Clark, who ranked first in strokes gained/putting for the week, picked up more than six shots on the field on the greens in his first competitive outing with the Odyssey Ai One Jailbird Cruiser mallet.
Word among the golf cognoscenti was that LIV’s financial proposal fell short of the ballpark Clark’s team had in mind and that LIV baulked at Clark’s counter-offer.
Wyndham Clark got an enormous rules break during his otherwise spectacular, record-breaking round of 60 in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. And on the day after Groundhog Day in the US, he has some kind of critter to thank for it.
Clark’s 60 eclipsed the professional competition course record at Pebble Beach by two shots and the overall competitive record of 61, set by current DP World Tour player Hurley Long in the 2017 collegiate Carmel Cup.
Jordan Spieth, a member of the PGA Tour Policy Board that approved the agreement with SSG, flatly said on Wednesday (US time) at Pebble Beach Golf Links, “I don’t think that it’s needed,” referring to a deal with PIF.
This is a downhill hole that’s not even 100 metres. And Finau barely put it off the back with a shot that his TrackMan registered as having 172mph ball speed and carrying 234 metres.
Spieth mentioned he misses a number of guys who have left for LIV, but Johnson is missed more than others because he never caused any trouble to others.
The PGA Tour this week returns to one of the best events on the golf calendar – the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. This celebrity event sees amateurs and PGA Tour pros play alongside each other in two separate tournaments. The pro am has a 54-hole cut and each competitor plays a round at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Read more…
Zalatoris, 25, entered the week as one of the tournament favourites, with only Patrick Cantlay and Daniel Berger (who’s defending his Pebble Beach Pro-Am title) owning lower betting odds.
Defending champion Daniel Berger and Jordan Spieth will be back at Pebble Beach next week to bolster a field that thus far features 13 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, led by No.3 Patrick Cantlay.
The PGA Tour has granted all “conflicting-event releases” to players – including Australia’s Adam Scott – for February’s Saudi International but stressed important conditions will apply.
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