Pebble Beach: Winners and Losers from California

Every week on the PGA Tour, some players do better than expected while others fall short of their expectations. Here at Pro Golf Now, we call them winners and losers. Here are this week’s winners and losers from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Winners

Daniel Berger – After making a bonehead mistake on the 18th hole on Saturday, Berger bounced back with a 65 on Sunday to win by two. And he finished the win in style with an eagle on the 18th hole, just 24 hours after hitting the ball out of bounds there. It was his fourth PGA Tour victory.

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Maverick McNealy – This week, McNealy finished alone in second place, the best finish of his career. And it came on the course he grew up playing. His 66 on Sunday allowed him to climb from seventh into second.

Patrick Cantlay – The highest-ranked player in the field this week came up just short, tying for third at Pebble Beach. If not for a 73 on Friday, he likely would have won. Still, a solid result for Cantlay, who continues to impress.

Paul Casey – After a recent win on the European Tour, Casey stayed hot this week in California. He shot 68 on Sunday to climb into a tie for fifth. It was his second Top 10 on the PGA Tour in the last four weeks.

Jason Day – The 2020-21 season has not gotten off to a great start for Day, but this week was much better. The tie for seventh matched his best finish of the season.

Losers

Phil Mickelson – Lefty was 2-over par through 28 holes and had eight holes left to make up three shots to make the cut. Instead, he closed with a double bogey, bogey, bogey, par, quadruple bogey to miss the cut in a big way.

Hunter Mahan – We have chronicled the struggles that Mahan has had over the last few years. He appeared to be ready to snap out of it after a 67 here on Thursday. But a 77 on Friday left him outside the cut line yet again.

Rickie Fowler – The wait for Fowler to snap out of his funk continues. He shot 72 on Thursday and 75 on Friday to be nowhere near the cut line. One week like this now and then isn’t bad, but Fowler has had more than his share of these lately.

Si Woo Kim – It’s been a good season for Kim, who already has a win this season. But after shooting 68 on Friday, he slipped to a 76 on Friday and did not qualify for the weekend.

Jim Herman – There were some bad rounds following good rounds this week, but no one did it quite like Herman. He shot 68 on Thursday only to come back with an 81 on Friday. He went from 4-under par to 5-over par in the course of 18 holes. Ouch.