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"Compared to the Waste Management Open&amp;#39;s raucous, rowdy thrill ride, the AT&amp;amp;T Pebble Beach Pro-Am projects a more subdued levity. With the notable caveat of Bill Murray.\nFrom tossing spectators into bunkers to hitting exploding golf balls and stealing children from the gallery, the comedian and Oscar nominee has become part of the tournament&amp;#39;s attraction, sometimes more so than the professional players.\nWhich makes the following news cause for creating sand angels: After his participation was in doubt following hand surgery, Murray has committed to this year&amp;#39;s pro-am.\nRELATED: The Golf Handicaps of Your Favorite Celebrities and Athletes\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t know what condition he&amp;#39;s in,&amp;quot; tournament director Steve John said. &amp;quot;He just said he wants to play. He&amp;#39;s hoping to play and he just hopes he will be in a position to actually play golf, because he loves this event. ... A couple of years ago he had a skiing injury and hurt his knee and then he had a back (injury). He&amp;#39;s so active that I guess these things happen.&amp;quot;\nFacebookPinterestGetty ImagesHowever, while Carl Spackler is a welcomed appearance in Monterey Peninsula this week, the event is not short on star power.\nThe headliner is Jordan Spieth. In the past decade, the tournament has seen top-tiered players -- most notably, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy -- skip the event, making the presence of the reigning Masters, U.S. Open and FedEx Cup champion significant. Spieth is joined by fellow top-10 players in Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose and Bubba Watson.\nThe last two names are of particular interest, as they were drawn to Pebble by their celebrity playing partners.\nWatson was lured by actor Mark Wahlberg, while Rose was goaded to tee it up thanks to entertainer Justin Timberlake.\nFacebookPinterest\u201CMark and Bubba are buddies,\u201D John said earlier this year. \u201CMark drew Bubba back. That\u2019s pretty cool.\u201D\nOther celebrities in the field include hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, country singers Toby Keith and Jake Owen, TV personality Carson Daly, comedian Ray Romano and Toronto Blue Jays and baseball MVP Josh Donaldson.\nRELATED: Larry Fitzgerald visits Golf Digest Hot List\n&amp;quot;We&amp;#39;ve got the very best pro and celebrity field we&amp;#39;ve had in the history of the tournament,&amp;quot; John said.\nSo they got that going for them, which is nice.\n\nWATCH: GOLF DIGEST VIDEOS\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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