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Hoge dials in to win Pebble Beach Pro-Am

America’s Tom Hoge made four birdies on the back nine to overtake fellow countryman Jordan Spieth and claim his first PGA Tour victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

One of three co-leaders after 54 holes, Hoge bounced back from a double-bogey at the par-3 fifth to card a four-under-par final round of 68, taking him to 19-under for the tournament.

That proved to be two shots better than Spieth, the three-time major winner who led for a lengthy spell on the back nine on Sunday. A tee shot into the sand led to a costly bogey for Spieth at the par-3 17th as Hoge surged past him.

Hoge rolled his approach at the 16th nine inches away from the cup for a tap-in birdie. That moved him to 18-under and into a tie for the lead with Spieth, who was in the greenside bunker one hole ahead of him.

Spieth’s second shot from the sand bounced past the hole and stopped five feet away, but he missed his putt to save par and dropped out of the tie with Hoge, who then sunk a 22-foot putt for birdie to give himself a two-stroke cushion.

“I’ve always kind of got myself into position and then just felt a little bit uncomfortable on Sundays out there,” Hoge said following his victory. “Finally today I felt great the whole day and felt real calm, standing over those putts you need to make down the stretch. It’s awesome. You work through so many hard times to be here and to finally pull one off feels incredible.”
Hoge, 32, who finished second in last month’s The American Express, moved into the world’s top 50 for the first time in his career with the win, rising from 68th to 39th. He has played in 64 PGA Tour events since graduating from the Web.com Tour in 2015.

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