Fans on social media have reacted to the increase in ticket rates for the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after Travis Kelce played in the event. The Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end joined the stellar field of this week’s signature PGA Tour event.
The tournament features 80 professional players playing alongside amateur players. There was nearly $60,000 in additional ticket sales after the NFL tight end committed to the event, which fueled the speculation that his fiancée, Taylor Swift, might also attend the tournament.
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NUCLR Golf shared the news on its X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday with a caption:
“#NEW — In the 12 hours that followed the announcement that Travis Kelce would play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, there was nearly $60,000 in additional ticket sales fueled by speculation that Taylor Swift might attend.”
Fans jumped to the comments section to react to it.
“It’s a sickness,” a fan wrote.
“Taylor Swift effect = instant $60K ticket boost. Power couple magic,” another fan added.
“Kelce and Swift are such needle movers, this is wild. It probably doesn’t hurt that it’s at pebble beach as well. I don’t remember hearing this when he confirmed he was playing at waste management or maybe it did happen, but just wasn’t tracked the same,” a fan added.
Here are more fans’ reactions:
“I suspect many showed up just to see him. He has and always has had quite a draw,” a fan wrote.
“Maybe partially. A lot of people actually went to see Kelce. As people have gotten to know him, his fan base just for him being him, has grown immensely,” one more fan added.
“Never happened,” a fan said.
How did Travis Kelce perform at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am?
The 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach amateur competition was wrapped up on Friday, while the professional golfers will continue with their game to play over the weekend. Travis Kelce teamed up with professional golfer Keith Mitchell.
The duo started the game with an opening round of 67 and then carded the next round of 66. They settled in a tie for 35th place. Meanwhile, Kendall Bradley and Mary Meeker won the amateur competition. They settled with a score of 20-under, registering a one-stroke win over Akshay Bhatia and Guro Gowrappan.
Here are the top finishers in the amateur leaderboard of the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach:
- 1 Keegan Bradley – Mary Meeker: -20
- 2 Akshay Bhatia – Guru Gowrappan: -19
- 3 Ryo Hisatsune – Edward Herlihy: -18
- T4 Jake Knapp – Todd Wagner: -17
- T4 Shane Lowry – Jamie Sahara: -17
- T6 Rickie Fowler – Condoleezza Rice: -16
- T6 Wyndham Clark – Anthony Noto: -16
- T6 Bud Cauley – Charlie Allen: -16
- T6 Jordan Spieth – Bob Sternfels: -16
- T10 Mackenzie Hughes – Alex Smith: -15
- T10 Chris Gotterup – Murray Demo: -15
- T10 Alex Smalley – BJ Jenkins: -15
- T10 Tommy Fleetwood – Greg Johnson: -15
- T10 Rory McIlroy – Jeff Rhodes: -15
- T10 Jacob Bridgeman – Stephen Reyes: -15
- T10 Sepp Straka – Chris Reyes: -15
Travis Kelce is an avid golfer, and he often plays the sport. Last year, he played at the American Century Celebrity Championship.
He has been engaged to Taylor Swift for a while now, and the couple is planning their wedding. The NFL star proposed to the Grammy Award-winning singer last year in August.
Edited by Ankita Yadav
