AT&T Shuttle from Pacific Grove & Ticket Sales at Chamber Office

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The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce wishes to thank the following sponsors:

Innkeepers: 

Inn @ 17-Mile Drive

The Martine Inn

Pacific Gardens Inn

Seabreeze Lodge, Inn & Cottages

Seven Gables Inn

Restaurants: 

Pelican Tavern

Toasties Cafe

Indian Summer

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AT&T SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM PACIFIC GROVE

 PACIFIC GROVE, CA - For the 5^th straight year, the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce will run a shuttle bus service to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament on Wednesday through Sunday, February 6-10, it was announced by Chamber President Moe Ammar.  In addition, admission tickets to the Tournament will be available for sale at the Chamber beginning January 15.

The shuttle will depart in front of the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History starting at 6:30 am with departures every 30 minutes for the estimated 20-minute trip to the tournament at Pebble Beach.  The cost is $10 for all day.  A five-day pass is available for $30.

Free unlimited parking is available a block away on Ocean View Boulevard.  Three comfortable 59-passenger buses from Pacific Monarch will be used for the shuttle.  Each rider will receive a special gift bag containing money-saving coupons, postcards and brochures.

Golf fans are reminded that cameras, cell phones, large backpacks, and large bags are not allowed on the golf courses during the tournament.  Programs and pairing sheets are available at the tournament.

The tournament is played on three golf courses, Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Poppy Hills, draws top PGA golfers and famed celebrities and benefits hundreds of nonprofit organizations.

The Chamber will promote the shuttle service, which eliminates the need for golf fans to drive to the campus of California State University Monterey Bay on the old Fort Ord to board transportation to the tournament.  Golf fans, except those with special parking privileges, are not allowed to drive their cars to the tournament on Thursday-Sunday.

"It is a great inconvenience for visitors to Pacific Grove as well as our local residents to have to drive all the way to the old Fort Ord to get to the tournament," Ammar said.

"They lose an hour of their valuable time going back and forth and having to endure a longer ride to the tournament and back again.  The Chamber's direct shuttle to Pebble Beach alleviates that problem and allows the Chamber to show its hospitality to our wonderful visitors."

Ammar said he is grateful for the cooperation of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, the tournament's umbrella organization.  "I want to take this opportunity to thank the Monterey Peninsula Foundation and especially Ollie Nutt, the head of the foundation."

Last year's Chamber AT&T shuttle drew 2,500 people over the tournament's five-day run.  Ammar expects that number to grow substantially this year because of anticipation that the tournament's popularity will grow and draw more fans.

Tickets to the golf tournament are available at the Chamber.  The cost for tournament rounds is $55 a day.  Cameras are allowed on Monday and Wednesday only.  Handicapped parking is available in Pebble Beach.

Play begins at 8 am each day except for Sunday's final round at the Pebble Beach Golf Links, when the action begins at 7:30 am.

Meanwhile, Pacific Grove lodging establishments will be offering special packages and discount rates for the length of the tournament.  Some stores in Pacific Grove also will remain open late on Friday and Saturday to accommodate golf fans.

Ammar said that the Chamber is making a concerted effort to provide the maximum in hospitality to the visitors for the golf tournament and to showcase the many charms of Pacific Grove.

For more information, contact the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce at 831-373-3304.