Pebble Wrap-up

Well, Omar never got things going in his quest to make the cut at Pebble Beach, and he walked away from the Monterey Peninsula without a check. This extends his missed-cut streak to two events, and pushing his streak of events without a top-60 finish to three. It is hard to analyze his 2nd-round 66 at Monterey Peninsula or his third-round 75 at Spyglass Hill, as ShotTracker information was not available for either course.

In Omar's 2nd-round 66, he opened admirably, with three birdies in his first 5 holes, and he would ultimately play a solid bogey-free round. This pushed O into the top 50 of the leaderboard, and it appeared that another decent round at Spyglass would ensure a made cut, something along the lines of even par.

However, Spyglass in known for being the toughest course in the Pebble rota, with an abundance of trees and tricky greens, and Omar's third-round 75 exemplified this and sent him packing his bags. Omar ultimately failed to make a birdie in the round until the 9th, his final hole of the day, and by then it was simply too little, too late.

Omar will head to Mexico this week to play in the Mayakoba Classic, an opposite-field event to the Accenture Match Play Championship. With a weaker field, this event should give Omar a chance to make a cut and put his season on the right track. If he can hit fairways and greens, which he can usually do with some form of consistency, a made cut may be in the cards, maybe even a top-25 finish. I predict a finish in the 30th to 40th place range, and if that happens, I think Omar would be satisfied. Check back later this week for updates.



Brehaut is off this week, as the Nationwide Tour is off. Jeff did not receive a sponsor's exemption for Mexico, and this is not a surprise, as he is not exactly a player who would be expected to draw a big crowd. Hopefully he is getting his game ready for whenever he makes his return to the Nationwide Tour, which should be at the tour's next stop later this month.