Collin Morikawa fends off stunning Scottie Scheffler charge to win Pebble Beach Pro-Am

[p]Double major-winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morikawa-collin/0UlRrMgE/"]Morikawa[/a] had not triumphed on the PGA Tour since 2023, but started the day in joint-second and birdied the final hole in blustery conditions to win by a stroke on 22 under par.[/p][p][b]"It's special for a lot of reasons," [/b]said Morikawa, who used his win to announce that he and his wife are expecting their first child.[/p][p][b]"We just started telling people this week, and we said, 'what better way... to just announce it to the world, if I was able to come out and win,'"[/b] he said.[/p][p]Back in the state where he was born and raised, Morikawa had pulled clear of a crowded leaderboard down the stretch with a superb 30-foot putt for birdie on the 15th, and another birdie on 16.[/p][p]With benign conditions turning gusty in the final hour, Morikawa hooked his tee shot on 17 and could only manage a bogey from the oceanside rough.[/p][p]He faced an agonizing 20-minute wait on the 18th fairway as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bridgeman-jacob/xdp19XIg/"]Jacob Bridgeman[/a], in the preceding group, played a shot from the beach that cracked off a cliff and back into the ocean.[/p][embed guid="dcacde57-5331-4e92-8e90-85e1965aa2e2" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2023170052267073766" social-type="twitter" /][p]But a birdie on 18 was enough to seal a single-stroke win over Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lee-min-woo/IwMMLluD/"]Min Woo Lee[/a] and Austria's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/straka-sepp/fqttYEZr/"]Sepp Straka[/a], with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scheffler-scottie/bXfIuBYu/"]Scheffler[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fleetwood-tommy/Svq63qoo/"]Tommy Fleetwood[/a] a further shot back.[/p][p][b]"I tried to look out in the ocean as many times as I can. I love being out here," [/b]said Morikawa, of the delay.[/p][p][b]"Pebble Beach... not many places can beat this place in the world."[/b][/p][p]Lee - chasing his second PGA Tour win, after a debut victory last March in Houston - shot 65, finishing with birdies on the final two holes.[/p][p]It was in stark contrast to Lee's finish Saturday, when the 27-year-old had bogeyed the final two holes and dramatically tossed his ball into the Pacific Ocean in frustration.[/p][p]But the day's best round came from world number one Scheffler, who started Sunday eight shots off the lead in joint 22nd, and made a remarkable charge up the leaderboard.[/p][p]He began in blistering form with two eagles and three birdies in his first seven holes.[/p][embed guid="38d2693a-1ed9-4a62-bf0d-62bae955b4ca" url="https://x.com/PGATOUR/status/2023193204351193334" social-type="twitter" /][p]Pushing hard for the finish line, Scheffler missed long on four consecutive holes, picking up two bogeys in that stretch.[/p][p]Still, Scheffler finished with another eagle for a round of 63 and the joint lead at 20 under par, just as winds picked up for the remaining players on the course.[/p][p]It was not quite enough for a famous win.[/p][p][b]"Anytime you've got three eagles in one round, good things are happening... Proud of the way I played today,"[/b] said Scheffler.[/p][p]Defending champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcilroy-rory/djwanksN/"]Rory McIlroy[/a] also had a superb final round, carding 64, but was never in contention after three doubles and a triple bogey earlier this week.[/p][p][b]"I wish I could have those four holes back this week. I played 68 really good ones,"[/b] said McIlroy.[/p][p][b]"But all in all, some really good stuff this week. Pretty encouraged going into next week for sure,"[/b] added the world number two.[/p][p]Morikawa's two major victories came at the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship.[/p][p]Wins have dried up in recent years, and he started this season's tour with a missed cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii, before exploding back into form at Pebble Beach.[/p]