AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am 2013: Day 1 Leaderboard Analysis, Highlights

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Published: February 8, 2013

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Hunter Mahan and Russell Knox both carded opening rounds of six-under to sit atop the leaderboard for the 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

It was a great day for golf on the Monterey Peninsula, as the deep field of PGA pros and celebrities hit three different gorgeous courses to entertain the masses. 

Check out the full leaderboard here via PGA.com.

 

Round 1 Leaderboard

T1. Hunter Mahan -6 T1. Russell Knox -6 T3. Matt Every -5 T3. Ted Potter, Jr. -5 T3. Greg Owen -5 T3. Ryuji Imada -5 T3. Scott Langley -5 T3. Seung-Yui Noh -5  

At the start of this tournament, all eyes were on Phil Mickelson. He is the defending champ and he is coming off of a dominant wire-to-wire victory at the Phoenix Open last week. 

You can get a good feel for his day by this sequence of shots that resulted in a par on No. 4  on the Monterey Peninsula course. 



It isn't often that Lefty is going to be off enough on a chip to hit someone else's ball, but that is the kind of day it was for Mickelson. He is striking the ball well, and he hit nine out of 12 fairways, but his putter let him down on Day 1. 

This left Mickelson with a one-under 69 for the round, and looking way up at our leaders. However, he is certainly within striking distance.  

Speaking of our leaders, Russell Knox carded his six-under by firing a 64 on the Monterey course. 

Knox started off his round with a bogey, but he then birdied six of the next 11 holes, and if he would have been just a bit more true with the below birdie putt on No. 9, that stretch would have been even more prolific: 



Meanwhile, Hunter Mahan had his fantastic ball-striking working for him. Check out this fantastic approach shot on No. 11 on Pebble Beach.  



Look at that smooth and paced swing. In my ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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