The ever-popular Pebble Beach Pro-Am is underway and talkSPORT 2 will have full coverage from California this weekend.
The event sees a professional and amateur paired together over three rounds at three different courses at the incredible Monterey Peninsula.
Round three will resume Sunday following the suspension of play due to adverse weather conditions the day before.
The leading pairs will then play a fourth round at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Course later on Sunday before a champion is crowned.
Tom Hoge won the tournament last year while former champions also include Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
Each year, a number of celebrities make up the amateur field and Tottenham and Wales great Gareth Bale is teeing it up in 2023.
Bale, who announced his retirement from football last month, is a +2 handicap and has already been impressing fans with his well-known love for the game.
Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2023: Date and how to follow
The tournament is being held between Thursday, February 2 and Sunday, February 5.
Play will begin at 4:30pm UK time each day.
talkSPORT 2 will have full commentary from California with Will Gavin, Jon Jackson and Russ Hargreaves.
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Our coverage will get underway at 5pm on Thursday and will run through to the completion of the tournament.
The action will also be shown live on Sky Sports Golf throughout the week.
Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2023: Format
The event will see 156 professionals and 156 amateurs compete in teams of two (one pro and one am) for the first three days.
Each pair will play a round at three of the Monterey Peninsula’s premier golf courses - Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula Country Club.
The 156 two-man teams will play a better ball format on each course.
The field will then be cut down for Sunday’s final round back at Pebble Beach before a champion is crowned.
There will be a professional leaderboard and winner for a sanctioned PGA Tour victory and also a separate leaderboard for the top amateur.
Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2023: Field and tee times
The professional field will include US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, former world number one Justin Rose and three-time major winner Jordan Spieth.
Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald and former Masters champion Danny Willett are also teeing it up.
As for the amateurs, Bale will be in action alongside musician Macklemore, actor Bill Murray and NFL legend Aaron Rodgers among others.
The confirmed pairings and tee times can be found here.
Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2023: What has been said?
Bale's stellar footballing career may be over, but his golfing one is just beginning.
And the former Wales and Real Madrid winger admitted he had some first-tee nerves on his debut at Pebble Beach.
"I think every amateur will tell you that. Even if we are used to playing in front of 80,000 or more on live TV it's a completely different sport," he said after his opening round.
"It's good experience but luckily I hit one of my best shots down the first fairway."
Even better was to follow at the second where he produced a great par save from the greenside cart path, bumping a chip up to three feet.
"I am more worried how I was there in the first place but I guess a lot of amateurs find themselves out of position," Bale added.
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"It was a great shot, I was just trying to play it into the bank and hope for the best like most amateurs do. It was nice to see it roll up nice and close.
"He [playing partner Joseph Bramlett] was pretty much in for par so I was like 'I'll pick it up' but he made me putt it as he was like 'It will be one of the greatest up and downs'."
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