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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Power Ranking the top 10 pros in the field

By Mike Randleman

PEBBLE BEACH, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Will MacKenzie hits from the fairway on the ninth hole during the Final Round of the AT
PEBBLE BEACH, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Will MacKenzie hits from the fairway on the ninth hole during the Final Round of the AT /
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 04: Gary Woodland poses with the trophy after winning the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale on February 4, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 04: Gary Woodland poses with the trophy after winning the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale on February 4, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

It’d be easy to slide Gary Woodland into this top 10 by virtue of his win last week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. That alone isn’t necessarily enough for me, but when coupled by the fact that Woodland also had a high finish last year at Pebble Beach, he quickly becomes a solid choice.

There’s something to be said that Woodland’s chugged right along to safely keep his card each season since near the turn of the decade. It’s been awhile since he’s won, too.

His last win prior to Arizona was in 2013. For him to come back and win in tribute of his lost unborn twin baby girl from last March was inspiring to see.

Woodland held his other twin, Jaxson, in his arms during the postround interview on CBS.

"“He’s a miracle,” Woodland was quoted by GolfWeek. “It puts it in perspective. It was obviously a long year for us. I’m really happy; one to be holding him and also to be where I’m at.”"

If the emotional roller coaster can level out quickly, going back-to-back this week is not out of the question. Woodland came to Pebble Beach for the first time since missing the cut in his debut in 2011 and cooly finished in a tie for fifth in 2017. A Sunday seven-under 65 was the day’s low round.

Everyone knows Woodland, 33, can smoke the ball. If he can continue a semblance of his current putting rate (eighth in strokes gained putting), he’ll be hard to beat going forward.

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