English player Justin Rose won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California on Monday, signing his first success in four years on the American professional circuit.
The former world number one won by returning a card at 18 under par. He is three strokes ahead of Americans Brendon Todd and Brandon Wu at the end of a tournament spread over five days instead of four due to weather conditions. “ Time flies so fast, doesn’t it? Amazing to have waited so long ”, he commented after his title, the first since his victory in 2019 in Torrey Pines, California already.
Rose returned a final -6 card to become the oldest winner on the PGA Tour — at 42 years, six months, seven days — since Phil Mickelson won the 2021 PGA Championship at age 50. . Brendon Todd and Brandon Wu tied for second at -15, while Denny McCarthy, Peter Malnati and Keith Mitchell tied for fourth at -14.
At 42, Rose adds an 11th title to her record on the PGA Tour. No European before him had won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, contested on the Monterey Peninsula course. His victory guarantees him to participate in the Masters in April and then in the PGA Championship the following month, while climbing to 10th place in the FedEx Cup standings. “ My family stayed at home. …this one’s for you. I wish you were at Pebble with me. What a place to win a tournament ”. The sunny conditions that accompanied the end of the tournament belied the winds and rain that marked the previous rounds. The Pebble Beach Pro-Am is traditionally challenged by the weather.
Source : Le Figaro
