Desde Bill Murray a Gerry McIlroy, padre de Rory quién hace acto de presencia por primera vez en el AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm. Desde Wayne Gretzky, padre de Paulina Gretzky y esposa de Dustin Johnson, hasta el propio comisionado del PGA Tour, Tim Finchem, o desde Condoleezza Rice, la 66 Secretaria de Estado de los EE.UU. hasta una infinidad de Presidentes, Consejeros Delegados y altísimos cargos de empresas entre las que se incluye Ana Botín presidenta del Banco Santander, único/a español/a presente entre los 156 amateurs que toman parte en el evento.
Ana Botín, cuyo actual hándicap es de 8,1, formará pareja de juego con Ángel Cabrera, campeón del US Open 2007 y del Masters de Augusta 2009. Recordemos que se juega bajo el formato de mejor bola rotando cada día en uno de los tres campos donde tiene lugar el evento y que después de 54 hoyos superarán el corte las 25 mejores parejas y empatadas.
Estos son todos los amateurs, y cargos, que toman parte en el torneo*:
• David Abeles – CEO-TaylorMade Golf
• Ronald Abelmann – Retired CEO – Wind River Systems
• Bret Baier – Chief Political Anchor – Fox News
• Kevin Baldwin – Vice Chairman – PwC
• Peter Barker – President – Fletcher Jones Foundation
• Harris Barton – Managing Member – H. Barton Asset Management
• Pat Battle – Managing Partner – Stillwater Family Holdings
• David Beam – President & CEO – Insulate America
• Ernesto Bertarelli – Chairman – Waypoint
• Rob Bertino – Managing Director – UBS
• Aneel Bhusri – Co-Founder & CEO – Workday
• Mike Bloomberg – CEO/Founder – Bloomberg, L.P.
• Tom Bone – President – NCGA
• Ana Botín – Group Executive Chairman – Banco Santander, S.A.
• Jeff Bracken – Group Vice President & General Manager – Lexus
• Gary Briggs – VP, CMO – Facebook
• Ed Brown – CEO – Patron Spirits
• Greg Buonocore – President – RSUI Group
• Larry the Cable Guy – Entertainer – Get-R-Done Production
• Robert Calderoni – Executive Chairman – Citrix
• David Calhoun – Senior Marketing Director – Blackstone
• Thomas Campbell – Chairman – Michael Baker International
• Peter Castleman – Chairman – Nutrient Foods
• John S. Chen – Executive Chair & CEO – Blackberry
• Michael Cochrane – Executive Director – Morgan Stanley
• Donald Colleran – Executive Vice President & Chief Sales Officer – FedEx Corporation
• Barry Columb – President – PC Financial
• Geoff Couch – Vice President – Couch Distributing Company
• Jim Crane – Owner & Chairman – Crane Capital Group
• Dan Crockett – President & CEO – Franklin American Mortgage Company
• Carson Daly – Television Host – NBC/Universal
• Murray Demo – Corporate Director
• Dermot Desmond – Chairman – IIU
• David Dorman – Chairman of the Board – CVS Health
• Tom Dreesen – Comedian – Dreesen Productions
• L. David Dube – President & CEO – Concorde Group Corp.
• Josh Duhamel – President – Dakotakid Productions
• Tom Dundon – Owner – Dcp
• Jimmy Dunne III – Senior Managing Principal – Sandler O’Neill & Partners
• Abigail Durban –
• Catherine Engelbert – CEO – Deloitte
• Fin Ewing III – Owner – Ewing Automotive Group
• Brian Ferris – President – OMM Holdings, LLC
• Tim Finchem – Reitred Commissioner – PGA TOUR
• Jim Fish – President & CEO – Waste Management
• Larry Fitzgerald – Wide Receiver – Arizona Cardinals Football Club
• Colt Ford – Country Singer – Average Joe’s Entertainment
• Stuart Francis – Senior Managing Director – Evercore
• Thomas Friedman – Foreign Affairs Columnist – The New York Times
• James P. Gorman – Chairman & CEO – Morgan Stanley
• Steve Green – President – Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production
• Wayne Gretzky – Professional Hockey Player – WDG Enterprises INC
• Pascal Grizot – Owner – Alyan Group
• Patrick Hamill – CEO – Oakwood Homes
• Chris Harrison – ABC TV Host
• Edward Herlihy – Partner – Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
• Jim Hinton – Managing Principal – Sunrise Luxury Living
• Jay Ireland – CEO – General Electric Africa
• Joe Jackson – Chairman & Ceo – WageWorks
• Jeremy Jacobs – Chairman – Delaware North
• Craig Johnson – Chairman – Harvest Capital Strategies
• Greg Johnson – Chairman & CEO – Franklin Templeton Investments
• Charles Johnson – Managing Director – Tano Capital
• Toby Keith – Singer, Songwriter/Entertainer – Toby Keith
• Sean Kell – CEO – A Place for Mom, INC
• Thomas Keller – Chef – The French Laundry
• Charles Kelley – Musician – Lady Antebellum
• Joe Kernen – Anchor – CNBC
• David Kohler – President & CEO – Kohler Co.
