Sunday’s forecast at Pebble Seashore requires inches of rain, temperatures within the low 50s, wind gusts as much as 60 miles per hour, and an entire lot of distress.
However the PGA Tour might not even play Sunday. Chief Referee Gary Younger stated he and his workforce would assess the course and circumstances at 5:15 a.m. PST Sunday, then resolve. The ultimate spherical may very well be postponed till Monday, however even then, an already saturated Pebble Seashore course can have much more water on it.
No matter what transpires, the younger Swedish phenom Ludvig Åberg might be prepared, regardless of his inexperience on the PGA Tour.
“I’ve performed lots of golf in dangerous climate, so possibly that’s why [I can handle tough conditions],” Åberg stated after taking pictures a bogey-free, 5-under 67 Saturday.
“Regardless that the climate appears to be like fairly dangerous tomorrow, I feel you’ve obtained to be ready to play, be ready to play a tough spherical of golf the place the climate goes to be windy and raining, after which simply be okay with that. Then, no matter occurs, occurs. We’ll see what occurs, however I’ll be able to play tomorrow.”
All through his younger profession to this point, nothing appears to faze the 23-year-old Åberg.
The Ryder Cup didn’t, nor did holding a 54-hole lead on the RSM Basic final fall.
And the ultimate spherical circumstances of the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am won’t fluster him both.
He’s extra involved about Wyndham Clark, who blitzed Pebble Seashore with a historic 12-under 60 on Saturday. At 17-under par, Clark holds a one-shot lead over Åberg, who held a share of the lead by 36 holes.
“Didn’t fairly catch Wyndham coming down the final couple holes, however felt like general it was a superb day,” Åberg stated of his spherical.
“My persistence [was key]. I didn’t attempt to drive something, I didn’t attempt to hit photographs that I didn’t really feel like I might pull off. I felt like we did that nice at this time and yesterday. And hopefully, with what the climate appears to be like like, I feel that’s going to be key as nicely for the final spherical.”
Your entire {golfing} world will have to be affected person with the PGA Tour because it assesses the circumstances on early Sunday. And, who is aware of, maybe extra persistence might be wanted within the occasion that the ultimate spherical occurs on Monday or past.
That occurred final yr, when Justin Rose triumphed at Pebble Seashore.
However this time round, Åberg faces a one-shot deficit, and with 18 holes left to play, something can occur. Åberg and Clark might be joined by Matthieu Pavon within the ultimate pairing, no matter what day they play.
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