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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Max McGreevy had seen this movie before.
He was among a host of young professionals who shared a house with Scottie Scheffler in Dallas after they both turned professional. On Sunday they were part of a ********* along with Robert MacIntyre in the final round of the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as Scheffler stormed back with three eagles in a round for the first time in his career and posted 9-under 63 to nearly steal the title.
“That’s why I’ve lost a lot of money to him,” McGreevy said. “It was exactly what I expected from him and really fun to watch.”
Indeed, it was. For the second straight week, Scheffler got off to a sluggish start, shooting even-par 72 on Thursday before clawing back with rounds of 66-67 in the middle stanzas of the tournament. He entered the final round at 11 under, eight off the lead but didn’t rule out Sunday fireworks.
“You never want to limit yourself,” he said. “I'd obviously like to be in a better position on the leaderboard. But yeah, with crazy weather, crazy things can happen and we'll see what I can do tomorrow.”
How about a birdie-eagle-birdie start? Scheffler nailed a 7-wood from 234 yards to inside 5 feet to set up the first eagle. He drilled a 3-wood to 25 feet at No. 6 and rolled in the putt for the second eagle. Scheffler started to do the math in his head and kept pushing himself for more.
“You're not going to get it all back in one hole,” he said. “It kind of at times felt today that we were playing a wolf game just because you've got to step on the tee box, got to make birdie. Next tee, got to make birdie. It's one of those deals.”
His putter stayed hot at No. 7 as he canned a 10-footer. He made a bogey at the difficult par-4 eighth and turned in 6-under 30. He tacked in birdies at Nos. 10 and 11 but his tee shot at 12 airmailed the green and resulted in a bogey. He made a clutch 14-foot par putt at 13 and settled for birdie at 15, the only par 5 at Pebble that he didn’t eagle. His third bogey of the day was a costly one. His wedge bounced through the green and he stubbed his chip and missed the par putt. Waiting to tee off at 18, Scheffler knew he needed an eagle to have any chance. He ripped driver, leaving himself 186 yards to the hole and flighted a 6-iron with the wind just as he had tried to do a hole earlier. He stuffed it to less than 3 feet, sending the fans into a frenzy. It turned out that 63 wasn’t enough but it did extend his streak to 18 consecutive starts with a top-10 finish and showed how fierce of a competitor he is.
“These are some of the weeks when you look back, I'm very proud of sticking with it, not giving up even when I felt like things were going against me this week,” he said. “Just kept fighting, kept trying to hit shots, kept trying to execute.”
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Scottie Scheffler's caps Pebble Beach Pro-Am with 3-eagle round
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He was among a host of young professionals who shared a house with Scottie Scheffler in Dallas after they both turned professional. On Sunday they were part of a ********* along with Robert MacIntyre in the final round of the 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as Scheffler stormed back with three eagles in a round for the first time in his career and posted 9-under 63 to nearly steal the title.
“That’s why I’ve lost a lot of money to him,” McGreevy said. “It was exactly what I expected from him and really fun to watch.”
Indeed, it was. For the second straight week, Scheffler got off to a sluggish start, shooting even-par 72 on Thursday before clawing back with rounds of 66-67 in the middle stanzas of the tournament. He entered the final round at 11 under, eight off the lead but didn’t rule out Sunday fireworks.
“You never want to limit yourself,” he said. “I'd obviously like to be in a better position on the leaderboard. But yeah, with crazy weather, crazy things can happen and we'll see what I can do tomorrow.”
How about a birdie-eagle-birdie start? Scheffler nailed a 7-wood from 234 yards to inside 5 feet to set up the first eagle. He drilled a 3-wood to 25 feet at No. 6 and rolled in the putt for the second eagle. Scheffler started to do the math in his head and kept pushing himself for more.
“You're not going to get it all back in one hole,” he said. “It kind of at times felt today that we were playing a wolf game just because you've got to step on the tee box, got to make birdie. Next tee, got to make birdie. It's one of those deals.”
His putter stayed hot at No. 7 as he canned a 10-footer. He made a bogey at the difficult par-4 eighth and turned in 6-under 30. He tacked in birdies at Nos. 10 and 11 but his tee shot at 12 airmailed the green and resulted in a bogey. He made a clutch 14-foot par putt at 13 and settled for birdie at 15, the only par 5 at Pebble that he didn’t eagle. His third bogey of the day was a costly one. His wedge bounced through the green and he stubbed his chip and missed the par putt. Waiting to tee off at 18, Scheffler knew he needed an eagle to have any chance. He ripped driver, leaving himself 186 yards to the hole and flighted a 6-iron with the wind just as he had tried to do a hole earlier. He stuffed it to less than 3 feet, sending the fans into a frenzy. It turned out that 63 wasn’t enough but it did extend his streak to 18 consecutive starts with a top-10 finish and showed how fierce of a competitor he is.
“These are some of the weeks when you look back, I'm very proud of sticking with it, not giving up even when I felt like things were going against me this week,” he said. “Just kept fighting, kept trying to hit shots, kept trying to execute.”
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Scottie Scheffler's caps Pebble Beach Pro-Am with 3-eagle round
Continue reading...
