Actress Kelly Rohrbach brings girl power to Pebble Beach Pro-Am

PEBBLE BEACH — Kelly Rohrbach, an actress and former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, attracts attention wherever she goes. That includes the golf course, where she routinely smacks shots straight and pure, down the middle of the fairway.

She can play.

Rohrbach headlines a long-overdue development at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, as one of a tournament-record nine women in this year’s field (out of 156 amateurs). Ten years ago, there were zero women in the field. As recently as three years ago, there were only two.

That’s embarrassing.

This event is more than just another pit stop for the world’s finest players.