The Pebble Seashore Professional-Am is at all times a deal with for golf lovers. Not solely do they get to see the great thing about the well-known seaside hyperlinks each February, however additionally they get to see celebrities teaming up with golfers within the pro-am competitors. There is no greater week on the calendar for the intersection of golf and popular culture.
Nation music star Jake Owen is a mainstay within the movie star realm for the pro-am. As an avid golfer, the musician at all times makes time in his busy schedule to enterprise out to the Monterey Peninsula annually to play alongside the professionals.
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To make the occasion much more engaging, the skilled associate of Owen’s Tour is among the most well-known within the sport in Jordan Spieth. On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Subpar, Owen gave a little bit perception into what it is wish to workforce up with the three-time main winner yearly at Pebble Seashore.
“He is an awesome, superb man,” Owen mentioned. “He is an unbelievable expertise.”
Owen and Spieth have performed collectively within the Pebble Seashore Professional-Am yearly since Spieth first performed within the occasion in 2013, and the 2 have developed an excellent relationship since.
“To see him develop — to see him go from new man, to profitable a Masters and profitable a US Open and profitable majors and being a father, and now after fatherhood, profitable once more — watching that trip, I actually love watching that,” Owen mentioned. “I contemplate it a deal with to play with him.”
Throughout their time taking part in aspect by aspect, Spieth gained the occasion as soon as – in 2017 – and completed within the high 10 5 different occasions.
Take a look at the complete episode from Subpar under.
