in 2017, tied for 13th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and missed the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii the following weekend.
However, whether Spieth getting his first win on the season does anything to change where he is in the world ranking is a whole other story given how finicky the system is when it comes to player movement. It took multiple wins for Jon Rahm to move up to No. 3 on the list and bump down Cam Smith, who hasn't even qualified for world ranking points since defecting to the LIV Golf series.
The 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am tees off on Thursday. Tee times have yet to be announced.
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