PGA Tour Brunch | Pebble Beach Pro-Am | R-3
PGA Tour Brunch | Pebble Beach Pro-Am | R-3
Third Round Preview of a Windy 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
By TERRY LYONS
PEBBLE BEACH - Third round the-times were moved-up an hour (7:30am (PT)/10:30am ET).
Kurt Kitayama holds second career 36-hole lead/co-lead and fourth lead after any round. He is one of two players with multiple 36-hole leads/co-leads on Tour this season with the first coming at THE CJ CUP in South Carolina this past Fall.
Four of the five players at T-2 or better have not won on Tour (Kitayama, Brandon Wu, Joseph Bramlett and Hank Lebioda)
Rounds of the day at each course: Pebble Beach Golf Links (five players/69), Spyglass Hill Golf Course (Satoshi Kodaira and Robby Shelton (68), Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Seamus Power (64).
Cameron Percy withdrew prior to the start of the second round and Andrew Landry withdrew during the second round due to a right shoulder injury.
Second-round scoring averages: Pebble Beach (75.500), Spyglass (73.038), Monterey Peninsula (69.745).
Ben Silverman and Aaron Rodgers lead the pro-am portion of the competition by five strokes at 21-under.
During the second round, there was a medical emergency at No. 11 at Pebble Beach involving an amateur's caddie. The caddie was attended to by emergency medical staff on-site and rushed to Montage Health for evaluation.
At the direction of the PGA TOUR Rules Committee, the players in that group - Max McGreevy and Beau Hossler - paused play during the medical emergency and will be allowed to warm up and resume their round. They allowed all groups to play through, then finished their round.
Leaderboard After 36 Holes
Kurt Kitayama MP-PB 64-70 – 134 (-9)
Keith Mitchell SH-MP 67-68 – 135 (-8)
Brandon Wu SH-MP 69-66 – 135 (-8)
Joseph Bramlett SH-MP 68-67 – 135 (-8)
Hank Lebioda MP-PB 63-72 – 135 (-8)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
The three courses of the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Pebble Beach Golf Links 6972 yards Par 72
Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Course 6934 yards Par 71
Spyglass Hill Golf Course 7041 yards Par 72
Pebble Beach Pro-Am | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Pebble Beach Golf Links
YARDS/PAR: 6,972 yards/Par 72
ARCHITECT: Jack Neville & Douglas Grant
PRIZE Money - Purse: $9,000,000/$1,620,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Tom Hoge
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @ATTProAM
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
Pebble Beach | The Basics
The Tee Times for the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am are scheduled from 10:30am (ET) to 12:42pm (ET).
Weather: Saturday’s forecast calls for morning mix of sun and clouds turning to 2pm-onward showers. Mostly 5 mph winds but 40-45 mph gusts. The wind was cause to move tee times up an hour. More showers in forecast for Sunday.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post by 10:00am (ET) Sunday.
Pebble Beach - Tee Times and Leaderboard
Tee Times: (link)
Tournament Leaderboard: (link)
What They’re Saying
Kitayama Takes Lead at Pebble Beach (PGATourCom)
Caddie Suffers Medical Emergency (Golf Week/USA Today)
How to Watch R-3 at Pebble Beach (Golf Week/USA Today)
On This Day in Golf History
February 4, 2005 - Phil Mickelson (remember him?) shot a (60) in the second round of the FBR Open at the TPC Scottsdale. It was the lowest round of his PGA Tour career. Eight years later, he was close to shooting a (59) on the same course but but his final hole birdie putt rimmed out.
Parting Putt
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