• Joe Lacob – Owner, CEO, & Governor – Golden State Warriors
• Philippe Laffont – Founder & CEO – Coatue Management
• Thomas Laffont – Managing Director – Coatue Management
• T. Scott Law – Founder, CEO – Zotec Partners
• Lori Lee – CEO – AT&T International & Global Marketing Officer
• Huey Lewis – President – Hulex Corp
• Michael Lund – Co-founder & Senior Advisor – Pandora Jewelry
• Garry Lyons – Chief Innovation Officer – Mastercard
• David MacFarlane – Managing Director – Drake Capital Advisors LLC
• Stephen Mack – Partner/Co-Founder – Mack Real Estate Group
• Doug Mackenzie – Partner – Radar Partners
• Greg Maffei – President & CEO – Liberty Media
• Steve Maritz – Chairman & CEO – Maritz Holdings, Inc.
• Michael McCallister – Retired CEO – Humana, Inc.
• Gerry McIlroy – Retired
• David McKay – President & CEO – Royal Bank of Canada
• Gerry McManus – Financial Director
• Scott McNealy – Chairman – Wayin
• W. James McNerney Jr. – Senior Advisor – Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
• Mary Meeker – Partner – Kleiner Perkins
• Pat Monahan – President – TrainLine Touring LLC
• Jim Morris – Partner – Rutan & Tucker, LLP
• Bill Murray – Actor
• Blake Mycoskie – Chief Shoe Giver- TOMS
• Shantanu Narayen – Chairman & CEO – Adobe Systems
• Pamela Norley – President – Fidelity Charitable
• Jon Nudi – Group President, North America – General Mills, Inc.
• Ray O’Connor – President & CEO – Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc
• Chris O’Donnell – Actor
• Gregg Ontiveros – CEO – Group O
• Jake Owen – Country Music Artist – JRNEWO INC
• Douglas Parker – Chairman & CEO – American Airlines
• Todd Penegor – President & CEO – The Wendy’s Company
• Fred Perpall – CEO – The Beck Group
• Ken Petersen – Owner – Tax & Financial Group
• Rich Petit – Managing Director – Morgan Stanley
• Ogden Phipps II – Co-Founder – Snow Phipps
• Hank Plain – General Partner, Lightstone Ventures
• Cody Plott – President, Sales & Marketing – Pebble Beach Company
• Greg Polli – Sr. Vice President-MSC Industrial
• Jarrett Posner – Managing Member – Posner Group
• Frank Quattrone – Founder & Chairman – Qatalyst Partners
• Jeff Rhodes – Partner – TPG Capital
• Alfonso Ribeiro – Host – America’s Funniest Home Videos
• Condoleezza Rice – 66th U.S. Secretary of State – Stanford University
• Chuck Robbins – Chairman & CEO – Cisco
• George Roberts – Co-Chairman and Co-CEO – Kohlberg, Kravis, and Robers
• Aaron Rodgers – Quarterback – Packers
• Kelly Rohrbach – Actress
• Ray Romano – Actor – 70 Dash
• Mark Rometty – President – BAMOIL LLC
• Tony Romo – Chairman of CBS – CBS
• Joe Don Rooney – Guitarist/Singer – Rascal Flatts
• Dan Rose – Vice President of Partnerships – Facebook
• Kenneth Rosen – Professor – Rosen Consulting Group
• Bob Rowling – CEO – TRT Holdings, Inc.
• Darius Rucker – Country Music Star
• Tom Ryan – Retired Chairman & CEO – CVS Health
• Jin Roy Ryu – Chairman – Poongsan Group
• Benjamin Salinas Sada – Businessman – TV Azteca
• Philipp Schindler – Chief Business Officer – Google
• Charles Schwab – Founder & Chairman – Charles Schwab & Co. INC
• David Seaton – Chairman & CEO – Fluor Corporation
• Stephen Smith – Meregrass, Inc
• Alex Smith – Quarterback – KC Chiefs
• Ryan Smith – Founder & CEO – Qualtrics
• Lee Styslinger III – Chairman & CEO – Altec , Inc.
• Chris Sullivan – Restaurant Executive – ConSul Hospitality
• Brian Swette – President – Sweet Earth Foods
• Rich Templeton – Chairman & CEO – Texas Instruments
• Matt Thompson – EVP Worldwide Field Operations – Adobe
• Heidi Ueberroth – President – Globicon
• Edward Vaughan – CEO – ETS Corporation
• Justin Verlander – MLB Pitcher – Houston Astros Baseball
• Todd Wagner – CEO – 2929 Entertainment
• Clay Walker – CEO – EC Enterprises INC
• Lucas Watson – EVP, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer – Intuit INC
• Seth Waugh – Chairman – Alex, Brown, a Division of Raymond James
• Patrick Whitesell – Executive Chairman – Endeavor
• Peter Whitsett – Executive Vice President – Meijer
• Andrew Wilson – CEO – Electronic Arts
• Todd Wyman – SVP, President Compression Technologies & Services – Ingersoll Rand
• Jerry Yang – Founding Partner – AME Cloud Ventures
• Geoff Yang – Founder and Managing Director – Redpoint Ventures
• Jeff Yass – Managing Director – SIG
• Steve Young – Private Equity – HGGC
• Allen Zhang – Founder of WeChat – Tencent WeChat
*Fuente: Golfweek