The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is the first golf signature event of the year, which means a smaller field of 80 golfers with no cut after 36 holes, and a $20 million purse of prizes.
All golfers will play 72 holes, with 18 of them on the Spyglass Course and the rest on Pebble Beach's historic course.
The Pebble Beach course features some of the smallest greens on PGA Tour, with about 3,500 square feet. Playing from the fairway, being great with short approach, and handling around the greens when you miss them are what's important here.
Below, we'll break down our Pebble Beach Pro-Am first round picks, including first round leader picks for PrizePicks Team Picks and golfer projections on strokes and birdies from Player Picks.
See our full Pebble Beach Pro-Am picks here for the entire tournament.
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Pebble Beach Pro-Am First Round Picks, Favorites, Payouts
In Thursday’s first round, there is a wrinkle, as half of the field will play Pebble Beach Golf Links, and the other half will play Spyglass Hill.
Last year, Russell Henley shot a 64 at Spyglass Hills to take the first-round lead there, while five players tied with a 65 on the Pebble Beach course.
Here are the payout projections for the top 10 golfers to be the first-round leader at the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, via PrizePicks Team Picks.
PGA futures payouts are live as of publishing, but are subject to change.
Scottie Scheffler - 5.88x Payout (Pebble Beach)
Rory McIlroy - 14.28x (Spyglass Hills)
Chris Gotterup - 16.66x (Pebble Beach)
Hideki Matsuyama - 22.22x (Pebble Beach)
Tommy Fleetwood - 22.22x (Spyglass Hills)
Russell Henley - 22.22x (Pebble Beach)
Jake Knapp - 22.22x (Spyglass Hills)
Xander Schauffele - 22.22x (Spyglass Hills)
Justin Rose - 22.22x (Spyglass Hills)
Robert MacIntyre - 22.22x (Spyglass Hills)
2026 Pebble Beach Pro-Am Picks for First Round
Here are two golfers to consider for your Pebble Beach Pro-Am first round leader picks on PrizePicks Team Picks and Player Picks projections.
Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay Pebble Beach First Round Leader Payout: Yes - 22.22x Payout
Patrick Cantlay First Round Projections: 69 Strokes, 5 Birdies or Better, 10 Fairways Hit
- Patrick Cantlay has consistently been near or at the top after 18 holes of this event. He led after the first round in 2021, was second in both 2020 and 2024, fourth in 2022, and 2018.
- Last year, Cantlay's opening round of 66 was one shot off the pace.
- In eight appearances in this event, Cantlay's worst first-round position is 14th in 2017.
- He is starting on the Pebble Beach course on Thursday, where he is top 10 in shots gained total.
- The UCLA product averaged a 65.6 in the first round at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, tops in the field.
Russell Henley
Russell Henley Pebble Beach First Round Leader Payout: Yes - 22.22x Payout
Russell Henley First Round Projections: 68.5 Strokes, 5 Birdies or Better, 11 Fairways Hit
- Russell Henley’s first-round 64 last year was good enough to claim first-round leader honors.
- He is starting on the Pebble Beach course on Thursday, where he is top 10 in shots gained total.
- The Georgia Bulldogs product gained 10 strokes on approach at The American Express Championship two weeks ago, but could not putt.
- Henley crushed it on the greens here last year en route to the tie for fifth, gaining 7.5 strokes with his putter on the course in 2025 — his best putting performance of the last two years.
- Henley ranks fifth in shots gained on approach this PGA season after finishing 13th all of last season in that metric.
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80 of the world’s best golfers will tee it up starting Thursday at historic Pebble Beach Golf Links. Can Patrick Cantlay continue his strong play at Pebble Beach? Or will a long shot jump up and take the first round lead?
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