Alright, so Wyndham Clark at Pebble Beach this year. I decided I was gonna really focus on that one, you know? Like, properly sit down and absorb it. Not just catch the highlights later.
So, there I was, early starts, coffee brewing, the whole nine yards. I had this feeling something interesting was gonna happen. Pebble, man, it always has that vibe. You tune in expecting the scenery, but sometimes the golf just explodes.
And boy, did it. I was tracking Clark’s round, almost shot by shot on the app when the TV coverage was doing its usual wandering. Suddenly, the numbers start looking ridiculous. A 60! At Pebble Beach! I practically jumped out of my chair. A course record! That’s the kind of stuff you tell people you saw live, even if it’s just on a screen. I was thinking, “This is it, this is why I cleared my schedule.” Pure magic, that Saturday.
Then, the other shoe drops. The weather. Of course, it’s Pebble, what else is new? Sunday gets wiped out. And just like that, tournament’s over. Clark wins. With a 60 in the books, mind you, but still, a 54-hole win. It always leaves a funny taste, doesn’t it? Like, you got this incredible performance, this historic round, but then the whole thing gets cut short. Some folks were grumbling, “Does it really count the same?”
It got me thinking, this whole process of watching it unfold. You see the raw skill, the guy is clearly dialled in, making putts from everywhere. He did his job, shot the lights out. You can’t control the weather, can you? He put himself in that position. It’s like, you prepare, you execute, and then sometimes the world just… stops. And you take what you got.
I guess what I took away from meticulously following that whole saga was just how nuts sports can be. One day you’re witnessing history, the next you’re debating asterisks. But that 60? I saw that. I followed every bit of that build-up. And no weather report can change how good that round was. That’s the piece I’ll remember, the sheer brilliance of it, even if the ending felt a bit abrupt. It’s like getting a fantastic meal and then the restaurant closes early. Still ate well, though.
