TEE TIMES @ PEBBLE BEACH ROUND 1 - 1:29PM ET (PB) ROUND 2 - 12:24PM ET* (SH) Hideki has been paired with best player in the world Scottie Scheffler 🔥

We are onto Pebble Beach this week for the first signature event of the year ✅ Hideki’s never really had much success here, with his best finish being a T21 in the 2019 US Open, and a T71 & T48 in the last two years.

A nice move for Hideki in the rankings this week: 🌎 OWGR: ⬆️3️⃣ to #11 🏆 FedEx Cup: ⬆️1️⃣4️⃣ to #6 @DataGolf has him as #8 in the world currently too ✅

Tough result for Hideki today, can’t remember the last time he ‘choked’ a lead like that, if ever. The driving issues just caught up to him on that last hole. Always fun to watch him in contention though and hopefully he can carry on this good early season form ✅

I personally enjoy the atmosphere around this tournament a lot, but twice there at crucial moments a fan shouted in Hideki’s backswing. Such a tough way to lose out.

Gotterup rolls in a 25 footer to take the win with a birdie. Congrats to him 👏

Hideki drops and hits a beauty of a shot onto the green! He’ll have an outside look at par.

So Hideki’s tee shot actually cleared the water and then hit something and bounced back in. Maybe he was due a bad break, but that is just the worst.

Someone shouted in Hideki’s backswing and he had to back off. A shame to see that

Water off the tee for Hideki 😔

Ready to go in the play off! Gotterup is up first.

Pretty unlike Hideki not to close it out at the last, but the driving woes just caught up to him there. Has to block that out and go again up 18. His playoff record is really good (7-1) so hopefully he can win this.

Knocks it in for bogey. It’ll be a play off with Chris Gotterup.

It was always right of the hole. Runs it a few feet by as well.

Pretty average from there but it’s safe on the green. He will have 24 feet for the win.

Oh no. Ended up catching the lip. Really so far from his best. Gonna need one final quality pitch shot. 45 yards away in the first cut. Not a great angle either.

120 yards away in the church pews. Doesn’t look to have any lip issues. Just looking to find the green.

OH WOW. Takes driver and it is heading left, but just about manages to carry the water and go into the bunkers 😅 Still gonna be tough from there but it was looking worse for a while 😬

Definitely a nervy tee shot on 18, with how today has gone. Suspect he’ll take out the driver though. Find the fairway and it should be pretty comfortable from there 🙏

Just missed left. A par on 17. Par needed on 18 to take the win ✅ -4 thru 17 (1st; -17)