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Morikawa Ends an 848 Day Drought

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By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk

PEBBLE BEACH – Collin Morikawa had a pretty good weekend. First, he and his wife announced they are expecting. (Congrats, all around). Then, he broke an 848 day drought between PGA Tour wins. And, since the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is a Signature event on TOUR, he pocketed $4m dollars for the baby to get “new shoes.”

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Morikawa (Winner/-22) earned seventh PGA TOUR victory in his 145th start at age of 29 years, 9 days. He won again in his 46th PGA TOUR start since his last victory at the 2023 Baycurrent Classic (span of 848 days).

Morikawa’s PGA TOUR wins (7): 2019 Barracuda Championship, 2020 Workday Charity Open, 2020 PGA Championship, 2021 WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession, 2021 The Open Championship, 2023 Baycurrent Classic, 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

It is his third TOUR victory in California (2019 Barracuda Championship, 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park); his first win in a TOUR Signature Event

Morikawa earned a cool 700 FedExCup points and moved to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings. He also moved from No. 19 to No. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

 

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Final Leaderboard

1 Collin Morikawa 69 SH 68 PB 62 PB 67 PB 266 (-22)

T2 Min Woo Lee 67 SH 65 PB 70 PB 65 PB 267 (-21)

T2 Sepp Straka 66 PB 66 SH 67 PB 68 PB 267 (-21)

T4 Scottie Scheffler 72 PB 66 SH 67 PB 63 PB 268 (-20)

T4 Tommy Fleetwood 67 SH 68 PB 67 PB 66 PB 268 (-20)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

Hoge Wins at Pebble Beach Pro Am

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PEBBLE BEACH – Tom Hoge won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by two strokes over Jordan Spieth. Hoge earned his first PGA Tour victory in his 203rd career start and became the fourth first-time winner of the Tour season and 13th in tournament history (first since D.A. Points in 2011).

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In the past two weeks, the Tour has awarded two first time winners tournament checks for 1st place with Luke List winning at The Farmers Insurance Open and Hoge’s victory this weekend. The last time two players earned their first PGA Tour titles in consecutive weeks on the schedule: Tyrrell Hatton (2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard) and Sungjae Im (2020 Honda Classic)

Pebble Beach 2017 winner Jordan Spieth finished solo-second, his sixth top-10 in 10 starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and 16th career runner-up on the circuit.

PGA Tour rookie Taylor Moore and partner Kyle Adams won the team portion of the competition at 33-under.

Hoge Leads After 18 at Pebble Beach

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AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am – Round Two

PEBBLE BEACH – Tom Hoge holds the outright 18-hole lead for the first time in his PGA Tour career (0-for-6 with the 18-hole co-lead). Hoge’s (63) marked the third-lowest score of his Tour career (62 twice).

Reigning FedEx Cup Champion Patrick Cantlay stands T-5 after a 6-under (65) at Monterey Peninsula Country Club.

Seamus Power (2nd/-8/SH) made his fifth start at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, with his best prior result coming in 2020 (T-38). Power earned his first career Tour victory last season at the Barbasol Championship and has two Top-5s in nine starts this season (T-4/The RSM Classic, T-3/Sony Open in Hawaii).

PGA Tour rookie Austin Smotherman, who competed at Pebble Beach as a junior participant in the 2015 Pure Insurance Championship, stands T-3 (-7/PB). Smotherman made eagles at Nos. 18 and 6, the first two eagles of his Tour career.

Two-time champions Kevin Streelman and NFL wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald lead the Pro Am portion of the competition at 11-under.

Professionals’ Pebble Beach Leaderboard – After 18 holes

Tom Hoge PB 63 (-9)

Seamus Power SH 64 (-8)

Jonas Blixt MP 64 (-7)

Austin Smotherman PB 65 (-7)

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am

COURSE(s): Pebble Beach Golf Links with Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Course).

ARCHITECTS: Jack Neville & Douglas Grant

YARDS/PAR: 6.972 yards/Par 72

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $8,700,000/$1,566,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Daniel Berger

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points / to Winner: 500