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Malnati is ahead of Atwal in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am after the third round.

Malnati is ahead of Atwal in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am after the third round.

By Kajal Sharma - 07 Feb 2024 11:21 AM

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am's third round was suspended due to severe wind, with India's Arjun Atwal leading by two after ten holes. Play will resume on Monday.Atwal is two over for 46 holes and still needs a few more birdies to make the cut, which is at 65 and ties. Atwal shot 73-75 at Pebble Beach and Spyglass.Starting with the 10th hole, Atwal—the only Indian winner on the PGA Tour—birdied the 10th and 16th holes. He went from being ranked 130th to 101st thanks to his two-under par through ten holes.With just six holes remaining in his round at Pebble Beach, Peter Malnati was leading the leaderboard at 12 under. Play was halted while he was on green after making three consecutive birdies, having begun the back nine in calmer weather along the ocean.To accommodate for the 25 amateurs, the 54-hole cut is usually made from the top 60. The top 65 players and ties will now be used, with professionals only competing in the championship round.A powerful wind at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was more than just a threat. Due to two holes on one of the courses, it forced the event to end on Saturday and scheduled a Monday conclusion without the amateurs.Keith Mitchell blasted an 8-iron on the 106-yard seventh hole at Pebble Beach after he managed to navigate the strongest wind stretch. Then the horn blasted to end play, just as he believed he had made it through the ocean holes."We were aware that those would be the difficult holes to fill today. That section of the week was likely to be the most difficult one, according to Mitchell. "If we could make it through that stretch in a relatively good score, I would be set up for the weekend."After a strong drive with the wind in his favor on No. 11, he managed to make it through and was rewarded with the rest of the day off.After six holes in his round at Pebble Beach, Peter Malnati was at the top of the leaderboard at 12 under. Play halted while he was on the fourth green, having just made three consecutive birdies, on the back nine, which is located along the beach.Both Mitchell, who was playing with Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills, and Joseph Bramlett, who was paired with Welsh soccer player Gareth Bale, were at 10 under.Hank Lebioda and 36-hole leader Kurt Kitayama trailed by three strokes. Their location was Spyglass Hill.The Monterey Peninsula's Shore course, especially the one that borders the ocean, was the offender. Chief referee Gary Young of the PGA TOUR started receiving reports about balls shifting on the greens. He claimed that after an amateur golfer made a putt, the wind started to blow the ball back toward them.A three-course rotation requires that play end at each of the three courses. The PGA TOUR had hoped to resume later in the afternoon, but the forecast was dismal and the wind was unforgiving.The amateurs had the opportunity to return and finish a 54-hole pro-am when the third round was scheduled to commence on Sunday morning.Is Allen one of the amateurs who will finish? Mitchell was asked. "I haven't talked to him yet. However, today afternoon when everyone was inside, the guy was outside training in the wind and rain," he remarked.

"I find it hard to believe he won't arrive. I can assure you that the weather tomorrow morning will be better than it is in Buffalo right now."Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback for Green Bay, was leading. They were at 25-under par with Canadian Ben Silverman as his partner. That would suggest that Rodgers, who has a 10 handicap and receives little assistance from Silverman—who finished the event two over—has been playing some incredible golf.To accommodate for the 25 amateurs, the 54-hole cut is usually made from the top 60. The top 65 players and ties will now be used, with professionals only competing in the championship round. Young believes that the lead group will play nine holes. It will be the second time since Tiger Woods overcame a five-shot deficit to win at Pebble since the finish on Monday. In order to win in 2019, Phil Mickelson needed to play two holes on Monday morning. One reason for the one-hour start time change was the wind forecast for later in the day. But the weather at Pebble is rarely predictable. It was fierce when it arrived, some three hours after the round started. Mitchell broke through a drive onAllen fired a 6-iron off the tee and another 6-iron to 12 feet on the fringe on the eighth hole, which has the wind at their backs and the second shot over a corner of the ocean. Six shots behind Rodgers were Mitchell and Allen. For some, it was difficult to hold on. At Pebble, Jordan Spieth estimated he needed to be three or four under after the opening stretch. On the fifth hole, a par-3, the wind appeared. Spieth pushed the ball left into a bunker and made bogey. With a bogey and a double bogey to end the front nine, he had a 39 and was on the cut line.It was windy everywhere, but Mitchell had the roughest stretch of Pebble. Stanford University golfer Bramlett hit an 8-iron short of the green on No. 9 with 136 yards into the wind. With the wind in his favor, he shot an 8-iron 210 yards up the hill on the par-5 14th hole, clearing the green."It's a guessing game," Bramlett declared. "We're just doing our best."

 

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