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Rose leads by 2 at weather-delayed Pebble Beach Pro-Am
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The final round of the tournament was to be completed Monday morning

Justin Rose left the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in the dark Sunday with a two-shot lead, pushing in an effort to win for the first time on the PGA TOUR since the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open.

The final round of the wind-delayed tournament was to be completed Monday morning, and the 42-year-old Englishman Rose was 3-under in the final round, 15-under for the tournament when he ran out of daylight walking down the 10th fairway.

He will return to hit a 143-yard approach into the No. 10 green and continue through Pebble’s back nine.

“No, it’s not comfortable,” said Rose of his position in the bunker down the left side of the fairway. The second shot at the sixth is a blind shot up and over a massive hill that feels like a mountain.

Rose weighed his options – a high 7-iron, perhaps? – before settling on a 4-iron that required him to hit it flush. Rose pulled it off. “I was really focused, just made sure I hit the back of the ball,” he said.

“You’ve got to strike it. You know that if you catch it half-an-inch fat, you could be in the ravine. Obviously, for it to climb up there to 6 feet (was a bit fortunate). But I did my part. I struck it, stayed out of trouble, committed to it.”

Denny McCarthy, who started the final round six shots behind, shot 29 on the front nine at Pebble Beach to soar into contention. He chose to continue the 16th hole, hitting his approach to 15 feet and then choosing to mark his ball and stop for the night.

The 29-year-old American was at 13-under par, along with Brendon Todd (through 12 holes) and Peter Malnati, who was in the final group with Rose.

Canada’s Taylor Pendrith was among 20 players who finished. He went out in 31 and played bogey-free for a 64 to post at 12-under 275. That was three shots behind Rose, but worth sticking around to see how it unfolded.