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2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (The 18th of 50 events in the PGA TOUR season)

Pebble Beach, California Feb. 11-14, 2021 Purse: $7,800,000 ($1,404,000/500 FedExCup pts) Pebble Beach (Host) /Yards: 36-36—72/7,051 Spyglass Hill Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,041

Third-Round Notes – Saturday, February 13, 2021

Weather: Scattered morning showers turning to partly cloudy skies. High of 56. Wind NW 15-25 mph.

Third-Round Leaderboard Pos. Name R1 R2 R3 Total 1st 65 (PB) 67 (SH) 71 (PB) 203 (-13) T2 Nate Lashley 65 (PB) 72 (SH) 68 (PB) 205 (-11) T2 Tom Hoge 67 (PB) 70 (SH) 68 (PB) 205 (-11) T2 Russell Knox 66 (PB) 70 (SH) 69 (PB) 205 (-11) T2 Patrick Cantlay 62 (PB) 73 (SH) 70 (PB) 205 (-11) T2 Daniel Berger 67 (SH) 66 (PB) 72 (PB) 205 (-11)

Things to Know • Jordan Spieth is the first player since (2020) to hold the 54-hole lead/co-lead in consecutive weeks • Spieth is 9-of-17 on TOUR with the 54-hole lead/co-lead, including 1-for-1 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am • Despite a double bogey on final hole, Daniel Berger records TOUR-leading 25th consecutive par-or-better score • Max Homa becomes just the seventh player since 1983 to birdie all four par-3s at Pebble Beach Golf Links • Despite seven top-six finishes in 11 prior starts, seeks first AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am victory • Defending champion Nick Taylor sits T34 and nine strokes behind Spieth

Third-Round Lead Notes 11 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am since 2000 (72-hole events) (most recent: Nick Taylor/2020) 7 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win on TOUR in 2020-21 (most recent: /Farmers Insurance Open)

Jordan Spieth (1st/-13) Category Entering the week Age 27 (7/27/1993) FedExCup 111 OWGR 69 Starts at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 8 Wins at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 1 Top-10s at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 4 PGA TOUR starts 198 PGA TOUR wins 11 PGA TOUR top-10s 65 Starts in 2020-21 8 Wins in 2020-21 0 Top-10s in 2020-21 1

• Holds 54-hole lead/co-lead for the second straight week (Waste Management Phoenix Open/T4); last player to perform the feat was Dustin Johnson in 2020 (all three FedExCup Playoffs events) • 9-for-17 in his PGA TOUR career with the 54-hole lead/co-lead, including 1-for-1 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Tournament Solo/co-lead Finish 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open T1 T4 2018 T1 T9 2017 THE NORTHERN TRUST Solo P2 2017 The Open Championship Solo Won 2017 Solo Won 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Solo Won 2016 Charles Schwab Challenge Solo Won 2016 Solo T2 2016 Sentry Tournament of Champions Solo Won 2015 Solo Won 2015 John Deere Classic Solo Won 2015 U.S. Open T1 Won 2015 Masters Tournament Solo Won 2015 Vivint Houston Open Solo P2 2014 T1 T4 2014 Masters Tournament T1 T2 2014 Sentry Tournament of Champions T1 2

• Holed out for eagle with an 8- from 160 yards on the par-4 16th hole; during the first round, holed out for an eagle-2 from 113 yards at No. 10; just the 36th player in the Shotlink era to have two or more hole-outs in an event over 100 yards (two at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am since 2003: Blake Adams/2010, Spieth/2021) • Winner of the 2017 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; has four top-10 finishes in eight previous starts at the event • T4 at last week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, his best finish since the 2019 PGA Championship (T3) • In search of first PGA TOUR victory since 2017 The Open Championship • His 385-yard on the par-4 ninth hole was his longest drive of the season (T14 longest of career)

