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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – After surviving a high-wire act on the edge of a cliff during Saturday’s third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, saying the shot he hit with a 70-foot drop just a foot away was the most terrifying he has ever hit, Jordan Spieth took a much safer route Sunday around the sparkling gem known as Pebble Beach.
It was a journey just as exhilarating, despite the absence of that life-or-death possibility from the day before.
But one that ended up on the deflating side.
To the delight of the spectators, Spieth was standing on the 15th tee with a two-shot lead despite burning the edge of the cup on birdie putts on three, 11 and 14. He scrambled for par on the 16th but then found the bunker on the par-3 17th and missed a par putt from 5 feet.
Meanwhile, Tom Hoge was making three birdies in four holes behind him to storm to his first PGA Tour title. The comeback by Hoge, who finished second two weeks ago in the American Express, denied Spieth his second title in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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Hoge, who took the lead with a first-round 63 at Pebble Beach, closed with a 68 on Sunday to finish at 19 under. Spieth, the 2017 winner at Pebble, finished with a 3-under 69, two shots behind Hoge. Spieth has six top 10s and nine top 25s in his 10 starts here.
“I’ll look back and kick myself for not winning this tournament, just having the lead and looking back at where the pins were on the last four holes,” said Spieth, who missed the cut last week in San Diego. “But if you told me I would have the lead on Sunday on the last Thursday I would have said I’ll take that.
“So played well, tempo got a little off on the driver as kind of nerves were up and such. I’ve driven the ball really well the whole week, and just kind of started missing some contact. So I’ll probably dissect that a little bit into next week and try and improve.”
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