Morikawa survives a day of leader changes and uncertainty to win the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

On a wild final day at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Collin Morikawa provided a dramatic finish and two revelations.

The Bay Area native captured the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by a single stroke over Min Woo Lee and Sepp Straka on a day defined by lead changes and uncertain weather. It marks his first PGA Tour victory since 2023.

But Morikawa was eager to share something more personal. “Golf aside, we’re expecting later this year–in a few months,” he told fans, the media and a television audience.

As for golf, following a lengthy delay on the 18th fairway with the outcome in balance, he admitted to some stretched nerves.

“Man, I need a drink,” he says.

Ashkay Bhatia began the day in front. Throughout the day, however, several others rose to at least a share of the lead–notably Min Woo Lee, Scottie Scheffler, Sepp Straka, Sam Burns and Jacob Bridgeman.

“It was so easy to just look at the leaderboard, and anyone could have won,” Lee says.

Lee, Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood, among others, may have played hotter rounds, but Morikawa’s 5-under 67 proved to be just enough.

He recorded seven birdies and two bogies on the day, but it was his last of each that teed up the nail-biter.

Back-to-back birdies on 15 and 16 gave Morikawa the sole lead at -22 under. But on the par-3 17th, his drive sailed left of the green, missing the bunker but landing in an area of unruly grass, almost out of bounds. He gave up a stroke on the hole, falling back into the clutches of Lee and potentially others.

On 18 he set up on the right fairway, 235 yards to the hole. But then came a 20-minute wait. 

Bridgeman, playing in the group ahead, bashed an errant shot in a desperate attempt to eagle and remain in contention. The ball ended up on the rocky beach below the green and Bridgeman called for a rules official. 

He had two choices: play from the beach or return to where his ball crossed out of bounds. Bridgeman chose the former, but the shot ended up in the ocean and the one-time leader dropped out of the race.

Meanwhile, Morikawa waited, 4-iron in hand. “I tried to think about anything else other than golf,” he says. “Thankfully, you had the nicest backdrop you could ask for, so that was very, very easy.”

When able to resume, Morikawa challenged the pin, landing the ball in rough grass–finding the distance, but missing right by 26 feet. But his putt rolled within 16 inches, looking at a birdie for the win. After watching Straka birdie to make it a three-way tie for the lead, Morikawa tapped it in for the title.

Straka’s title contention almost slipped away early on after he bogeyed the 1st and did the same on the 5th. After faltering again on 13, Straka was playing 1-over on the day. But he recovered quickly, firing three birdies over the next four holes to close to within one of the leaders.

“I was just trying to hit the ball remotely towards the target, to be honest with you,” he explains. “I didn’t feel good with my game today at all.”

Despite wind that had been playing unpredictable havoc–rearing up and dying off–he chanced a drive on 18 over the ocean, finding the left fairway less than 200 yards from the flag. His second shot left him level with the pin, 10 feet away and looking at a likely birdie. But Straka dropped an eagle to momentarily lock him in a three-way tie with Morikawa and Lee.

He finished tied for second, a stroke back of the winner after a 4-under 68.

Lee had been the benefactor of Morikawa’s miscue on 17, thanks to a round in which he kept himself in the mix throughout. He cut four strokes on the front nine and another four on the back, including birdies on 17 and 18 to put him in a tie for the top.

“Obviously just shy of making the playoff, but I gave it my all,” he says.

Lee was left one back with Straka after a 7-under 65. But for much of the morning and early afternoon, part of his attention was on the world’s no. 1.

Scottie Scheffler does Scottie Scheffler things. And that means after a lackluster start to the Pro-Am, he charged forward on Sunday with a 9-under 63.

“I didn’t have really any crazy expectations on the day,” he admits. “I just wanted to show up and have a good attitude and play some good golf.”

Eight strokes back when he teed off at 8:28am, after just six holes he had gained 20 positions on the board. He eagled both 2 and 6. After the turn, he too was in the mix for the win. But Scheffler stumbled twice on the back nine, suffering bogeys on 12 and 15.

“That iron shot I hit into 13, I hit really nice–exactly how I wanted to,” Scheffler points out. “The wind was swirling out there and it was one we just got the wrong gust.”

But he eagled again on 18 to again become a threat should the leaders find trouble. Scheffler had never before played a round with three eagles. But three bogeys kept him just off the top.

Scheffler ended up tied with Fleetwood for fourth. 

Burns shared sixth with Bhatia, who played even on the day and tumbled five positions.

Ryo Hisatsune, a leader earlier in the tournament, was among six golfers in a tie for 8th at 18-under.

Morikawa’s win was in part a result of his recognition that anyone could win on an unpredictable day.

“I'd say after the birdie on 15 I knew that it wasn't going to be enough,” he says. “Like I had to keep going, keep making the birdies because you never know.”