AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am may be the second signature event on the PGA Tour's calendar, but it will be the first which features some of the biggest names in the sport. With a total of 80 players traveling to Pebble Beach for this week's pro-am,

Rory McIlroy will be making his PGA Tour season debut this week, but Pebble Beach is not the golf course to deploy him. Pebble is one of the least driver-heavy golf courses on the PGA Tour, and it consistently mitigates McIlroy’s advantage off the tee, which properly explains his porous 66th-place finish at this event last year.

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am begins on Thursday in California. Here are 5 players our expert loves — and why he thinks you should too.