Aaron Rodgers follows his putt on the 16th green of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Sunday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
PEBBLE BEACH — The second showdown this season between Aaron Rodgers and Josh Allen in two different sports won’t happen.
Young Canadian pro Ben Silverman and the Green Bay Packers quarterback claimed the weather-altered pro-am division of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by one stroke Sunday. The event was shortened to 54 holes, something Allen, the Buffalo Bills quarterback who finished four shots behind with pro partner Keith Mitchell, teased Rodgers about.
“Josh Allen was telling me there’s going to be an asterisk by this win because there was only three rounds,” said Rodgers. “But I think that our names are going to be up there for a long time.”
Rodgers and Silverman, who missed the professional cut by two shots and shot 1-over-par 216, finished at 26 under. Peter Malnati, a one-time PGA Tour winner also in contention for the pro title, and Don Colleran, the former CEO of FedEx, finished second.
The Bills defeated the Packers last October in the eighth week of the National Football League season. The Packers didn’t make the playoffs this season for the fourth time in Rodgers’ 15 seasons with the team. The Bills lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 27–10 in the divisional playoffs.
“Yeah, it’s really significant,” said Rodgers of the duo’s win. “It’s always been on my bucket list. I played in Tahoe (Celebrity) event 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.”
Added Silverman: “I can take this one; He’s an athlete, man. Top performer. He knows how to get it done and that’s what he did. It wasn’t like all four days or three rounds of beautiful golf .. When I was making doubles he was making pars. He knew how to get it done.”
The pro-am division, featuring the top-25 pro-am teams after three rounds, was scheduled to compete with the pros in the final round Sunday.
But when the third round was stopped Saturday because of excessive winds, the pro-am division was streamlined to finish early Sunday. The fourth round, expected to finish Monday, was limited to only the pro field. It was expanded from 60 to 65 top scores and ties. Seventy players participated.
Former champs depart
Ted Potter Jr., (2018), Jimmy Walker (2014) and D.A. Points (2011), all AT&T winners, missed the cut.
Potter (76) finished at 4 over, Points (75) was 7 over and Walker (76) finished at 12 over and last in the field.
Originally published at James Raia