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2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Top 10 power rankings

By Mike Randleman

Two boats sail next to the Pebble Beach Golf Links that is homes to some of the most expensive homes in Monterey County in Pebble Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021.
Two boats sail next to the Pebble Beach Golf Links that is homes to some of the most expensive homes in Monterey County in Pebble Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. /
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Feb 14, 2021; Pebble Beach, California, USA; Daniel Berger poses with the winner’s trophy after the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 14, 2021; Pebble Beach, California, USA; Daniel Berger poses with the winner’s trophy after the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports /

Daniel Berger, I’d argue, is a little underrated. His laidback, unassuming personality does little to scare fans away, but there’s not much that jumps off the page to root for, either.

Regardless, these power rankings strive to go off of performance over perception.

Berger’s game has been ultra-consistent for two years running after he snapped out of a multi-year slump, which was largely induced by injury.

Berger is up to four career PGA Tour titles. The last two came at historic venues like Colonial in 2020 and Pebble Beach in 2021.

The reigning AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champion shot 67 at Spyglass Hill in round one and followed with 66, 72, and 65 to win by two over Maverick McNealy. Berger made a mess of the relatively easy, yet occasionally dangerous, par-5 18th Saturday at Pebble Beach by making a 7. The next day, he shaved off four strokes on the same hole to seal the victory.

Shotlink only recorded statistical data from Pebble Beach last year. In those three rounds, Berger ranked second in the field in strokes gained tee to green (9.034) and was top-20 in the other strokes gained stats. Not to mention, he was tops in scrambling at 87.5%.

He debuted at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2015 with T-10th (67-66-69-70). He didn’t return to these storied golf links until the 2019 U.S. Open where he posted T-49th (73-70-74-70).

Berger then produced his best career result in California prior to the win in 2020 with a T-5th (70-69-70-69).

“I love Pebble Beach,” Berger was transcribed by Tee Scripts in 2021. “Every time I’ve ever played it I wonder why I don’t come back more often, and this year was, I knew I was going to play it. I set it on my schedule early. I didn’t commit until kind of late, but I knew I was going to be here. It’s just a special place. Every time you step up to the tee, you just, you tend to take in the sights and sounds and don’t really focus on the golf as much and I think that’s kind of helpful for me.”

The former Florida State Seminole is coming off his ninth straight made cut at the Farmers Insurance Open last week where he took T-20th. It snapped a streak of three straight top-10s, though all of those came in limited field events.

Berger’s only played the Sentry Tournament of Champions (T-5th) and Torrey Pines last week in 2022, so he should still be relatively fresh compared to much of the field.

The 28-year-old ranked fourth on the PGA Tour in strokes gained approach (.834) last season. He was a green-hitting machine at seventh in GIR (70.5%).

Berger prefers the Florida events in his home state coming next month, but he’s proven he can get it done on the opposite coast.

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