February 07-10
Pebble Beach GL,  Pebble Beach,  California
$7,600,000

Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

Phil Mickelson captured his 50th career worldwide title on Monday, finishing off the last two holes of his darkness-halted final round to win the US PGA Pebble Beach Pro-Am tournament.

The 48-year-old American closed with a six-foot birdie putt at the par-5 18th hole to complete a bogey-free final round of seven-under par 65 and conclude 72 holes on 19-under 268, defeating England's Paul Casey by three strokes.

Casey, who also birdied 18 to finish a last-round 71, and Mickelson were the only players stopped by darkness in Sunday's hail-delayed final round, Mickelson with two holes remaining and a three-stroke edge over Casey, who resumed by making a three-foot par putt at 16.

It was the fifth career PGA victory at Pebble Beach for Mickelson, who matched the all-time record set by fellow American Mark O'Meara. He also became the oldest-ever PGA winner at the famed California coastal layout.

"It has been a special week for me," Mickelson said. "This is a special place for me. Every time I come here I have special feelings."

It's the course where his grandfather worked as a caddie and where he began his pro career.

Mickelson claimed his 44th US PGA Tour title and has also won three European Tour titles, the 2004 Grand Slam of Golf and 2004 Skins Game and a 1993 Challenge Tour event in Paris.

Mickelson had not won on US soil since the 2013 Phoenix Open.

Five-time major champion Mickelson will try to complete a career Grand Slam at Pebble Beach in June at the US Open, an event where he has finished second a record six times, most recently in 2013.

And while he enjoyed the victory, Mickelson didn't consider it meaningful in any way for the US Open.

"(It means) absolutely nothing because it's nothing like the course we'll see," Mickelson said. "The rough will be so deep and the greens will be so fast it will be a totally different course."

Scott Stallings, the American who held the clubhouse lead at nightfall Sunday on 15-under, was on hand in case he might be involved in a playoff but settled for third.

Joining Casey and Mickelson on the course Monday was Don Colleran, a FedEx executive who with Casey led the two-man Pro-Am competition by one stroke at 33-under par. Casey's closing birdie ensured their triumph.

Casey decided to stop ahead of his putt on 16 Sunday even as Mickelson pushed to start the par-3 17th hole.

"I thank Paul for having us come back out here this morning," Mickelson said. "I get sometimes in my own little bubble and I don't see the big picture. He protected both of us."

When they did tee off Monday morning in cold conditions at 17, Mickelson and Casey each drove the ball about eight feet from the cup, missed a birdie putt and tapped in for par.

At 18, Mickelson put the ball in the fairway twice and dropped his approach six feet from the cup to set up his final birdie putt.

Casey was just shy of the green in two but got up and down from six feet to finish second alone.

"I take a lot from this," Casey said. "I worked on some things, warm-up routines -- I've worked hard on the putting and it's starting to pay dividends."

Casey was pleased to join Colleran as a Pro-Am champion after a near miss last year.

"Over the moon we got the win," Casey said. "This was a big goal."

Round 4 - Phil Mickelson leading by 3 shots as play suspended

Phil Mickelson was closing in on a fifth Pebble Beach Pro-Am title when darkness halted play in the final round of the weather-hit US PGA Tour tournament.

Mickelson will return to play the last two holes on Monday holding a three-shot lead over playing partner Paul Casey.

Red-hot Mickelson and Casey had opposing views on whether to continue as darkness fell, Mickelson putting out for a par at the 16th and saying he was ready to head to 17 as Casey opted to call it a day with a three-foot putt for par in front of him.

"I can see fine," Mickelson told a rules official on the 16th green. But he said he understood Casey's perspective.

"I get exactly where Paul's coming from," Mickelson said. "It's dark and we're going to have a good chance tomorrow to come out on fresh greens. They got pretty rough this afternoon so I totally get it.

"But I have pretty good vision, I can see fine and I'm playing well so I wanted to continue, that's all there is to it.

Casey said he didn't see why they should continue in the gathering darkness when they wouldn't be able to complete the round.

"From my angle it was are we going to get 18 done," he said. "We weren't going to get 18 done."

