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Last Updated: February 05, 2024, 00:01 IST
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The last spherical of the AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm was postponed till Monday, climate allowing, after the beginning was delayed Sunday for hours amid a forecast of extra rain on a soggy course and excessive wind that might reduce quick the PGA Tour’s first “signature event” to 54 holes.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.: The last spherical of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was postponed till Monday, climate allowing, after the beginning was delayed Sunday for hours amid a forecast of extra rain on a soggy course and excessive wind that might reduce quick the PGA Tour’s first “signature event” to 54 holes.
Wyndham Clark two-putted for birdie on his last gap on Saturday for a match-report 60 and completed the day with a one-shot lead over Ludvig Aberg. Clark could be declared the winner if the ultimate spherical can’t be accomplished.
The begin of the ultimate spherical initially was delayed by simply over two hours early Sunday, after which got here one other two-hour delay. The PGA Tour ultimately postponed the spherical to Monday, citing inclement climate and security issues. Even if play started Sunday, it couldn’t end earlier than darkish. And that was more and more unlikely because the system of untamed wind was approaching the Monterey Peninsula.
Gary Young, the PGA Tour’s chief referee, mentioned the precedence could be to complete 72 holes, even when the match wasn’t a signature occasion with an 80-man area and $20 million purse.
While solely a 3-quarters of inch of rain fell in a single day, the course was so soaked {that a} dozen golf balls have already got been misplaced this week from plugging within the delicate flip. Rory McIlroy on Thursday had to make use of fingers from two fingers to pry a ball from the golf green.
The National Weather Service mentioned gusts may attain 60 mph (96 kph) and issued a excessive-wind advisory for the remainder of Sunday. All match amenities at Pebble Beach remained closed.
More rain was within the forecast for Monday, and it wouldn’t take a lot to make the course too moist to play. The tour wouldn’t begin on a Monday except it felt snug it may end. Otherwise, it turns into a 54-gap match and Clark could be the winner.
The final 54-gap consequence on the PGA Tour was the Zurich Classic in New Orleans in 2016. Pebble Beach, with a repute for dangerous climate, hasn’t had a 54-gap winner since Dustin Johnson in 2009.
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