I remember when watching the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am was fun because of all of the celebrities taking part and stress out over “making the cut” to play the final day.
Now it’s a boring tournament as the majority of the amateurs taking part seem to be corporate executives, and even the “celebrities” are not really A-list.Β Who would you be interested in seeing from the list below?Β Seriously, outside of Bill Murray, the NFL players (like Tony Romo, Aaron Rodgers, Larry Fitzgerald), there is not an A-lister to be found.Β Where is the new Jack Lemon and Clint Eastwood?
Here is the list of the amateurs that I found on GolfWeek.com:
β’ David Abeles β CEO-TaylorMade Golf
β’ Ronald Abelmann β Retired CEO β Wind River Systems
β’ Bret Baier β Chief Political Anchor β Fox News
β’ Kevin Baldwin β Vice Chairman β PwC
β’ Peter Barker β President β Fletcher Jones Foundation
β’ Harris Barton β Managing Member β H. Barton Asset Management
β’ Pat Battle β Managing Partner β Stillwater Family Holdings
β’ David Beam β President & CEO β Insulate America
β’ Ernesto Bertarelli β Chairman β Waypoint
β’ Rob Bertino β Managing Director β UBS
β’ Aneel Bhusri β Co-Founder & CEO β Workday
β’ Mike Bloomberg β CEO/Founder β Bloomberg, L.P.
β’ Tom Bone β President β NCGA
β’ Ana BotΓn β Group Executive Chairman β Banco Santander, S.A.
β’ Jeff Bracken β Group Vice President & General Manager β Lexus
β’ Gary Briggs β VP, CMO β Facebook
β’ Ed Brown β CEO β Patron Spirits
β’ Greg Buonocore β President β RSUI Group
β’ Larry the Cable Guy β Entertainer β Get-R-Done Production
β’ Robert Calderoni β Executive Chairman β Citrix
β’ David Calhoun β Senior Marketing Director β Blackstone
β’ Thomas Campbell β Chairman β Michael Baker International
β’ Peter Castleman β Chairman β Nutrient Foods
β’ John S. Chen β Executive Chair & CEO β Blackberry
β’ Michael Cochrane β Executive Director β Morgan Stanley
β’ Donald Colleran β Executive Vice President & Chief Sales Officer β FedEx Corporation
β’ Barry Columb β President β PC Financial
β’ Geoff Couch β Vice President β Couch Distributing Company
β’ Jim Crane β Owner & Chairman β Crane Capital Group
β’ Dan Crockett β President & CEO β Franklin American Mortgage Company
β’ Carson Daly β Television Host β NBC/Universal
β’ Murray Demo β Corporate Director
β’ Dermot Desmond β Chairman β IIU
β’ David Dorman β Chairman of the Board β CVS Health
β’ Tom Dreesen β Comedian β Dreesen Productions
β’ L. David Dube β President & CEO β Concorde Group Corp.
β’ Josh Duhamel β President β Dakotakid Productions
β’ Tom Dundon β Owner β Dcp
β’ Jimmy Dunne III β Senior Managing Principal β Sandler OβNeill & Partners
β’ Abigail Durban β
β’ Catherine Engelbert β CEO β Deloitte
β’ Fin Ewing III β Owner β Ewing Automotive Group
β’ Brian Ferris β President β OMM Holdings, LLC
β’ Tim Finchem β Reitred Commissioner β PGA TOUR
β’ Jim Fish β President & CEO β Waste Management
β’ Larry Fitzgerald β Wide Receiver β Arizona Cardinals Football Club
β’ Colt Ford β Country Singer β Average Joeβs Entertainment
β’ Stuart Francis β Senior Managing Director β Evercore
β’ Thomas Friedman β Foreign Affairs Columnist β The New York Times
β’ James P. Gorman β Chairman & CEO β Morgan Stanley
β’ Steve Green β President β Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production
β’ Wayne Gretzky β Professional Hockey Player β WDG Enterprises INC
β’ Pascal Grizot β Owner β Alyan Group
β’ Patrick Hamill β CEO β Oakwood Homes
β’ Chris Harrison β ABC TV Host
β’ Edward Herlihy β Partner β Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
β’ Jim Hinton β Managing Principal β Sunrise Luxury Living
β’ Jay Ireland β CEO β General Electric Africa
β’ Joe Jackson β Chairman & Ceo β WageWorks
β’ Jeremy Jacobs β Chairman β Delaware North
β’ Craig Johnson β Chairman β Harvest Capital Strategies
β’ Greg Johnson β Chairman & CEO β Franklin Templeton Investments
β’ Charles Johnson β Managing Director β Tano Capital
β’ Toby Keith β Singer, Songwriter/Entertainer β Toby Keith
β’ Sean Kell β CEO β A Place for Mom, INC
β’ Thomas Keller β Chef β The French Laundry
β’ Charles Kelley β Musician β Lady Antebellum
β’ Joe Kernen β Anchor β CNBC
β’ David Kohler β President & CEO β Kohler Co.
