Wyndham Clark was declared the winner of the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am on Sunday night when the PGA Tour cancelled the ultimate spherical due to depraved climate circumstances that might linger into the subsequent day and trigger security issues.
Clark’s remaining stroke was a two-putt birdie from 25 toes on Saturday, giving him a course document 12-under 60 and a one-shot lead over Ludvig Aberg, who missed a protracted eagle putt on the par-5 18th gap.
Clark by no means needed to hit one other shot.
In a single day rain saturated Pebble Seaside, and raging wind that adopted led the PGA Tour to postpone the ultimate spherical with hopes of taking part in on Monday.
The storm, often called an “atmospheric river” that pounded California for the second time, was to linger into Monday morning. Whereas circumstances had been anticipated to enhance, Monterey County emergency officers had urged residents to remain house.
“Out of an abundance of warning for the protection of all constituents, there will probably be no play on Monday,” the PGA Tour stated in declaring the event 54 holes and Clark the winner.
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Clark picked up his third win within the final 9 months, all of them large with a $3.6 million US payoff. He additionally gained the Wells Fargo Championship and his first main on the U.S. Open final yr at Los Angeles County Membership.
But it surely was a dreary begin to the PGA Tour’s new season of “signature occasions” on community tv. Pebble Seaside, among the many most well-known programs on the earth, had its strongest discipline in a long time. CBS was ready for a telecast with the NFL not taking part in forward of the Tremendous Bowl.
After which there was no golf.
Almost an inch of rain in a single day saturated Pebble Seaside, which had obtained in a single day rain going into Thursday and Friday. The rain cleared on Sunday, pushed by gusts that approached 60 miles per hour and topped transportable bathrooms and fences and ripped tarps away from TV towers. Additionally felled was a digicam used for the ShotLink knowledge assortment.
Underneath PGA Tour tips, the ultimate spherical couldn’t have began on Monday if there was no likelihood of ending it. Gary Younger, the chief referee, had stated {that a} “drop lifeless time” to start out could be 10:15 a.m. to have the ability to end.
The choice got here after session with Monterey County. Freeway indicators in the course of the day really useful no journey till Monday evening due to the extreme climate.
Clark completed at 17-under 199.
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He grew to become the fifth participant — all of them main champions — to win Pebble Seaside over 54 holes since AT&T grew to become title sponsor in 1986. The others had been Dustin Johnson in 2009, Payne Stewart in 1999, Phil Mickelson in 1998 and Fuzzy Zoeller in 1986.
Stewart additionally birdied his remaining gap on Saturday the yr the ultimate spherical was worn out by rain and a storm system that stretched from the Monterey Peninsula to Japan.
Clark is the primary 54-hole winner on the PGA Tour since Brian Stuard within the Zurich Basic of New Orleans in 2016.
Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., completed tied for thirty first at 7-under general as the highest Canadian.
Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., tied for thirty ninth at 6 beneath and Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., tied for forty seventh at 5 beneath. Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., and Nick Taylor of Abbotsford completed in a gaggle tied for 71st at even par within the no-cut discipline of 80.
Pebble Seaside was not a felicitous assembly of land and sea. As an alternative, it was an offended one. Golf Channel posted photos of wild-blown waves crashing off the rocks on the 18th, the ocean spray going over the bunker and onto the golf green.
Clark had stated Saturday afternoon he was conscious of the forecast. He began the third spherical six photographs out of the lead when he set the course document with 60.
“I positively considered it final evening and this morning with everybody saying how unhealthy the climate’s going to be,” he stated. “You have to have that mentality that right now’s the final day so attempt to go for broke. With that stated, that is very uncommon that we have now 54 holes, so I wasn’t banking on that and I am nonetheless not banking on it.”
Matthieu Pavon of France completed third with a birdie on the final gap Saturday. Pavon was coming off a victory at Torrey Pines and his end at Pebble strikes him to No. 1 within the FedEx Cup. The season is 5 tournaments outdated, however it’s no much less superb. Pavon final yr birdied his final 4 holes to get the final of 10 PGA Tour playing cards provided to European tour gamers.
Mark Hubbard and Thomas Detry tied for fourth and every earned 312.5 factors towards the FedEx Cup, greater than a runner-up end is price in a daily event.
Neither would have been eligible for Pebble Seaside besides the tour needed to dip under sixtieth in final yr’s FedEx Cup to fill the sector to 80 gamers as a result of there have been 80 amateurs for the opening two rounds.
