2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am preview: Expert picks, predictions as Rory McIlroy makes PGA Tour season debut
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The world No. 2 is among many stars in the field for the first signature event of the PGA Tour season
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.
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