1471 days but wait’s worth it as Justin Rose lords over Pebble Beach

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AT&T Beach Pro-Am was Justin Rose's first win since the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open, a span of 1,471 days between victories. Photo: Sky Sports

Justin Rose (1st/-18) earned his 11th career victory at the AT&T Beach Pro-Am in his 394th start at the age of 42 years, 6 months, 7 days; the oldest player to win on PGA TOUR since Phil Mickelson at the 2021 PGA Championship.

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This was his first win since 2019 Farmers Insurance Open, a span of 1,471 days between victories; becomes 105th player to reach 11 wins on TOUR.

 

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Collected 500 points and moves to No. 10 in the FedExCup standings and is the first player from Europe to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in tournament history.

Improved to 6-for-16 converting 54-hole leads/co-leads to victory in 72-hole individual stroke-play events on TOUR (wins: 2010 AT&T National, 2011 BMW Championship, 2015 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2018 Charles Schwab Challenge, 2019 Farmers Insurance Open, 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am).

 

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Rose’s 11 PGA TOUR wins marks most of any player from England since World War II (second-most: Nick Faldo, 9).

Is the first player from England to win on TOUR since Matt Fitzpatrick, 2022 U.S. Open
Made a hole-in-one during the second round at Spyglass Hill (No. 15), his third career ace on the PGA TOUR and first since the 2007 FedEx St. Jude Championship (formerly The Barclays).

 

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Becomes first player to make a hole-in-one and go on to win since Webb Simpson, 2020 WM Phoenix Open.

 

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Brendon Todd (T2/-15) tied his low score in 35 rounds at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (65) to finish runner-up for the first time in his career on TOUR and earn his third top-10 in 10 starts at the event (T9/2012, T10/2015, T2, 2023).

Brandon Wu (T2/-15) earned his second runner-up finish on TOUR in his 48th career start (T2/2022 Mexico Open at Vidanta).

 

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Denny McCarthy (T3/-14) posted a front-nine 29, the seventh time he posted a 29-or-better on TOUR (either nine) and most of any player in the last five PGA TOUR seasons; following an 8-under 64, his 10 birdies tie his career-best in a round (three times; most recent: R3, 2019 Shriners Children’s Open).