The main character so far this week at Pebble Beach has been the wind. The gusts roaring across the Monterey Peninsula have already produced some memorable highlights at the site of this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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We saw Emiliano Grillo use Mother Nature to his advantage with this ridiculous backwards flop shot and Akshay Bhatia tee it up with mini-driver on the iconic par-3 7th hole. The word on “the street” earlier this week was that even World No.1 Scottie Scheller had been seen letting it rip on the 152-yard par 3 17th with the big stick.
Justin Rose says he saw Scottie Scheffler and Si Woo Kim hitting drivers (!!!) into the par-3 17th green today as conditions turned blustery at Pebble Beach.
“They were just messing about having fun. They were hitting drivers into 17, kind of starting it left over the beach…
— Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) February 11, 2026
That footage finally surfaced on Thursday thanks to Scheffler’s caddie, Ted Scott, who posted a video of Scheffler and Si Woo Kim teeing it high and letting it fly during a particularly blustery practice round earlier in the week. Batten down the hatches and check it out:
Here is the video via @jtedscott‘s IG story:https://t.co/5FvdfqtxTo https://t.co/slXKE6z7eQ pic.twitter.com/KXcvpeiHkq
— Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) February 12, 2026
Wild stuff. We don’t get to see PGA Tour pros uncork driver on par-3s very often, if at all. Rarer still, both players can be seen aiming dead left off the tee, trying to hold their shots against the wind to control the distance and angle. And despite all the huffing and puffing, Scheffler still came up short.
“It’s short!” you can hear Scheffler shout over the wind.
“160-yard driver!” Scott replies.
All of which cues up one of our favourite refrains in golf, especially when it pertains to the seemingly superhuman Texan.
ONE OF US! ONE OF US! [Editor’s note: He is not, in fact, one of us]