Ah, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. The pictures above are as follows: 1. The view back to 17 & 18 from the 6th fairway. 2. Jimmy Walker (Burns and Wilcox Brand Ambassador) putting for his 4th straight birdie on number 7. 3. Jason Kokrak hitting his second shot to number 6 from the number 8 rough (he hit the green with a six iron from 209 yards uphill). 4. Kevin Streelman finishing on 18. He and his partner Larry Fitzgerald won the Pro Am portion of the tournament. 5. Dustin Johnson acknowledging the crowd after a birdie on 13.6. Jason Day hitting to the green on 18 from the coastline. He ended up with a par. 7. The iconic Rolex clock on Pebble at number 1. 8. Jordan Spieth preparing to putt out on number 9. 9. A video still of me watching Jimmy on number 6. 10. Pete and I from a video still on number 6. 11. Jimmy Walker after putting out to cap off a 67 on Sunday. 12. Stillwater Cove at the Yacht club near the 4th hole. 13. The wharf at the Pebble Beach Yacht Club.
This is a day late as I was at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am yesterday all day. We left Roseville at 5:45. I picked up Mark from his office here and we drove to Sacramento where we picked up Tabb from an office building parking lot off the Garden Highway. From there we drove to Pete's place in Elk Grove where we met Pete and my other agent, Tony. We all piled into Pete's Extended cab F-150 pickup and drove to Monterey. We stopped at the Casa De Fruta complex outside Hollister for breakfast and a quick break. We went into the huge fruit stand building and Mark bought some hot sauce called "Dr. Assburn's Fire Roasted Habanero with Jalapenos" for his insurance office partner, Phil, who apparently likes that kind of stuff. To each his own.
We drove on to Cal State Monterey where we parked and caught the shuttle bus to Pebble Beach. We met up with Rich Shipley, our Marketing director and his wife, Amy. He introduced us to Jimmy's agent, Matt, who is about 32 or 33 and owns his own agency and represents 13 golfers including our other brand ambassador, Webb Simpson, as well as Charles Howell, Derek Fathauer and others. We spent most of the morning following Jimmy and spent some time with him when he finished his round. He was very gracious and posed for pictures with us. Our marketing director took those pictures and will send them to me later. Rich then hosted all of us for lunch and drinks at the village. He and his wife left to go see the 17 mile drive and we walked and followed Dustin Johnson and the eventual winner Ted Potter, Jr. We walked ahead and parked at 17 and 18 and watched all of the leaders come in. Jimmy had signed AT&T Pebble Beach hats for all of us, which was nice.
We left when Dustin and Ted were on the tee at number 18 in order to get a head start. We were in the car by 3:30 and on the road. We stopped at Santa Nella and had In and Out burgers for dinner. We had offered to stop and get seafood in Monterey, but the agents wanted to get home and we were all still full from our late lunch.
I am back now for two days and then make my way down to Los Angeles and the Beverly Hills Hilton. Strangely, we are watching REELZ right now and the "Autopsy of Whitney Houston." She died in room 434 at the Beverly Hilton. Mike Stewart and I fly out at five on Wednesday and will be back Friday morning. Rich and Amy will be there as will Harvey. We have a total of 36 people that will be in the tent on number 17. Jimmy and his wife, Erin, will meet with the agents Thursday afternoon after his round. It is a planned meet and greet and Jimmy will pose for pictures with the agents and have a Q&A. I really look forward to this trip. We will all have dinner together Thursday night with Danny Kaufman hosting the dinner.
Samson is still progressing with his Obedience and doing pretty well. He has a couple of things that he needs to work on. We have a Sego palm garden above the pool and Sego palms are highly toxic for dogs. He likes to climb up there and we are working on keeping him from climbing up on the raised garden bed. His remote collar is good for that. He is pulling a little bit more on his walks, so I make him heel or stop and sit and then do the Fast-Slow walking. He's pretty good about it. He has NOT done any biting since he came home and that was Darla's biggest issue with him. He is also staying off of our bed and REALLY likes his new round soft bed in our bedroom. He sinks into it and loves snuggling.
I did not play any golf this weekend and it is the first free weekend in a while. I will play in a tournament this Sunday and then a two day event called WinterFest the following weekend.
This is brief, but Darla is home from her social work visit and with me heading out of town on Valentine's Day, I better make some happy time with my bride. I hope all are well. I'll be back next weekend with information on the LA trip and our NCGA qualifier next weekend. Ciao.
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