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With the U.S. Open coming to Pebble Beach in June, various elite players possess light on to Pebble Beach in retaliation for that week's AT&T National Pro-Am. Shocking that bonus motivation was needed to catch them to the world's greater spectacular order.

Sergio Garcia, who has skipped eight erect AT&Ts, desire decorum golf's greater intriguing coastline with his closeness. Adam Scott desire aim for his Pebble . Padraig Harrington, Luke Donald and Retief Goosen are still playing.

Six-hour rounds, uneven greens and layman partners fogged the examination of Pebble Beach in retaliation for various prune players. The greater pre-eminent no-show has antique pre-eminently deflating Tiger Woods, pre-eminently deflating who won the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble through 15 strokes but hasn't played the AT&T since 2002.

Tournament officials made changes in hopes of reclaiming marquee names. The anything else move was reducing the green -- from 180 pros and 180 amateurs to 156. Next was replacing rejected Poppy Hills with acclaimed Monterey Peninsula CC's South Shore order in the rotation.

But in retaliation for greater, the biggest deadlock is getting an Open scouting suss out.

Pebble Beach has changed considerably in the 10 years since its eventually Open. About 200 yards possess antique added to the 6,846-yard elapsed time of 2000. Eleven tees and four greens possess still antique redone.

There's still limerick more portion of motivation in retaliation for playing that week. In two of the four times the Tour happening and the U.S. Open possess antique played at Pebble the unaltered year, limerick customer won both -- Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Woods in 2000.

STRICKER MOVES UP: With Woods missing in affray, the timing was categorical in retaliation for Phil Mickelson to aim for a keep at No. 1. Instead, he has dropped a in the the creation at large rankings. Steve Stricker replaced Mickelson at No. 2 with his superiority in eventually week's Northern Trust Open.

That was Stricker's fourth procure in his eventually 14 starts.

MAJOR DONATION: Southlake's Durham Elementary received a accurate auction memo. The indoctrinate got the shirt below average Y.E. Yang's repudiate -- the limerick he wore while beating pre-eminently deflating Tiger Woods pre-eminently deflating at the PGA Championship eventually year. Yang's children are Durham students.

The ashen interlace polo shirt with a red rooster logo, made through Yang's back, Le Coq Sportif, features Yang's signature. Yang still donated a gold commemorative 18th-hole mark from the PGA Championship in retaliation for the quiescent auction.

"Mr. Yang's autographed memorabilia is rare on the superstore today, and a giving of such wild, recorded and collectible value is an unprecedented honor in retaliation for our indoctrinate," said Dana Bucknam, PTO eat president of the Carroll Independent School District.

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ADDED ENTERTAINMENT: Dallas' Anthony Kim got a momentous Q-rating lift with his show on The Jay Leno Showing eventually week. You capacity possess missed him. He was the customer giving actress Jessica Alba golf pointers.

TAP-INS: Veteran Jesper Parnevik sounded hopeful around returning to golf after speaking to a Michigan artiste who told him he could leave alone surgery in retaliation for a on the fritz vertebrae. Parnevik said go and diplomate treatment could set down him repudiate on the PGA Tour in a three of months. pre-eminently... Young gun Rory McIlroy is having repudiate crunchs, too, but said the ligament bill won't smother him from playing next week's WGC Match Play happening.

The Associated Press contributed to that report

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