Peter Jacobsen is “disheartened” that some of the best players in golf asked for permission to skip the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in favor of receiving appearance money.
Jacobsen, 67, who retired from competitive golf this week and spends most of his time as a golf analyst for NBC Sports, had some choice words for the 20-odd PGA Tour pros, including Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson, who elected to take guaranteed money and play the Asian Tour’s Saudi International instead of a staple of the Tour.
Jacobsen made his PGA Tour debut at Pebble Beach Golf Links in 1977 when the tournament was still known as Bing Crosby’s Clambake. Speaking from Pebble where he competed in the AT&T for the 32nd time, Jacobsen said, “This is the most important tournament on the PGA Tour and I think some of the players are a bit short-sighted when they don’t understand that.”
