The 2024 model of the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am has been historic in additional methods than one. Wyndham Clark set the course report with a 12-under 60 Saturday.
That vaulted him up the leaderboard and into the lead heading into the ultimate spherical. At the very least, that’s what seemed to be the case.
As a substitute, he has been declared the winner of the match.
Late Sunday evening, the PGA Tour Communications staff launched the knowledge that the ultimate 18 holes is not going to be performed.
“The storm affecting the Monterey Peninsula all through the day Sunday is forecast to proceed into the early hours of Monday with very robust winds. Though circumstances forecast to enhance by the morning Monday, after session with Monterey County emergency authorities, who’ve applied a Shelter in Place order till early tomorrow morning for the larger Pebble Seashore neighborhood, and out of an abundance of warning for security of all constituents, there will likely be no play Monday.
Subsequently, in accordance with the PGA Tour Rules the match outcomes will likely be last by the conclusion of 54 holes,” the assertion learn.
The final time a PGA Tour occasion was shortened was the Zurich Basic in 2016.
Winds have howled all through the day Sunday, with speeds reaching upwards of 80 miles per hour. 1000’s of individuals within the space are with out energy. Movies of waves crashing onto the Pebble Seashore fairways went viral earlier within the day.
Realizing the quantity of water the course took on earlier within the week, it was extremely unlikely to be deemed playable any time within the close to future.
Clark would very doubtless choose to not win this fashion. However a win is a win and it is a nice one to get.
The AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am was designated as one of many eight Signature Occasions for the 2024 PGA Tour season. With that got here the $20 million purse, $3.5 million of which Clark will likely be taking house.
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