Sunshine, blue skies, and no wind – whatever happened to “Crosby weather”?

Sunshine, mild temps, and light breezes put the lie to the familiar “Crosby weather” trope for the second day in a row at the 2018 AT&T Pro-Am. The mild conditions paved the way for a flurry of low scores, with 83 players posting under-par rounds across the three courses in play, led by two-time AT&T Pro-Am winner (2009 & 2010) Dustin Johnson’s 7-under 64 at Monterey Peninsula Country Club (MPCC).

Four-time AT&T Pro-Am champion Phil Mickelson made a run today, chasing his first win on Tour since the 2013 Open Championship. Mickelson carded a 6-under 65 at MPCC to go to 9-under for the tournament and move to the top of the leaderboard – for a while. By the end of the day his 9-under standing was good for T-5.

Dustin Johnson’s 7-under put him atop the leaderboard at 12-under, where he was joined by Beau Hossler, who went 5-under at Spyglass Hill. Hossler opened with a 7-under 65 Thursday at Pebble Beach to share the first-round lead with Kevin Streelman.

Hossler is well known to Bay Area golf fans for briefly leading the 2012 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club as a 17-year-old, where he eventually missed low amateur honors by one stroke.

Hossler is the only player in the field with no bogeys on his card, and credits his good play to accuracy off the tee. “I was getting the ball in a good spot off the tee and was able to get some shorter clubs from the fairway. I can be relatively aggressive with those, but still be kind of cautiously aggressive, and give myself a lot of good birdie looks.”

Dustin Johnson’s 7-under round at MPCC was a milestone,“(My) lowest by about 7 shots at Monterey, ever. Probably the only time we’ve played over there with good weather.” A testament to the difference in the weather this year, compared to last, was Johnson’s play on the par-3 eleventh hole at MPCC. Commenting on today’s birdie on the 176-yard par-3, Johnson said, “Eleven was (a) 9-iron. Last year I think I hit a four.”

Jordan Spieth, winner of the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, posted a 5-under 66 at MPCC today, after opening with an even-par 72 Thursday at Spyglass Hill.

Pro-Am standings after two days

Though Kevin Streelman slipped out of share of the lead today, he and his amateur partner, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, lead the pro-amateur field by six strokes over England’s Paul Casey and amateur partner Donald Colleran, an executive with FedEx Corporation. Dustin Johnson and his father-in-law, hockey great Wayne Gretzky, are one of five pairs tied for fifth in the pro-am competition at 17-under. The 2011 pro/pro-am joint winners D. A. Points and actor Bill Murray are T-33 at 12-under.