PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — At those moments when Round 1 of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am weren’t going well, Rob Oppenheim had ways to step back and take hold of his appreciation.
His older brother, Kenny, was on his bag.
His father, Jim, was walking outside the ropes.
Good gracious, it was Pebble Beach on a sun-splashed day.
And there, also walking along in the gallery, was a gentleman named Bill Perocchi. “I never expected him to walk all 18 holes,” Oppenheim said. “It was nice of him, and it shows you the sort of guy he is.