Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson collected five birdies in one six-hole stretch at Pebble Beach and added two more for a seven-under 65 and a share of second place. I’ve struggled here on the Monterrey Peninsula the past few years.
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Lee, now up to 36 on the world rankings, is five shots behind tournament co-leaders Sung Kang of Korea and Hiroshi Iwata of Japan. He had a one-shot lead playing the final hole of the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, made double bogey and said later, “I am such an idiot”.
Lee carded a second-round five-under 66 at Monterey Peninsula to go to six-under for the tournament, within five strokes of the lead and in a share of 13th. If the putt goes in, it goes in.
Reavie fired an eagle and seven birdies with one bogey on the par-71 Monterey Peninsula course, one of three in use for the tournament along with Pebble Beach Golf Links and Spyglass Hill – both par-72 layouts.
Mickelson will play Pebble Beach on Saturday as he hopes to claim a fifth win in the event.
Mickelson is a 4-time victor at Pebble Beach, and his last victory was 2012.
Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose remain in contention at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am following another exciting day in California.
You might say 2-under-par isn’t too bad, but not after a 1-under-par round before that. I didn’t expect to play one over (par) coming in. Phil played the more hard front side of Monterey Peninsula first in which he tore apart for an opening 5-under-par 29. That’s when someone let him know that Kang was 11 under for the day and playing his final hole.
Kang said Romano was wrong, but he was dead right. He hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation and needed just 24 putts. Some of them he read on his own.
Kang got an assist from longtime caddie Mike “Fluff” Cowan, who gained a measure of fame working for Tiger Woods when Woods won the 1997 Masters.
And the 28-year-old South Korean had an actor at his side cheering him along.
Romano, who has become a regular at this event, wasn’t sure of the name of his partner earlier in the week. You can focus on closing out the tournament in one spot. He’s very famous, ‘” Kang said.
South African Justin Rose, the No. 4-ranked player in the world competing in the AT&T for the first time, had a 68 at MPCC and is alone at 9 under. “He gets like nearly a third more earnings from TV drama show”. As he said, “I just couldn’t get the ball in the hole”.
“The wind was blowing a touch, it’s a great golf course to accommodate wind because the fairways are wide enough and the greens are big enough, but you still have to hit good shots to make birdies”, Mickelson said.
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Indeed, it was some 30 feet beyond the cup, and he had to settle for a two-putt par. “It just felt like it was going to happen no matter what”.
