The PGA TOUR heads to Pebble Beach, California this week for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. Pebble Beach Golf Links will be the host course for three of the four rounds, while Spyglass Hill will host one round. Pebble Beach measures as a 6,972-yard par 72 with Poa greens, while Spyglass has basically the same layout, but is slightly longer.
We have another Signature Event on tap this week, so the field is obviously loaded. For the first time in 2025 we will be seeing all of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood teeing it up. This event will not feature a cut, while each golfer will play one round at both Pebble Beach and Spyglass over the first two days, before returning to Pebble for the weekend.
Below, I have outlined three of my favorite DraftKings plays for the week.
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Scottie Scheffler ($11,900)
We have not seen Scheffler since the Hero World Challenge back in early December, as he’s been out for the past five weeks with a hand injury. However, he’s medically cleared and will make his season debut at a course he finished T6 at last year. The big question mark surrounding Scheffler will be whether or not he’s rusty from all this time on the shelf. Being that he hurt his hand, he was unable to really swing a golf club for the duration of his injury, and will be coming into play with very few reps.
This is not something I am worried about, however, and I believe once Scheffler gets a few holes under his belt it will be like riding a bike for him. He won the Hero in his last start, and gained 11.6 strokes ball-striking and another 3.8 on the greens. If Scheffler is going to putt like that in 2025 it’s actually game over for everyone.
A lot of people are going to make the anti-Scheffler case this week, which is that it’s both his first start back from injury and at a course that really doesn’t amplify his best attributes. To that I say, rubbish! Scheffler is the best wedge player in the world and has the best short game in the world. Most approach shots at Pebble Beach are going to come from 125 yards and in. People made this same nonsense argument before Scheffler won at Harbour Town in 2024, which he did one week after winning the Masters.
This might be the cheapest price we get Scheffler at for the remainder of 2025, and even if he is a little rusty this week, I simply do not care. He is unfadeable, especially in a no-cut event where you can safely jam in any low $6k player without penalty.
Denny McCarthy ($7,000)
Since I wrote up Scheffler as my first golfer, I will be discussing two value plays that stand out to me this week for my final two, starting with Denny McCarthy.
Pebble Beach is absolutely right up McCarthy’s alley, as it’s incredibly short and very often turns into a putting contest. It will come as no surprise to learn that over his past three starts at this event, McCarthy has finished T26, T4 and T12. While he’s arguably the best putter in the world on any surface, McCarthy does his best work on Poa, averaging .04 strokes more per round on the Cali grass compared to Bermuda, Bent or Paspalum.
He also ranks fifth in this field in SG: Putting per round at Pebble Beach among anyone with more than one career start here. Another encouraging data point is that McCarthy gained 4.5 strokes on approach in his last start at the Sony, meaning his game is coming together at the perfect time.
At just $7,000, McCarthy is arguably the best value play on the slate.
Eric Cole ($6,800)
We will end with a guy who I can’t seem to quit, Eric Cole. If you were to design a golf course specifically with Cole’s skillset in mind, it would 1000% be Pebble Beach. Anything driver related is muted here due to the short dimensions and wide fairways, making it basically a short-iron/putting contest. Those are the two traits that Cole possesses in spades, and his back-to-back top-15 finishes at this event bears that out.
The last time we saw Cole on a short course where wedge play was paramount was the Sony Open three weeks ago, where he would finish solo fifth. I will give him a pass for his past couple of starts, as neither Torrey Pines or the Pete Dye Stadium Course set up well for the 2024 rookie of the year.
At just $6,800, where Cole is guaranteed four rounds, his ceiling is quite high for the price.