β’ Joe Lacob β Owner, CEO, & Governor β Golden State Warriors
β’ Philippe Laffont β Founder & CEO β Coatue Management
β’ Thomas Laffont β Managing Director β Coatue Management
β’ T. Scott Law β Founder, CEO β Zotec Partners
β’ Lori Lee β CEO β AT&T International & Global Marketing Officer
β’ Huey Lewis β President β Hulex Corp
β’ Michael Lund β Co-founder & Senior Advisor β Pandora Jewelry
β’ Garry Lyons β Chief Innovation Officer β Mastercard
β’ David MacFarlane β Managing Director β Drake Capital Advisors LLC
β’ Stephen Mack β Partner/Co-Founder β Mack Real Estate Group
β’ Doug Mackenzie β Partner β Radar Partners
β’ Greg Maffei β President & CEO β Liberty Media
β’ Steve Maritz β Chairman & CEO β Maritz Holdings, Inc.
β’ Michael McCallister β Retired CEO β Humana, Inc.
β’ Gerry McIlroy β Retired
β’ David McKay β President & CEO β Royal Bank of Canada
β’ Gerry McManus β Financial Director
β’ Scott McNealy β Chairman β Wayin
β’ W. James McNerney Jr. β Senior Advisor β Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
β’ Mary Meeker β Partner β Kleiner Perkins
β’ Pat Monahan β President β TrainLine Touring LLC
β’ Jim Morris β Partner β Rutan & Tucker, LLP
β’ Bill Murray β Actor
β’ Blake Mycoskie β Chief Shoe Giver- TOMS
β’ Shantanu Narayen β Chairman & CEO β Adobe Systems
β’ Pamela Norley β President β Fidelity Charitable
β’ Jon Nudi β Group President, North America β General Mills, Inc.
β’ Ray OβConnor β President & CEO β Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc
β’ Chris OβDonnell β Actor
β’ Gregg Ontiveros β CEO β Group O
β’ Jake Owen β Country Music Artist β JRNEWO INC
β’ Douglas Parker β Chairman & CEO β American Airlines
β’ Todd Penegor β President & CEO β The Wendyβs Company
β’ Fred Perpall β CEO β The Beck Group
β’ Ken Petersen β Owner β Tax & Financial Group
β’ Rich Petit β Managing Director β Morgan Stanley
β’ Ogden Phipps II β Co-Founder β Snow Phipps
β’ Hank Plain β General Partner, Lightstone Ventures
β’ Cody Plott β President, Sales & Marketing β Pebble Beach Company
β’ Greg Polli β Sr. Vice President-MSC Industrial
β’ Jarrett Posner β Managing Member β Posner Group
β’ Frank Quattrone β Founder & Chairman β Qatalyst Partners
β’ Jeff Rhodes β Partner β TPG Capital
β’ Alfonso Ribeiro β Host β Americaβs Funniest Home Videos
β’ Condoleezza Rice β 66th U.S. Secretary of State β Stanford University
β’ Chuck Robbins β Chairman & CEO β Cisco
β’ George Roberts β Co-Chairman and Co-CEO β Kohlberg, Kravis, and Robers
β’ Aaron Rodgers β Quarterback β Packers
β’ Kelly Rohrbach β Actress
β’ Ray Romano β Actor β 70 Dash
β’ Mark Rometty β President β BAMOIL LLC
β’ Tony Romo β Chairman of CBS β CBS
β’ Joe Don Rooney β Guitarist/Singer β Rascal Flatts
β’ Dan Rose β Vice President of Partnerships β Facebook
β’ Kenneth Rosen β Professor β Rosen Consulting Group
β’ Bob Rowling β CEO β TRT Holdings, Inc.
β’ Darius Rucker β Country Music Star
β’ Tom Ryan β Retired Chairman & CEO β CVS Health
β’ Jin Roy Ryu β Chairman β Poongsan Group
β’ Benjamin Salinas Sada β Businessman β TV Azteca
β’ Philipp Schindler β Chief Business Officer β Google
β’ Charles Schwab β Founder & Chairman β Charles Schwab & Co. INC
β’ David Seaton β Chairman & CEO β Fluor Corporation
β’ Stephen Smith β Meregrass, Inc
β’ Alex Smith β Quarterback β KC Chiefs
β’ Ryan Smith β Founder & CEO β Qualtrics
β’ Lee Styslinger III β Chairman & CEO β Altec , Inc.
β’ Chris Sullivan β Restaurant Executive β ConSul Hospitality
β’ Brian Swette β President β Sweet Earth Foods
β’ Rich Templeton β Chairman & CEO β Texas Instruments
β’ Matt Thompson β EVP Worldwide Field Operations β Adobe
β’ Heidi Ueberroth β President β Globicon
β’ Edward Vaughan β CEO β ETS Corporation
β’ Justin Verlander β MLB Pitcher β Houston Astros Baseball
β’ Todd Wagner β CEO β 2929 Entertainment
β’ Clay Walker β CEO β EC Enterprises INC
β’ Lucas Watson β EVP, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer β Intuit INC
β’ Seth Waugh β Chairman β Alex, Brown, a Division of Raymond James
β’ Patrick Whitesell β Executive Chairman β Endeavor
β’ Peter Whitsett β Executive Vice President β Meijer
β’ Andrew Wilson β CEO β Electronic Arts
β’ Todd Wyman β SVP, President Compression Technologies & Services β Ingersoll Rand
β’ Jerry Yang β Founding Partner β AME Cloud Ventures
β’ Geoff Yang β Founder and Managing Director β Redpoint Ventures
β’ Jeff Yass β Managing Director β SIG
β’ Steve Young β Private Equity β HGGC
β’ Allen Zhang β Founder of WeChat β Tencent WeChat