Wyndham Clark, champion of the 2023 USA Openshot 60 strokes, 12 under par, broke the course record and the best score of his career, on Saturday to move up 22 spots and become the leader after three rounds of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Pebble Beach (California). Sung Kang also shot a 60 in the 2016 tournament, but at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club.
Clark recorded 28 strokes through the first nine holes thanks to his eagles on holes 2 and 6 and four birdies. He added another five birdies against one bogey. His 28 tied for the lowest score on the front nine at Pebble Beach.
His 18-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole fell in, preventing Clark from making a 59; Clark birdied the 18th but needed a third eagle to make 59.
Clark’s total is 17 under par, 199 strokes, with 18 holes to play, one stroke ahead of Swede Ludvig Aberg, who shot a third-round 67, and two strokes ahead of Frenchman Matthieu Pavon (66 on Saturday), which was the third solo. .
Mark Hubbard (65) and Belgian Thomas Detry (69), the co-leader of the second round, tied for fourth place at 14 strokes under par. Australian Jason Day, with a 63 stroke, rose 28 places in the classification and placed sixth, tied with three other players. That group was four shots off the lead.
The co-leader of the second round, the world No. 1, Scottie Scheffler, finished with a disappointing 70 to fall into a tie for sixth place.
Clark’s previous lowest score was a 61 at the 2020 WM Phoenix Open. His 60 is 54th in PGA Tour history. And now it all depends on Mother Nature, because it started to rain on the last holes, and it was predicted to do so during the night on a saturated course. Gary Young, the PGA Tour’s chief umpire, said officials will decide before dawn on Sunday whether the final round needs to be continued. If that happens, the first full event on the PGA Tour will be 54 holes. Dustin Johnson was the last player to win at Pebble Beach in 54 holes, in 2009.
Source: La Verdad
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