• Jason Kokrak, who originally featured in the above staking plan and is discussed below, withdrew from the tournament on Tuesday
• Patrick Cantlay, who was the headline selection, withdrew later the same day

Brace yourselves for a US Open scene-setter as a battered and bruised Pebble Beach plays host to the AT&T National Pro-Am, just four months before it will welcome the world's best for what's now the third major on the calendar.

Anyone who has taken the 17-mile drive around Monterey Peninsula will know that this week's event takes place at heaven on earth, but it could look more like hell with storms having already done some damage and more rain forecast over the final three days of the tournament.