The granddaddy of all pro-ams and the mother of all things weather — arrives this week to the Monterey Peninsula for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Crooner extraordinaire Bing Crosby brought his Clambake gathering to the USA's windy edge two hours south of San Francisco in 1947. Over the years, Crosby and the tournament lured the giants of Hollywood, from Bob Hope to Jack Lemmon, from Clint Eastwood to Dean Martin.

Golf's greatest stars came in droves, too, and the roster of winners of the tournament is a Who's Who of golf —Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Jimmy Demaret, Tom Watson, Tom Kite, Hale Irwin, Mark O'Meara, Billy Casper, Johnny Miller, Vijay Singh, Payne Stewart, Paul Azinger, Phil Mickelson and Davis Love III.

On the bag: Wind, sea and stars on display at Pebble Beach