The Pebble Beach Pro-Am continues to struggle with weak fields. So where does the …

PEBBLE BEACH — It was a nice day until it wasn’t, whipping winds off the Pacific arriving late and bending the flagsticks that once looked so inviting into yoga poses. If that sounds dramatic, talk to Will Gordon, who owned a share of the lead at eight under in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am when the gales arrived Thursday. Gordon did his best to get to the clubhouse with his card intact, but you can only do so much against forces beyond your control, and he finished bogey, bogey, triple. Even for a tournament infamous for its fickle weather, Gordon’s fate seemed cruel, a reminder that good things can get sticky, and in a hurry. Of course, those who run this 86-year-old event don’t need a reminder of that. Jordan Spieth is playing this week. So is Viktor Hovland and reigning U.S. Open champ Matt Fitzpatrick. The high-profile attractions end there; they are the only players in the World top 20 competing in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am … and Spieth and Hovland are here in part to satisfy their respective sponsors. Widening the circle to the top 50 doesn’t add many more names (Seamus Power, Tom Hoge, Kevin Kisner and
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