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NOTE: Get the Signature Scroll \u2013 and the rest of PGA TOUR’s newsletters, including The Connect, Wire to Wire and The Early Card \u2013 directly in your inbox. Subscribe today!<\/a><\/p>\n No major champions are within four strokes of the lead through two days at Pebble Beach, but there are six within six strokes. Will any of them make a move over the weekend? Seems likely. But first \u2026 Late putting miscues stifle Rory McIlroy<\/p>\n Rory McIlroy\u2019s first nine holes of his TOUR season were sublime. The Northern Irishman could do no wrong, stuffing approaches, holing bunker shots and pouring in putts. He made the turn at Spyglass Hill at 5-under and added another birdie early on his inward nine. It was the continuation of a year ago, when he also began his year on the Monterey Peninsula, and shot a bogey-free 66 with a hole-in-one that laid the foundation for a convincing victory later in the week. <\/p>\n A moment for the forgotten (young) man<\/p>\n We like to follow the bright and shiny object \u2026 in life and in golf. In this profession, it\u2019s easy to do. Every tournament features dozens of golfers who are constantly oscillating between great, good and forgettable. This is particularly true for young players. We get enamored by their potential until the next one comes along and then our focus shifts. Like a dog, we chase every new stick. <\/p>\n In the last 12 months, the likes of Ludvig \u00c5berg, Luke Clanton, Michael Brennan, Neal Shipley and Michael Thorbjornsen have dominated individual news cycles. Would you be surprised to know that the 36-hole leader at Pebble Beach is younger than all but one of them? And has at least as many victories as any of them? <\/p>\n Somehow, the 24-year-old two-time TOUR winner Akshay Bhatia has fallen through the cracks in the race to crown the next best young golfer. He\u2019s mentioned, but never seems to be chosen. This weekend could change that. <\/p>\n Bhatia shot an exemplary 8-under 64 at Spyglass Hill to sit atop the leaderboard at the halfway point<\/a>. This would be his most notable win yet, and first since the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Bhatia spoke after his round Friday, but the most insightful thing he has said recently came a few months back at the Hero World Challenge. <\/p>\n \u201cI think that I don’t really realize how young I am,\u201d Bhatia said then. \u201cThis week I’m the youngest guy in the field, which is really hard for me to process.<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing I ask myself, which is kind of funny, don’t know if I should share it, but I’ve gotta ask myself, \u2018What was Scottie Scheffler doing at 23?\u2019\u201d Bhatia continued. \u201cHe was still working his way on the Korn Ferry Tour.\u201d <\/p>\n Meanwhile, Bhatia is making his 100th career PGA TOUR start this week. He feels like a known quantity to some because he\u2019s already been on TOUR for three years. Yet he\u2019s only continued to improve. And at 24 years old, he seems primed for a breakthrough. It could come this week. A star-studded group of chasers will be trying to stop him. Keegan Bradley, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick are all within six shots.<\/p>\n It\u2019s official. There\u2019s a new 36-hole scoring average record at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. And it\u2019s the continuation of a three-year barrage of birdies at one of the cathedrals of American golf. Through two rounds, the scoring average at Pebble Beach Golf Links was 68.7. At Spyglass Hill, it was 69.6. Both are the lowest in tournament history. <\/p>\n A confluence of factors could explain it. Benign conditions and a soft course, set up by heavy rain to begin the week, certainly plays a factor. The smaller, elite field does, too. It also just seems to be a feature, not a bug, over recent years. Extrapolated out round-by-round, here\u2019s a look at the five lowest single-round scoring averages at Pebble Beach in tournament history. Spoiler: they\u2019re all from the last three years. <\/p>\n 2025 Round 1 \u2013 68.182026 Round 1 \u2013 68.252026 Round 2 \u2013 69.102024 Round 3 \u2013 69.082025 Round 4 \u2013 69.68<\/p>\n Incredible streak in jeopardy<\/p>\n What about Scottie Scheffler? He has 17 top 10s in a row, though that streak is in jeopardy for a second consecutive week. The undisputed top player on TOUR rebounded with a second-round 66 at Spyglass Hill on Friday as he attempted to claw back after an even-par opening round left him 10 strokes off the lead. Eighteen holes later, Scheffler is still nine shots back. <\/p>\n \u201cI felt like I played better again than my score today, which is pretty frustrating, but was able to get some stuff going on the back nine,\u201d said Scheffler, who has finished in the top 10 in every event since the Texas Children\u2019s Houston Open last March. \u201cSo at least a respectable score today versus yesterday, wasn’t very respectable.\u201d<\/p>\n Scheffler has little care about extending a top-10 streak. His sole motive is winning. But the stat illustrates the consistently elite play that has elicited comparisons between Scottie Scheffler and Tiger Woods. Scheffler\u2019s top-10 streak is the longest in 61 years. Billy Casper also hit 17 top 10s in a row between 1964-65.<\/p>\n In a time where Scheffler seemingly sets records every week, this is a particularly impressive one. He\u2019s four strokes back of the top 10 after 36 holes. <\/p>\n \u201cI think it’s the way it is here a little bit,\u201d said McIlroy.<\/p>\n It also could get reversed in the final two rounds. Spieth said the wind is expected to change, which would have the players playing into the wind on the gettable front nine. If that happens, \u201cPebble’s going to show more of its teeth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25 Taylor Swift didn\u2019t show up to Pebble Beach this week to watch Travis Kelce in the pro-am, but plenty bought tickets just in case. Within 12 hours of the announcement of Kelce\u2019s inclusion, the tournament sold $60,000 in tickets. More here.<\/a>\u2705 Sahith Theegala will play The Genesis Invitational after all. He narrowly missed via the Aon Swing 5, but received the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption on Friday<\/a>.\ud83c\udfa5 Expect to see some new broadcast features<\/a> when you tune into weekend coverage. Among them: tee shot tracing with multiple drones and advanced weather metrics.\u26f1\ufe0fThe Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard announced three sponsor exemptions on Friday. Jordan Spieth is among them<\/a>. Tommy Fleetwood looks for his ball on the beach on the 18th hole during Round 2 of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. 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