Justin Rose rolls back the years at AT&T Beach Pro-Am

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Justin Rose is 5-for-15 to date converting 54-hole leads/co-leads to victory in 72-hole individual stroke-play events on PGA TOUR. Photo: Sky Sports

Justin Rose (1st/-15) leads by two strokes over Denny McCarthy, Brendon Todd and Peter Malnati after a front-nine 33 on Day 3 of the AT&T Beach Pro-Am.

The final round was suspended due to darkness and will resume on Monday.

Related: High wind speeds disrupt Day 3 at AT&T Beach Pro-Am

Rose is 5-for-15 to date converting 54-hole leads/co-leads to victory in 72-hole individual stroke-play events on PGA TOUR (Wins: 2010 AT&T National, 2011 BMW Championship, 2015 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2018 Charles Schwab Challenge, 2019 Farmers Insurance Open).

 

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Held a share of the lead entering the final round of the 90-hole 2007 American Express and finished solo-third.

Rose has 10 PGA TOUR wins, the most of any player from England since World War II (second-most: Nick Faldo, 9); most recent: 2019 Farmers Insurance Open.

Is one of two players in the field with 10 or more PGA TOUR victories (other: Jordan Spieth, 13).

The last player from England to win on TOUR: Matt Fitzpatrick, 2022 U.S. Open.

 

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Entered the 2019 Farmers Insurance Open (most recent win) as the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking and held the position most recently the week of Monday, April 8, 2019; currently No. 71.

One top-10 in five prior starts this season (T9/Cadence Bank Houston Open), one top-10 in three prior starts at the event (T6/2016).

At the 2019 U.S. Open, the last men’s major championship held at Pebble Beach, entered the final round alone in second place (one stroke behind champion Gary Woodland) and went on to finish T3.

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).

McCarthy (T2/-13) has a 14-foot, 2-inch putt for birdie at No. 16 when play resumes on Monday.

 

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Posted a front-nine 29, the seventh time he has posted a 29 or better on TOUR (either nine), most of any player in the last five PGA TOUR seasons.

Has nine birdies through 15 holes, one shy of his career-best: 10 (two times; most recent: R3, 2019 Shriners Children’s Open).

Is in search of first PGA TOUR victory in 145th start; best finish: T3/2021 Honda Classic
Making fourth start in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; best finish: T12/2022.

Todd (T2/-13) has a 7-foot, 7-inch putt for birdie at No. 13 when play resumes.

Todd has three PGA TOUR wins, including back-to-back during the 2019-20 season (Butterfield Bermuda Championship, World Wide Technology Championship).

 

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Taylor Pendrith, the leader in the clubhouse (-12), made a 46-foot, 8-inch birdie putt on No. 8, the third-longest made putt of his TOUR career; his second-longest came two weeks ago at The American Express.