Aaron Rodgers gained an event in early February. It simply wasn’t the one he wished.
Rodgers and PGA Tour professional Ben Silverman gained the online portion of the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with a rating of 26 underneath over the course of three days. The remaining spherical was canceled after inclement climate bumped the skilled half of the event into Monday. The duo shot 62-60-67 for 3 rounds and defeated Peter Malnati and Don Colleran, an government at FedEx.
“It’s really significant,” Rodgers mentioned of the victory. “It’s always been on my bucket list. I played in Tahoe for 18 years and never really sniffed higher than, like, eighth. But I felt good about the partnership this week. Ben’s such a great guy. I knew we were going to have fun. Playing with Darius Rucker, I’ve known him for over a decade. He’s a fantastic guy. You know it’s going to be a great week.
“Then we put collectively a pair good rounds. The first two. Today, particularly the final 10 holes, I used to be in my pocket and my associate picked me up.”
Rodgers’ handicap of 10 received referred to as into query various instances all through the week — he is a extremely good participant who has been featured in a number of editions of The Match — however he mentioned after the event that he hasn’t performed since earlier than the NFL season began, which can have contributed to a bloated handicap.
“I had no confidence coming in,” he mentioned. “I shot 86 at Sherwood on Monday and that was with a couple balls in my pocket on some holes. And I played at Cypress on Tuesday with a good friend of mine … My caddie was out there with me too. If you would have seen that you wouldn’t have expected anything this week. But something clicked in when I went to Spy. Had a good round at Monterey Peninsula on Friday. Then we battled the wind the last couple days.
“But this can be a fairly huge deal for me. I’m not going to sugar coat it. It’s an awesome week simply as a, you understand, by itself, spending time with Ben. But successful is the sweetest.”
How good was Rodgers this week? His associate, Silverman, missed the skilled reduce by two they usually nonetheless gained the online championship.
Previous winners of the amateur facet of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am embody Larry Fitzgerald and Bill Murray, though they each did it over the course of 72 holes. Rodgers mentioned the shortened event will not have an effect on how a lot he jaws about it to fellow rivals.
“You’re damn right [I’ll have bragging rights],” he mentioned. “Yeah. For sure. Josh Allen was telling me there’s going to be an asterisk by this win because there was only three rounds. But I think that name our names are going to be up there for a long time.”