The storm won the battle at the end of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. The PGA Tour has made the decision to definitively suspend the fourth day. There will be no more golf on the beautiful peninsula of Monterey, the tournament is reduced to 54 holes and, therefore, the champion is officially Wyndham Clark, leader after the third round after delivering a 60-stroke card, the lowest in the history of Pebble Beach.
The PGA Tour made this decision well into the night in Spain in view of what the weather reports were saying. Yes, the situation was going to improve as the day went on, but the early hours were still very bad, with very strong winds and a lot of rain. There was no way. The worst forecasts were thus confirmed.
The tournament statement said the following:
“The storm that affected the Monterey peninsula throughout Sunday will continue in the early hours of Monday with very strong winds. Although it is forecast that conditions will improve during the morning, after consulting with the emergency authorities of Monterey County, who have implemented a stay-at-home order, and for the safety of all participants, there will be no golf on Monday. Therefore, in accordance with PGA TOUR Regulations, the ranking will be as it stood at the conclusion of the 54 holes”. The last time this tournament had to end after three rounds was in 2009.
In this way, Wyndham Clark achieves his third victory in just 16 tournaments, or in other words, in the last eight months. He won the Wells Fargo in May, a high-ranking tournament, he won the US Open in June and now he has taken the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am, again a designated tournament. It seems he is not one to win small things. With this victory, the 30-year-old golfer born in Denver will move up to sixth place in the world rankings. Meanwhile, the runner-up, Ludvig Aberg, will be on the verge of the world top 10. It has not even been a year since he turned professional. Pavon, for his part, finishes third alone and will enter the world top 30 for the first time. He will become the second highest-ranking Frenchman after Victor Dubuisson. A meteoric rise since he won the Open de España in Madrid.
Let’s remember that the top 10 of the tournament ended as follows:
Clark -17
Aberg -16
Pavon -15
Hubbard -14
Detry -14
Day -13
Hoge -13
Thomas -13
Scheffler -13
Burns -12
