Annual AT&T Pro-Am Sandbagger Alert! Mycoskie Edition

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Blake Mycoskie and partner Rory Sabbatini, beloved international humanitarian to the stars, are leading the AT&T National Pro-Am portion by three shots heading into the final round. As seems to happen every year, shrewd readers are noticing the sandbagging taking place at Pebble Beach.

One reader noted that Mycoskie's Austin Country Club index had him playing one round between January 2013 and January 2014, then a bunch of "internet aways".

Reader Jack writes:  "According to the AT&T website, he gets 11 strokes as an amateur.  His GHIN handicap index is a 9.2.  On day one of the tournament, Rory shoots a 67, but the team scores a net 61.  That puts the team 11 under. Rory is responsible for -5, which means the am had to shoot 6 under par net.  On day 2, the pair cards a net 59, with Rory shooting a 72. That means Mycoskie had to shoot net 11 UNDER.  What is going on here?  On day three, they net a 69. Rory shot a 77- five over!  That now means the amateur had to make up the net diff, which is a net 8 UNDER.  Hey, I'm a 3.8 and I do not think I could shoot that well on those courses even after playing them several times a week for a season. This kind of sandbagging is bad for golf and it makes the whole tradition of pro-am at Pebble a joke."

Mycoskie is the founder of TOMS and was profiled recently by Forbes.