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100 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 2 1 75 Years OF GOLF AND GIVING The 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am B Y D I N A R U I Z Photo: Ryan Young / PGA TOUR / Getty Images P hil Mickelson clinches his fifth victory at the 18th hole at Pebble Beach during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and a homeless family is given permanent shelter. Actor Ray Romano sinks a putt, and an injured dog gets surgery for a broken leg—surgery the dog's parents could not afford. The tournament, often called "The AT&T," pumps tens-of-millions of dollars into nonprofit services almost exclusively in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties. The tourney will hit a mile- stone in 2021, marking three-quarters of a century in Pebble Beach, and is being celebrated with the motto, "75 Years of Golf and Giving." The biggest stars in golf, film, television, music, and athletics congregate in our hometown area for a blissful (even when inclement) week in early February to play the hallowed grounds where Palmer and Nicklaus, O'Meara and Woods, did before them. Where Bing Crosby and his celebrity buddies once lured the curiosity of a young Fort Ord solider named Clint Eastwood, who's spoken of sneaking into the "Crosby Clambake" in the early 1950s by hopping a fence and mingling with the group of stars. He never dreamed that, one day, he'd be one of them. He couldn't have fathomed that he'd end up leading the whole darned thing. The legendary 3M $100,000 Celebrity Challenge 2018 players; Bill Murray, Kelly Rohrbach, Alfonso Ribeiro, Clay Walker, Clint Eastwood, Josh Duhamel, Toby Keith, and Julie Inkster. Winnings are donated to each player's designated charity.