Finish is well done for Berger

His 30-foot eagle putt on final hole wraps up his fourth PGA win. McNealy second after Spieth stumbles early.

PEBBLE BEACH — Daniel Berger got into the mix quickly with an eagle and finished it off with one even better, holing a 30-foot putt on the par-five 18th for a seven-under-par 65 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Berger won for the second time since the PGA

Tour returned to golf from the COVID-19 pandemic, starting with a playoff victory at Colonial in June.

This was another wild chase on a crisp, breezy day along the Pacific, and Jordan Spieth went from leading to lagging. He went from a two-shot lead to a threeshot deficit through six holes, going from the leading character to a support role. Spieth birdied the last two holes for a 70 to tie for third with Patrick Cantlay (68).

Maverick McNealy, who played at Stanford and once lived in a house near the 15th green at Pebble Beach, made five birdies over his last eight holes for a 66 and was tied for the lead after his eagle putt on the 18th stopped inches away.

Berger was in the group behind him and fired a fairway metal into the heart of the 18th green, 30 feet away. He needed only two putts for birdie to win and instead finished with a flair.

“That was the best putt I’ve ever hit in my life,” said Berger, who finished at 18under 270 for his fourth career victory.

Spieth finished in the top four for the second week in a row, a strong sign that his game is coming back after a drought that dates to his 2017 British Open victory.

The real heartache belonged to Nate Lashley, who was tied with Berger with three holes to play but triplebogeyed the 16th.