Wyndham Clark birdied the 18th hole at Pebble Beach on Saturday thinking it was just for the course record of 60 during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. As it turns out, it was for a lot more than that. Following a postponement for inclement weather, the final round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am was canceled Sunday night with more bad weather expected to hit the Monterey area on Monday. Clark, who led Ludvig Åberg by one shot and Matthieu Pavon by two, was declared the champion.
It is the first time since 2016 that a PGA Tour event was shortened to 54 holes. At the 2016 Zurich Classic, Brian Stuard took home a playoff over Jamie Lovemark and Ben An after the event was called after 54 holes. There will be no playoff this time around because of Clark's late birdie for the 60 on Saturday.
"The storm affecting the Monterey Peninsula throughout the day Sunday is forecast to continue into the early hours of Monday with very strong winds. Although conditions are forecast to improve through the morning Monday, after consultation with Monterey County emergency authorities, who have implemented a shelter in place order until early tomorrow morning for the greater Pebble Beach community, and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of all constituents, there will be no play on Monday," the PGA Tour said in a statement. "Therefore, in accordance with the PGA Tour regulations the tournament results will be final through the conclusion of 54 holes."
The win is the third of Clark's PGA Tour career, and they have all been massive. He won last year's Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow and followed it with the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club in June over Rory McIlroy. Now, he takes the second signature event of the year (and the first with a full field of 80 players) and the $3.6 million winner's share of the $20 million purse.
His 60 on Saturday happened with a bogey. He shot 28 on the front and birdied the first two holes on the back nine before a bogey at the par-3 12th hole. Two more birdies followed, and then he closed with another birdie at the last. An eagle there would have given him the first 59 on the PGA Tour since Scottie Scheffler did it at the 2020 Northern Trust.
"Honestly, I think anyone that has ever shot 59 or gets into that kind of zone, you don't really think about score, you're just so focused on the next shot," said Clark after the round. "I really didn't think about it until I got to 18 tee box and when I did, I thought 'Oh, my gosh, it would have been really nice to have one of those last two because then I only have to birdie 18.' Once I hit the fairway on 18 I knew I was going to have a chance to hopefully try to shoot that special number. I gave it my best shot. Unfortunately, I left some putts short. I'm super happy with my round. Anytime you shoot 12 under anywhere you've got to be happy."
Clark's 60 was three shots better than anyone else in the field on Saturday in the third round and five better than everybody except for Jason Day, who shot 63. Mark Hubbard shot 65. Nobody else shot better than 66. It was by far the best round of the event at either Pebble Beach or Spyglass Hill during the three rounds that were played.
Though this is the third time in the last six years the Pebble Beach Pro-Am has not ended on a Sunday -- it ended on Monday in 2019 and 2023 -- this is the first time since 2009 that the final round has been washed out altogether. In 2009, Dustin Johnson beat Mike Weir by four strokes for the first victory of his career.