Costner, Woods Wow Vocal Fans Golf’s Dream Team Stirs Up Pebble Beach Pro-Am

The Pebble Beach Pro-Am never had a celebrity pairing like this. Tiger Woods and Kevin Costner made the 8:40 tee time on Thursday feel like the last group on the last day of the U.S. Open.

Playing before a wildly enthusiastic crowd jammed a dozen deep around every tee and green and serenaded by the constant whir of cameras, the young star of the tour and the leading man of “Tin Cup” combined to shoot an 8-under-par 64 - four back in the team competition.

In the pro tournament, Woods shot a 70 at Spyglass Hills and trailed Jesper Parnevik and David Duval by five strokes. Parnevik shot a 7-under-par 65 at Poppy Hills, probably the easiest of the three courses with its five par-5 holes.

British Open champion Tom Lehman and Brian Henninger were a stroke back after they both shot a 66 at Poppy Hills, along with Billy Andrade, who shot a 66 at Spyglass. Masters winner Nick Faldo had a 67 at Spyglass, as did Phil Mickelson, and was in a knot of players with that score.

But this day at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am belonged to Woods and Costner.

From the moment the announcer on the first tee said: “From Hollywood, California, please welcome Kevin Costner” until the final putt was holed more than 6 hours later, the day had the feeling of a movie.

“Be really careful, I’m serious,” Costner warned the gallery as he prepared to hit his second shot on No. 4. “I think I can get it there but it may slide on me.”

Few shots went astray for Costner on the front nine. The 15-handicapper hit the ball solidly and shot a 39 going out and at one point made four pars in a row, netting three birdies for his team.

Costner was relaxed, joking with the galleries, kissing a baby coming off one green and stopping to pose for a picture.

The back nine didn’t go as well. While not posting a final score - amateurs pick up on some holes - he sliced his first drive badly on No. 10 and made few pars on the back nine and would not have broken 80.

While Costner was playing well and enjoying the atmosphere, Woods was not at his best. Several times he backed off shots and after both of his three-putt greens on the front nine Woods slammed his putter on the ground, yelled at himself and stared at a specific spot in the gallery.

Steve Stricker, who shot a 72, and former “Today” host Bryant Gumbel played with Woods and Costner.