The last two groups didn't tee off until after two weather delays, with rain postponing the start of play for an hour and a hailstorm bringing another two-hour hold-up.

Mickelson, gunning for a 44th US PGA Tour title, was unfazed by the uncertainty.

He started the day three shots off Casey's lead but roared to the top of the leaderboard with six birdies that put him 18-under for the tournament with two holes remaining.

He gained ground with birdies at the par-five second and the fourth, then made back-to-back birdies at the ninth and 10th -- two of the toughest holes on the course.

He curled in a seven-footer for birdie at 13 and drained a six-footer at 14.

Casey, meanwhile, struggled to get anything going. A birdie at the second was followed by eight straight pars before back-to-back bogeys at 11 and 12.

A birdie from the fringe at 14 left him even for the day and 15-under par for the tournament.

American Scott Stallings was in the clubhouse on 15-under after a six-under par 66 with Jason Day of Australian and South Korean Kim Si-woo tied for fourth on 13-under.

Casey called Mickelson's effort "a phenomenal round of golf" but added: "It's not over yet".

Mickelson, who could join Mark O'Meara as the only five-time winners of the tournament, is no stranger to the fickle February weather on the Monterey Peninsula.

The last time the final round was played on Monday was in 2000, when Tiger Woods rallied from a five-shot deficit.

In 2009, rain prevented a planned Monday finish and Dustin Johnson was declared the winner after 54 holes.

Mickelson's first Pebble Beach title back in 1998 came when the weather was so bad that the final round was actually played on a Monday in August -- six months after the tournament began.

"That's probably a good omen," Mickelson said.

Round 3 - Paul Casey takes 3-shot lead over Mickelson

England's Paul Casey fired six birdies in a five-under par 65 on Saturday to pull away to a three-stroke lead over five-time major winner Phil Mickelson at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Casey played at Spyglass Hill, one of three courses in use over the first three rounds, and after a birdie and bogey on the front nine he birdied five holes coming in.

Having started the round in a four-way tie for the lead, his 67 gave him a 15-under par total of 200 and a three-shot lead over Mickelson, who carded a two-under par 70 at Pebble Beach for a 12-under total of 203.

Mickelson, among the leaders starting the round, was even for the day through nine after three bogeys and three birdies.

After a second straight bogey at the 10th, he rallied with a birdie at the 13th, where he landed a wedge three feet from the pin, and an eagle at the par-five 14th -- where he stuck his second shot within four feet.

"I actually thought it was a successful round," said Mickelson, who said the sometimes-heavy showers made the going tough at times.

"It was difficult out there, especially around the turn there," he said. "It was very difficult but I was able to come back when it cleared up.

"I've got a good chance going into tomorrow," added Mickelson, who will be playing in the final group on Sunday for the second time in his last three starts.

Mickelson, who made his 500th career cut on Saturday, could join Mark O'Meara as the only five-time winners of the event, Mickelson's most recent triumph coming in 2012.

"I just have to play a good solid round," Mickelson said. "Obviously Paul is playing some great golf. He's going to be tough to catch."

Casey, coming off a runner-up finish in the Singapore Open in January, said that performance at Sentosa Golf Club had energized him.

"The juices were going. Because of that I'm playing better," said Casey, who was enjoying the Pro-Am experience, which can test the patience of the pros -- especially with the kind of soaking weather that has further slowed things this week.

"It's tricky on occasions, but you have to embrace it," Casey said. "The bit you can't control, the weather, you've just got to cross your fingers and hope you're at the right part of the golf course at the right time.

"It's such a joy playing these courses," added Casey, who is seeking a third US PGA Tour title. "I've always loved Pebble -- how could you not?"

Americans Scott Piercy and Lucas Glover shared third place on 204. A late bogey at Monterey Peninsula saw Glover drop from 12-under to 11-under 204 after a 70. Piercy carded a 69 at Spyglass.

Jordan Spieth, who was tied for the lead through 16 holes when rain halted the second round on Friday, returned with a late bogey to start the third round one off the pace.

He was in the hunt until two double bogeys on the back nine at Pebble Beach left him eight adrift.