Rose has a day to remember in Pebble debut
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Justin Rose, a US Open champion and the No. 7 player in the world, shot a 6-under 66 his first time playing Spyglass Hill and spent a gorgeous day listening to the fans call out his name. Except they weren鈥檛 calling for him, and he knew it.
His partner in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is Justin Timberlake.
鈥淚鈥檝e never seen a demographic like that on a golf course where you鈥檙e sort of running the gauntlet from one tee to the other. Everyone was under 21 and 80 percent female,鈥 Rose said. 鈥淚 said, 鈥極K, that moved the needle a little bit there.鈥欌
Rose did OK himself on Thursday. He got off to a strong start is his debut at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where Chez Reavie had the low score at a tournament that needs three days to sort out because of the variety of courses.
Reavie made an eagle on the 16th hole and shot 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula, which played just more than 1 1/2 strokes under par and was the easiest of the three courses. Freddie Jacobson made five birdies in a six-hole stretch and shot 7-under 65 at Pebble Beach, the only course to play over par (72.06) on Thursday.
Cameron Smith of Australia and Bronson Burgoon each had a 7-under 64 at Monterey Peninsula.
Rose is among six players from the top 10 in the world, and the only one of them to break 70. This is his first time playing the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, partly because he chose not to play in the Middle East swing on the European Tour, and partly because of a partner (Timberlake) that he has come to know over the years.
Both did well at their crafts.
Rose strung together seven birdies, holing out from the bunker on No. 10 and ending his round with a 50-foot birdie putt that banged into the back of the cup. He played Pebble Beach and Monterey Peninsula for his practice rounds and realized he should have been at Spyglass 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚 a pretty tough course.鈥
鈥淭here鈥檚 some strong holes on it,鈥 Rose said. 鈥淎nd I heard some strange reports about Spyglass, like the first few holes are great, then it disappears into the hills and it鈥檚 not that good. That鈥檚 not what I saw. That鈥檚 a pretty stellar golf course to me and really enjoyed playing it.鈥
Rose said the highlight was on the 16th tree when Timberlake grabbed a guitar for an impromptu performance, with Alfonso Ribeiro chipping in.
Jordan Spieth, the No. 1 player in the world, chipped poorly by his standards and three times failed to get up-and-down for birdies on the par 5s at Spyglass Hill. He opened with a 71, along with PGA champion Jason Day. Dustin Johnson had a 70 at Spyglass, while Bubba Watson had a 73. Patrick Reed had a 72.
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