Sleeper Picks: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

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Feb. 8, 2011

The PGA TOUR travels to the Monterey Peninsula for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts sized up the top contenders:

EXPERT PICKS
How it works: Our experts from PGATOUR.COM select the player they think will win this week's event. By using a draft process, no two picks can be the same. The player who wins the previous week picks last the following week. To see the picks, click here.
SLEEPER PICKS
Of the players who didn't make the cut for our top picks, which have the best chance as sleepers? Here's how our experts see it.

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Sleeper picks: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Expert	Pick order	Player selected
Chris Dunham			BRANDT SNEDEKER. It's tough to tell if Snedeker will run out of sleeper eligibility or starts on my fantasy golf team first. With back-to-back top 10s, and the No. 3 all-around ranking on TOUR, there may not be much time left for either.
Ryan Smithson			PAUL GOYDOS. Had this event won last year until his final-round 78. Will always be a great fantasy pick for these three courses. An unpredictable player who couldn't break 70 the month before he shot 59.
Brian Wacker			ALEX CEJKA. He's hitting more greens and putting better than he did a year ago, and he's had a couple of solid results at Pebble Beach before, including a tie for 10th a year ago. He backed that with a tie for 8th at the U.S. Open.
John Swantek			JOSEPH BRAMLETT. Keep an eye on this northern California kid who could capitalize on his familiarity with Pebble Beach. Jhonattan Vegas has quickly disproved the theory that rookies can't contend right away.
John Schwarb			STEVE MARINO. One of the best players on TOUR without a win, Marino wasn't far from erasing that tag in the full-field season opener by finishing T2 at Sony. He's also got good karma working at Pebble, finishing fourth last year.
Anne Szeker			DAVID DUVAL. Is he actually 'close' this time? He was the runner-up here last year and has played well in his last two starts, including a T14 at the Farmers Insurance Open on another course in the U.S. Open rotation. Here's hoping!.
Helen Ross			WEBB SIMPSON. His history at Pebble Beach isn't stellar, but I like the way this former Wake Forest All-American is playing right now. He tied for 13th at the Bob Hope Classic and shared eighth Sunday -- or was it Monday -- in Phoenix.
Lauren Deason			TOM GILLIS. His first of three top 10s came in this event last year. Gillis led the TOUR in birdie average in 2010, so he can definitely post some good numbers on this three-course tour of the Monterey Peninsula.
Mike McAllister			GARY WOODLAND. Two top-5s in his last three starts and he hits it a mile. If Dustin Johnson has shown us anything the last two years, it's that big hitters tend to fare pretty well in this event.

Standings after Week 4

LAST WEEK: Chris Dunham picked up a second consecutive top-5 finish, and first place overall, with Gary Woodland's strong showing at TPC Scottsdale.
Position	Name	Wins	Top-5s	Top-10s	Top-25s	FedExCup points
1	Chris Dunham Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM	0	2	2	2	206.07
2	Helen Ross Chief of Correspondents, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	1	2	143.50
3	Brian Wacker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	1	2	123.00
4	Anne Szeker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	1	1	122.00
5	Mike McAllister Managing Editor, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	0	1	90.47
6	John Schwarb Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	0	0	34.50
7	Lauren Deason Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	0	0	29.00
8	John Swantek Host, On The Tee	0	0	0	0	8.0
9	Ryan Smithson Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	0	0	0	0	1.07