Preview for the U.S. Open

The Pebble Beach Pro-Am starts today in the most beautiful golf area of the world, the Monterey Peninsula.  Pebble Beach in February is cold, wet and the greens are slow for PGA TOUR standards.  The course you'll see in June for the U.S. Open will be dry, hard and fast if the USGA has anything to say about it.

In recent years this week's tournament has suffered getting a quality field despite the draw of Pebble Beach.  However, this year Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Padraig Harrington, Retief Goosen and Sergio Garcia headline the field getting a look at some of the subtle changes made to the course in anticipation of the Open later this year.  Should be some good watching on TV the next 4 days.