Australia’s Min Woo Lee fell one shot shy of a second PGA Tour victory as Collin Morikawa ended his three-year winner’s drought in an exciting end to the Pebble Seashore Professional-Am.
Lee had hopes of claiming the title within the US$20 million signature occasion with a birdie-birdie end to enter the clubhouse at 21-under par after a seven-under closing spherical 65.
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An opportunity at a playoff seemed on the playing cards when Morikawa bogeyed the par 3 seventeenth to attract the pair stage.
However the two-time main champion coolly birdied the par 5 18th to take victory with a five-under closing spherical 67.
The American discovered the golf green together with his 3-wood however then was made to anxiously wait on the 18th fairway for roughly 20 minutes as Jacob Bridgeman had an astonishing meltdown within the group in entrance.
“It’s simply the worst factor you should be seeing,” commentator David Howell stated as Morikawa stood together with his palms in pocket whereas he was hammered by the icy wind.
The delay didn’t part the 29-year-old, nevertheless, as he struck an iron from roughly 215m to the sting of the inexperienced.
Morikawa then comfortably bought up-and-down with a easy tap-in birdie whereas Lee watched on a monitor.
“I knew what I needed to do. I feel I paced all the way in which to the ocean ten occasions at the very least,” Morikawa stated.
“I simply needed to hold transferring. It’s bizarre to say, however these lengthy breaks, it’s simply not good for anybody to face nonetheless.
“It’s bizarre, I am going again to TGL and even these ten minute breaks the place you may not hit a ball, I’m swinging my membership.
“To drag off a fantastic 4-iron and to get up-and-down, man, I would like a drink.”
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Bridgeman had been within the lead at one level on the again 9 however ended up on the seashore on the final as a part of his late collapse.
Bridgeman performed his third from the pebbles and sand close to the inexperienced and didn’t recover from the wall.
His ball ricocheted again into the Pacific Ocean, and Bridgeman then determined to return to the golf green to take a drop for his fifth shot.
He finally made bogey courtesy of a one-putt after struggling to get his ball to remain nonetheless within the wind.
Bridgeman’s slide to a share of eighth price him greater than $4 million in prize cash.
Morikawa pockets $5.1m (US$3.6m) for his first win since 2023.
Whereas Bridgeman earned $871,200 (US$615,000) for his consequence.
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For Lee, it was the Australian’s third runner-up end on the PGA Tour.
“Nice week. Clearly simply shy of creating the playoff, however I gave it my all,” Lee stated.
“I’m very happy with the way in which I dealt with myself right now and for the week.
“Performed a number of good golf and I’ve been trending. So, it’s been good. Hopefully, we are able to hold the shape going.”
Lee’s greatest lead to final 12 months’s signature occasions was at this similar match with a tied seventeenth end.
He spoke throughout the off season of the necessity to adapt his sport to higher go well with the fashion of programs, with thick tough surrounding the greens, that’s typical of the PGA Tour’s massive cash tournaments.
The work he has put in to enhance his accuracy has clearly paid off with Lee incomes a bit greater than $3m (US$2.16) for his share of second alongside Sepp Straka.
“I don’t know what that consequence will get me, however hopefully I could make it into different signature occasions,” Lee stated.
“Felt brief simply by a bit bit final 12 months, not making the highest 50.
“However after we get these alternatives, we attempt to play our greatest and I’m glad I did.
“I imply final 12 months fairly painful with the signature occasions, so I’m glad I bought off to an excellent begin.”
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After beginning the day tied twenty second, Scottie Scheffler charged up the leaderboard after a exceptional begin that noticed him seven below by his first seven holes.
The world No.1 made the many of the par 5s, placing three eagles on his card in an unimaginable show of ball-striking.
With an eagle on the 18th, Scheffler signed off an astonishing nine-under par closing spherical 63, which included six birdies and three bogeys to go together with his hat-trick of eagles.
It was the very best placing spherical of the 29-year-old‘s profession, dropping greater than 150 toes value of putts and gained greater than 4 photographs on the sector on the greens – ranked first.
Scheffler took the clubhouse chief at 20-under till Lee got here in.
“Yeah, anytime you’ve bought three eagles in a single spherical, good issues are occurring,” Scheffler stated.
“It was good to benefit from the holes early within the spherical to form of put myself on the leaderboard. Yeah, did a number of great things, holed a number of good putts, hit a number of good iron photographs. Happy with the way in which I performed right now.”
Defending champion Rory McIlroy (-17) held spherical of the day honours with an excellent eight-under closing spherical 64 till Scheffler eagled the final.
Australia’s Jason Day completed tied twenty fourth at -14 after ending his match with a 3rd successive 68.
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