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 a thrilling finish to the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Lee had hopes of claiming the title in the US$20 million signature event with a birdie-birdie finish to enter the clubhouse at 21-under par after a seven-under final round 65.
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A chance at a playoff looked on the cards when Morikawa bogeyed the par 3 17th to draw the pair level.
But the two-time major champion coolly birdied the par 5 18th to take victory with a five-under final round 67.
The American found the fairway with his 3-wood but then was made to anxiously wait on the 18th fairway for roughly 20 minutes as Jacob Bridgeman had an astonishing meltdown in the group in front.
“It’s just the worst thing you need to be seeing,” commentator David Howell said as Morikawa stood with his hands in pocket while he was hammered by the icy wind.
The delay did not phase the 29-year-old, however, as he struck an iron from roughly 215m to the edge of the green.
Morikawa then comfortably got up-and-down with a simple tap-in birdie while Lee watched on a monitor.
“I knew what I had to do. I think I paced all the way to the ocean ten times at least,” Morikawa said.
“I just had to keep moving. It’s weird to say, but these long breaks, it’s just not good for anyone to stand still.
“It’s weird, I go back to TGL and even those ten minute breaks where you might not hit a ball, I’m swinging my club.
“To pull off a great 4-iron and to get up-and-down, man, I need a drink.”
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Bridgeman had been in the lead at one point on the back nine but ended up on the beach at the last as part of his late collapse.
Bridgeman played his third from the pebbles and sand near the green and failed to get over the wall.
His ball ricocheted back into the Pacific Ocean, and Bridgeman then decided to go back to the fairway to take a drop for his fifth shot.
He eventually made bogey courtesy of a one-putt after struggling to get his ball to stay still in the wind.
Bridgeman’s slide to a share of eighth cost him more than $4 million in prize money.
Morikawa pockets $5.1m (US$3.6m) for his first win since 2023.
While Bridgeman earned $871,200 (US$615,000) for his result.
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Jacob Bridgeman playing a shot from the beach on the 18th. It ended up bouncing back into the water.Source: Fox Sports
For Lee, it was the Australian’s third runner-up finish on the PGA Tour.
“Great week. Obviously just shy of making the playoff, but I gave it my all,” Lee said.
“I’m very proud of the way I handled myself today and for the week.
“Played a lot of nice golf and I’ve been trending. So, it’s been good. Hopefully, we can keep the form going.”
Lee’s best result in last year’s signature events was at this same tournament with a tied 17th finish.
He spoke during the off season of the need to adapt his game to better suit the style of courses, with thick rough surrounding the greens, that is typical of the PGA Tour’s big money tournaments.
The work he has put in to improve his accuracy has clearly paid off with Lee earning a little more than $3m (US$2.16) for his share of second alongside Sepp Straka.
“I don’t know what that result gets me, but hopefully I can make it into other signature events,” Lee said.
“Felt short just by a little bit last year, not making the top 50.
“But when we get these opportunities, we try to play our best and I’m glad I did.
“I mean last year pretty painful with the signature events, so I’m glad I got off to a good start.”
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After starting the day tied 22nd, Scottie Scheffler charged up the leaderboard after a remarkable start that saw him seven under through his first seven holes.
The world No.1 made the most of the par 5s, putting three eagles on his card in an incredible display of ball-striking.
With an eagle at the 18th, Scheffler signed off an astonishing nine-under par final round 63, which included six birdies and three bogeys to go with his hat-trick of eagles.
It was the best putting round of the 29-year-old‘s career, dropping more than 150 feet worth of putts and gained more than four shots on the field on the greens – ranked first.
Scheffler took the clubhouse leader at 20-under until Lee came in.
“Yeah, anytime you’ve got three eagles in one round, good things are happening,” Scheffler said.
“It was nice to take advantage of the holes early in the round to kind of put myself on the leaderboard. Yeah, did a lot of good stuff, holed a lot of nice putts, hit a lot of nice iron shots. Proud of the way I played today.”
Defending champion Rory McIlroy (-17) held round of the day honours with a brilliant eight-under final round 64 until Scheffler eagled the last.
Australia’s Jason Day finished tied 24th at -14 after ending his tournament with a third successive 68.
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