Course-record 60 puts Clark in lead at Pebble Beach

U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark had an unforgettable round at hallowed Pebble Beach when everything went his way and every putt seemed to go in. It gave him the course record Saturday with a 12-under 60.

It also might be enough to give him another big title and $3.6 million without hitting another shot at the AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm.

Clark was inches away from a sub-60 round on a cold, soggy course, a performance so remarkable it was nine shots better than the field average. He made five putts from 25 feet or longer. He made bogey with perhaps his best putt of the day after hitting a chip lefthanded.

He finished one shot ahead of Ludvig Aberg, who missed a long eagle putt of his own on the par-5 18th hole and shot 67.

And now it's up to Mother Nature.

Rain began to fall over the final few holes, and the heavy stuff was anticipated overnight on a course already saturated. Of equal concern was ferocious wind, with gusts anticipated to be approaching 60 mph.

Gary Young, the chief referee for the PGA Tour, said officials would decide before dawn today whether the final round would have to be delayed, and then whether any golf could be played. It would be cut short to 54 holes if they determined they could not finish on Monday.

If that happened, the first full signature event on the PGA Tour would be 54 holes.

Dustin Johnson was the last player to win Pebble Beach over 54 holes in 2009. Payne Stewart was the last player to win over 54 holes at Pebble Beach with a birdie on his last hole Saturday in 1999.

“I definitely thought about it last night and this morning with everyone saying how bad the weather's going to be,” Clark

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said. “You've got to have that mentality that today's the last day so try to go for broke. With that said, that's very rare that we have 54 holes, so I wasn't banking on that and I'm still not banking on it.”

The objective is 72 holes, whether it's a signature event or not. Starting on Monday would mean the tour is confident they could finish.

Aberg, who missed a 2-foot par putt at Spyglass Hill on Thursday, has played bogey-free for two days at Pebble Beach. He had his chances to catch Clark, missing birdie putts of 10 feet on the par-5 14th and 6 feet on the 16th.

Matthieu Pavon of France, a winner last week at Torrey Pines, birdied his last hole for a 66 and was alone in third place.

Scottie Scheffler, who started in a three-way share of the lead, shot 70 and was four shots behind.