Sepp Straka carded a 7-under 65 at Pebble Beach Golf Links to reach 14-under and take a three-shot lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He leads all players this week with 16 birdies through 36 holes.
“Hitting the ball really well early in the round, and then missed a few putts but made some really nice putts, too. So it was just all around a pretty solid day,” said Straka. Those last four, five holes played a little different. Especially playing into the wind, 16, 17 was pretty tough. Yeah, definitely happy I don’t have to play any more holes out there.
“Especially we had zero wind for the first 14 holes, 13 holes, whatever it was. This course, the greens are tiny, but if there’s no wind and you’re in the fairway you can really take advantage of it. But once you pick up a little bit of wind, it’s harder to hit fairways and the greens obviously play a lot smaller.
“The forecast looks pretty rough. I think it’s going to be a lot more challenging. Yeah, looking forward to that challenge.”
The Austrian has won three times on the PGA Tour so far including at the 2025 American Express two weeks ago.
Straka holds the 36-hole lead/co-lead for the second time on Tour following the 2024 RBC Heritage where he finished T5.
He finished No. 27 in the 2024 FedExCup standings, his sixth consecutive season qualifying for the FedExCup playoffs and third straight year advancing to the Tour Championship.
Overnight leader Russell Henley of the United States signed for a 69 at Pebble Beach and moved down into a share of second place at 11-under alongside Australian Cam Davis who shot 68, his best 36-hole position on Tour since the 2022 Travelers Championship, also T2.
Americans Tony Finau (67) and Andrew Novak (bogey-free, 65), both playing Spyglass Hill, are tied in fourth place alongside compatriot Austin Eckroat who shot 67 at Pebble Beach.
Eckroat sits inside the top-5 after 36 holes for the fifth time in his career. In two of the previous four instances, he went on to win (2024 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, 2024 World Wide Technology Championship).
Also tied in fourth are Korean Tom Kim who recorded a bogey-free 65 at Pebble Beach and England’s Justin Rose who signed for a 69 at Soyglass Hill.
At 20-under, Andrew Novak and Philippe Laffont (Coatue Management) won the Pro-Am portion of the competition by one stroke over Sahith Theegala/Shantanu Narayen and Tony Finau/Ryan Smith.
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The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is the fifth event of the 2025 PGA Tour season and second Signature Event. The no-cut event features amateurs playing alongside professionals during the first two rounds at Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill with all 80 professionals going on to play on the weekend at Pebble Beach only.
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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepp Straka(PB) | -14 | 65 | 65 | 130 |
| T2 | Russell Henley(PB) | -11 | 64 | 69 | 133 |
| T2 | Cam Davis(SH) | -11 | 65 | 68 | 133 |
| T4 | Tony Finau(SH) | -10 | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T4 | Andrew Novak(SH) | -10 | 69 | 65 | 134 |
| T4 | Tom Kim(PB) | -10 | 69 | 65 | 134 |
| T4 | Justin Rose(SH) | -10 | 65 | 69 | 134 |
| T4 | Austin Eckroat(PB) | -10 | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| T9 | Lee Hodges(SH) | -9 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T9 | Lucas Glover(SH) | -9 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T9 | Viktor Hovland(SH) | -9 | 65 | 70 | 135 |
| T9 | Eric Cole(SH) | -9 | 66 | 69 | 135 |
| T13 | Patrick Cantlay(SH) | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T13 | Shane Lowry(SH) | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T13 | Patrick Rodgers(PB) | -8 | 70 | 66 | 136 |
| T13 | Rasmus Højgaard(PB) | -8 | 65 | 71 | 136 |
| T13 | Collin Morikawa(PB) | -8 | 69 | 67 | 136 |
| T13 | Rory McIlroy(PB) | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T13 | Justin Thomas(PB) | -8 | 66 | 70 | 136 |
| T20 | Jhonattan Vegas(SH) | -7 | 70 | 67 | 137 |
| T20 | Nick Taylor(SH) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T20 | Sam Burns(SH) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T20 | Aaron Rai(SH) | -7 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T20 | Nick Dunlap(PB) | -7 | 69 | 68 | 137 |
| T20 | Billy Horschel(PB) | -7 | 72 | 65 | 137 |
| T20 | Rickie Fowler(SH) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T20 | Jake Knapp(SH) | -7 | 65 | 72 | 137 |
| T20 | Sam Stevens(SH) | -7 | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T20 | Scottie Scheffler(PB) | -7 | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T20 | Taylor Pendrith(SH) | -7 | 67 | 70 | 137 |
| T20 | Mackenzie Hughes(SH) | -7 | 68 | 69 | 137 |
| T32 | J.J. Spaun(PB) | -6 | 70 | 68 | 138 |
| T32 | Chris Kirk(PB) | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T32 | Tom Hoge(SH) | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T32 | Si Woo Kim(SH) | -6 | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T32 | Akshay Bhatia(SH) | -6 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T32 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout(SH) | -6 | 68 | 70 | 138 |
| T38 | J.T. Poston(SH) | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T38 | Sahith Theegala(SH) | -5 | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T38 | Hideki Matsuyama(PB) | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T38 | Jason Day(PB) | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T38 | Maverick McNealy(PB) | -5 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| T38 | Thomas Detry(SH) | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T38 | Davis Thompson(PB) | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T38 | Corey Conners(SH) | -5 | 70 | 69 | 139 |
| T38 | Ben Griffin(PB) | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T47 | Keith Mitchell(PB) | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T47 | Robert MacIntyre(SH) | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T47 | Gary Woodland(PB) | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T47 | Stephan Jaeger(SH) | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T47 | Min Woo Lee(PB) | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T47 | Byeong Hun An(PB) | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T47 | Sungjae Im(SH) | -4 | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T47 | Matt Fitzpatrick(PB) | -4 | 73 | 67 | 140 |
| T47 | Seamus Power(SH) | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T56 | Denny McCarthy(PB) | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T56 | Justin Lower(SH) | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| T56 | Matthieu Pavon(PB) | -3 | 68 | 73 | 141 |
| T56 | Tommy Fleetwood(PB) | -3 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T56 | Keegan Bradley(PB) | -3 | 72 | 69 | 141 |
| T56 | Taylor Moore(SH) | -3 | 73 | 68 | 141 |
| T62 | Max Greyserman(PB) | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| T62 | Beau Hossler(SH) | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| T62 | Harry Hall(SH) | -2 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| T62 | Jordan Spieth(PB) | -2 | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| T66 | Kevin Yu(SH) | -1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| T66 | Doug Ghim(PB) | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T66 | Max Homa(SH) | -1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| T66 | Brian Harman(PB) | -1 | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| T70 | Will Zalatoris(PB) | E | 70 | 74 | 144 |
| T70 | Nico Echavarria(PB) | E | 69 | 75 | 144 |
| T70 | Harris English(SH) | E | 68 | 76 | 144 |
| T70 | Erik van Rooyen(SH) | E | 67 | 77 | 144 |
| T70 | Mark Hubbard(PB) | E | 69 | 75 | 144 |
| T75 | Adam Scott(PB) | 1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| T75 | Adam Hadwin(PB) | 1 | 72 | 73 | 145 |
| 77 | Cameron Young(PB) | 2 | 73 | 73 | 146 |
| 78 | Wyndham Clark(SH) | 3 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| 79 | Brendon Todd(PB) | 4 | 75 | 73 | 148 |
| W/D | Ludvig Åberg | - | 77 | - | 77 |