Daniel Berger (T2/-11) • Records 25th consecutive score of par or better, the longest active streak on TOUR; had a streak of 32 such rounds during the 2019-20 season (ended: R1/2020 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide) • Posted even-par 72, including a double bogey on the par-5 18th hole • Drove the par-4 fourth hole and made an 8-foot, 8-inch eagle putt; became just the second player out of 4,309 shots at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (through the conclusion of the third round) to successfully drive the green on No. 4 (Davis Love III/2012/15’ 2”) • No. 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking, the second-highest of any player in the field (Cantlay, No. 11) • Two top-10s in two prior starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (T10/2015, T5/2020) • Earned third PGA TOUR title at the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge, the PGA TOUR’s first tournament back from a three-month hiatus due to COVID-19

Additional Player Notes • Nate Lashley (T2/-11) bogeyed his final two holes to post a 4-under 68; seeking second PGA TOUR victory in his 71st start (2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic) • Tom Hoge (T2/-11) opened with a 6-under 30 (his lowest nine-hole score at Pebble Beach) en route to a 4-under 68; has played the front nine this week in 12-under (no bogeys) vs. the back nine in 1-over (five bogeys/one double bogey); seeking first TOUR win in his 170th start (best finish: 2/2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier) • Russell Knox (T2/-11) turned in a bogey-free 3-under 69; fourth-most bogey-free rounds on TOUR since 2013 (Charles Howell III/71, Patrick Reed/57, Kevin Na/54, Knox/53); is making his 111th start since the most recent of his two PGA TOUR wins (2016 Travelers Championship) • Patrick Cantlay (T2/-11) entered the week as the highest-ranked player in the field in both the FedExCup standings (No. 3) and Official World Golf Ranking (No. 11); week highlighted by tying the course record at Pebble Beach with a first-round 62 • In search of first TOUR win since the 2018 Wells Fargo Championship, Jason Day (T7/-10) trails by three as he seeks his fifth straight top-five finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am; has nine top-15 finishes in 11 starts at the event • Stanford University product Maverick McNealy (T7/-10) was assessed a one-stroke on the fifth hole after it was deemed he caused his ball to move; went on to post a 3-under 69 to sit three strokes behind Spieth • University of California-Berkeley graduate Max Homa (T11/-9) became just the seventh player since 1983 to birdie all four par-3s at Pebble Beach Golf Links (most recent: Chad Collins/R3/2011) • Defending champion Nick Taylor is T34 in bid to become first player to successfully defend title at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am since Dustin Johnson in 2010 • Francesco Molinari (T53/-1) was assessed a two-stroke penalty on the second hole when his stood on an extension of his line of play directly behind him (Rule 10.2b/4); went on to post a 4-over 76

Course Statistics Pebble Beach Spyglass Hill Toughest Hole Easiest Hole Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 9th (4.256) Par-5 2nd/Par-5 6th (4.513) Par-4 18th (4.244) Par-5 11th (4.564) R2: Par-4 13th (4.390) Par-5 6th (4.468) Par-3 12th (3.321) Par-4 17th (3.808) R3: Par-4 8th (4.209) Par-5 2nd (4.433)

Scoring Averages Pebble Beach Spyglass Hill Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.756 35.500 70.256 -- 36.167 36.231 72.397 -- R2: 35.156 37.104 72.260 71.252 36.564 36.615 73.179 72.788 R3: 35.119 36.537 71.657 71.374

Bogey-free rounds: R1 (10): Patrick Cantlay (62/PB), Akshay Bhatia (64/PB), Will Gordon (66/SH), Brian Stuard (66/PB), Daniel Berger (67/SH), Jason Day (69/PB), Luke Donald (69/SH), Patton Kizzire (69/PB), Kevin Streelman (69/SH), D.J. Trahan (69/SH) R2 (2): Sebastian Cappelen (65/PB), Francesco Molinari (70/PB) R3 (2): Kevin Streelman (67), Russell Knox (69)