2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am preview: Expert picks, predictions as Rory McIlroy makes PGA Tour season debut
The world No. 2 is among many stars in the field for the first signature event of the PGA Tour season
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Four tournaments into the 2026 PGA Tour season and all four winners have been players currently in the top five of the Official World Golf Rankings. Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose and Chris Gotterup (twice) have all entered the winner’s circle as the schedule now shifts to a run of signature events beginning this week at the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Welcoming the top 80 players on the PGA Tour via the top 50 in last season’s FedEx Cup standings and various other qualifying mechanisms, Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill Golf Course will be the sites that test the world’s best this week. Unlike previous iterations of this pro-am, the signature event edition will see the event spread across just two golf courses and two rounds, while the weekend action will be reserved for the professionals on Pebble Beach.
Last season, it was Rory McIlroy who made his presence known by hoisting the trophy late on Sunday, and this year, it is McIlroy who will be making his PGA Tour season debut at Pebble Beach. Starting his year in Dubai on the DP World Tour (as he typically does), the five-time major champion put a new set of cavity-back irons in the bag only to be met with middling results.
It was at Pebble Beach in 2025 where the eventual Masters champion made substantial strides with his approach play, specifically with his spin control and wedges. Those areas of the game will be tested again as McIlroy is joined in the field by his European counterparts, also making their first starts of the season on the PGA Tour, in Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry.
They will all be hoping to chase down Scheffler as the world No. 1 fell one stroke shy of a playoff in last weekend’s WM Phoenix Open despite spotting the leader (and eventual winner) 10 strokes in Round 1. Scheffler made his season debut at Pebble Beach last season, finishing inside the top 10.
Past champions like Rose, Daniel Berger and Jordan Spieth are among the notables in the field, as are Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim and Ryan Gerard, who have all enjoyed splendid starts to their seasons. On the other end of the spectrum, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, J.J. Spaun, Ludvig Åberg and Collin Morikawa are searching for form during one of the biggest weeks of the season on the PGA Tour.
Dates: Feb. 12-15
Location: Pebble Beach Golf Links — Pebble Beach, California
Par: 72 | Yardage: 6,972 | Architect: Jack Neville & Douglas Grant
Purse: $20,000,000
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook
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Scottie Scheffler
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| Winner (5/2): Since winning The Open, Scheffler has alternated top-five finishes with victories. So, since he finished T3 last weekend at the WM Phoenix Open despite starting with a 73 — his first over-par round since June 2025 — that means Scheffler should win this week, right? In the two signature events that he has played at Pebble Beach, Scheffler has secured a pair of top 10s. His short game held him back in those starts, and while it was tidy at The American Express, it was a hair loose at TPC Scottsdale. If it is tight this week, he grabs win No. 21 on the PGA Tour. | |
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Rickie Fowler
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| Contender (70-1): The history here is not great, but Fowler is showing some serious signs at the moment. He has started his season with two straight top 20 finishes after a year in which he cracked consecutive top 10s in the postseason to punch his ticket into these signature events. The driver has really opened up the rest of his game, and the iron play and putting have responded accordingly. | |
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Sahith Theegala
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| Sleeper (140-1): Just seems a bit long, odds-wise. Theegala has found something over the last month, rebounding from a missed cut at the Sony Open with finishes of T8 at the American Express, T7 at the Farmers Insurance Open and T18 at the WM Phoenix Open. This field is a level up from those, but it is a welcome sight for a player who was both lost and injured in 2025. The putter is red hot. | |
Who will win the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Visit SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard, all from the model that’s nailed 16 golf majors heading into the weekend, and find out.
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