Pebble Beach, California-Sepp Straka did most of her work before the weather begins to turn on Friday in the at & t Pebble Beach Pro-Am, displaying another 7-65 for a three-stroke advance which left Rory McILroy, Scottie Scheffler and everyone must continue him.
Straka, won a victory two weeks ago in the California desert, showed a game that works very well at sea level in conditions less than ideal, especially the last hour.
Mittens and cups came out. At the bottom, the temperature is accompanied by a little rain.
McILroy has gone from a challenge for the head to make four bogeys in a six -hole section, before finishing its new wild back in Pebble Beach with A 25 -foot eagle putt To save a 70 which left him six shots behind.
Scheffler made a walk on the beach on the 18th hole, transforming a potential bogey into peer when he jumped into a pair of rocky rim to sandy soil, managed to put his ball back into play and hit 6-Fer to Green. He pulled 70 and had seven behind.
Andrew Novak won his first victory on the PGA Tour, which was delivered with a plate on the wall of the first tee, not a trip to the Masters. Novak has teamed up with the billionaire investor Philippe Laffont to win the pro-am.
The weekend in Pebble Beach is only for the 79 Pros – Ludvig Åberg had to withdraw with a disease that affected it last week in Torrey Pines – and for the most resistant players.
Gusts approaching 30 MPH are forecasts, as well as rain stains. Pebble Beach, this happy meeting of land and the sea, is a beast in mean weather.
“He went from zero to around 20 miles on time quite quickly,” said Straka about his last four holes at Pebble Beach, which includes a putt by 3 feet on the 16th for his only Bogey de la Ronde, And an iron at 4 years old in 30 feet for a two -stroke birdie at the last.
He was 14-me of 130, three shots in front of Russell Henley, who had a 69 in Pebble Beach, and Cam Davis of Australia, who had a 68 in Spyglass Hill.
“It will change its pebbles a lot,” said Tony Finau, who had a 67 in Spyglass Hill and was in a large group at 10 under 134.
“It’s unfortunate because Pebble is pure right now, really pure. The ball bounces and whenever this is the case with Pebble, I think it’s quite magical to play. We will have to adapt, adapt as we do here and we will just have to do it on weekends. “”
McILroy was beautiful with the driver and did not succeed. However, he opened with four birdies in seven holes – the notation section in Pebble – until the Green is missing on the 12th par -3, hit him heavy out of Fairway Bunker on the 13th and was out of position off the tee in the 15th and 16th holes, all leading to Bogey.
His turn ended with an eagle, and he was still in the mixture.
The adventure at Scottie Scheffler beach ends with a “lucky” peer in Pebble
Scheffler had to find his ball and then struck the rocky sand on the 18th hole per-5 Friday in Pebble Beach.
Scheffler, during a first delay in 2025, delayed by a minor surgery on his right hand for an anterior perforation injury while making ravioli, fled three consecutive birdies, including a 2 feet shot on the Eighth hard hole. It was the last of his birdies, but it was the peer that saved it.
He pulled his start to left on the 18th par-5 towards the greatest risk of golf water. Scheffler did not see the ball of the rock ball or splashes in the Pacific Ocean. His only option was to move forward to the end of the tee box, so he chose to walk 300 meters and take a look.
He spotted a golf ball on the beach – it was his – and was able to move enough rocks and algae to advance this towards the fairway and make the peer.
“The unpredictability was the most difficult part,” said Scheffler. “After the TEE Ball, I would certainly have had a peer, no complaint.”
Not much of Straka either, who would seem to take a momentum from his victory in the American Express. He attributes a large part of this to a slight change in his putting, going to a leaner handle and by moving his hands slightly higher.
“Palm Springs had been the first time for a long time, I felt that I had four very good shots in a row,” said Straka. “Yeah, I think it has definitely made a huge difference.”
But he withdrew when asked if she was in a big race.
“A six-laps race,” he said. “I mean, no, I wouldn’t classify this as a race. I think Scottie Scheffler is in the race. »»
