U.S. Amateur Primer: Pebble Beach Hosts For Fifth Time

Here's a great look, with old film footage of the 1929 U.S. Amateur, of Amateur golf's history at Pebble Beach where stroke play qualifying begins Monday.

This photo gallery of 1929 is a real keeper. 

And as John Fischer reminds us, Bobby Jones losing early in match play led to golf at Cypress Point and Pasatiempo, and an affinity for Alister MacKenzie's work. 

As for 2018, Golfweek offers this look at players to watch.

Here is Amateurgolf.com's list of players they're watching.

Brian DePasquale's USGA.org full breakdown of the field.

Tee times.

You can follow scoring at USGA.org.

And their page devoted to event schedule and Fox television times.

Jack Nicklaus, whose son Gary qualified as a reinstated amateur, attended the event dinner Saturday and posed with some current Buckeyes. Nicklaus won the 1961 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach. 

O-H-I-Ok, so I need a little work on my O! Great fun to join a couple generations of @theohiostateuniversity golfers Saturday night at @pebblebeachgolf, as my son @gtnick1 joins current Buckeyes @calebramirez5, @willyg59 & @dwetterich in the #USAmateur getting underway Monday. Best of luck to all 312 golfers in the field! @usga @pebblebeachresorts @ohiostatemgolf @ohiostathletics @osu_buckeyes

A post shared by Jack Nicklaus (@jacknicklaus) on Aug 12, 2018 at 7:29am PDT

Here is the USGA's mood-setter on Pebble Beach: