AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am: Round 4 Notebook

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Dustin Johnson shot a 16-under 270 to win his second straight AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by one shot over David Duval and J.B. Holmes.

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• Prior to Johnson's birdie on No. 18 to win today, Davis Love III (2003) was the last player in the final group to birdie the 72nd hole to win the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He won by one shot over Tom Lehman.

• Defending champion Johnson, 25, becomes the second United States native in his 20s with three or more PGA TOUR victories. Sean O'Hair has won three events -- 2004 John Deere Classic, 2008 Transitions Championship, 2009 Quail Hollow Championship. Aussie Adam Scott (six wins) is the only other player in his 20s with three or more TOUR wins.

• Back-to-back winners at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Sam Snead -- 1937-38 (1937 was 18 holes; 1938 was 36 holes)
Cary Middlecoff -- 1955-56 (54 holes)
Jack Nicklaus -- 1972-73 (72 holes)
Tom Watson -- 1977-78 (72 holes)
Mark O'Meara -- 1989-90 (72 holes)
Dustin Johnson -- 2009-10 (2009 was rain-shortened 54 holes; 2010 was 72 holes)

• In 2009, there were six different players (Geoff Ogilvy, Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Kenny Perry, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods) that held the FedExCup lead throughout the 36-week season. Through the first six weeks this season there have been five different point leaders for the FedExCup.

• Johnson (AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and Geoff Ogilvy (SBS Championship) have successfully defended titles in 2010. Three players -- Mickelson (Northern Trust Open), Woods (Arnold Palmer Invitational) and Johnson (Valero Texas Open) successfully defended titles in 2009.

• The last time Duval shot all four rounds in the 60s at a 72-hole event was at the 2001 Buick Challenge when he lost in a playoff to Chris DiMarco. Duval did open with four rounds in the 60s at the 2002 Bob Hope Classic and 2002 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas, 90-hole events, but closed with a 70.

• J.B. Holmes (T2) and Steve Marino (4) both finished in the top-10 last week at the Northern Trust Open (Holmes-T3 and Marino -- T5).

• The final round stroke average at Pebble Beach Golf Links was 73.217, compared to a cumulative 70.833 through the first three rounds on Pebble Beach Golf Links.

• Duval did not record a top-10 finish from 2003-2008, but now has one in each of the last two seasons (T2 -- 2009 U.S. Open and T2 -- 2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am).

• Paul Goydos (T5) went 45 consecutive holes without a bogey until he bogeyed the par-3 5th hole in the final round. Prior to that, his last bogey was in Round 1 on his 13thhole (No. 4) at Monterey Peninsula.

• Josh Teater is the fourth different rookie in the first five weeks of the season to take low-rookie honors. Of the four rookies that have taken rookie honors only Rickie Fowler had played in more than one TOUR event coming into this season.

• Goydos has seven made cuts and seven missed cuts at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, but when he has made the cut he never finished lower than T32. Goydos now has three top-10 finishes and five top-25 finishes at Pebble Beach. Goydos also played in 1996 when the event was cancelled and had to WD in 1998 after two rounds.

• Johnson held a share of the lead after each round this week on his way to victory. Eight previous 72-hole winners of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am held at least a share of the lead for all four rounds -- Phil Mickelson (2005 and 2007), Tom Shaw (1970) Bert Yancey (1970), Lloyd Mangrum (1953), Jimmy Demaret (1952), Lloyd Mangrum (1948) and Ed Oliver (1940). Mickelson (2005) is the only wire-to-wire winner in tournament history.

• Johnson's only previous 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR was at the 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where the final round was washed out and he was declared the winner.

• Since 1936, there have been nine occasions in the United States where a major championship was contested on a course that also hosted a PGA TOUR event that same season. Tiger Woods (2000 and 2008), Jack Nicklaus (1972) and Ben Hogan (1948) are the only players to ever win both the TOUR event and the major championship that were held on the same course in the same year.

• Johnson's final-round 74 was highest final round for winner on PGA TOUR since Parker McLachlin shot an identical 74 at the 2008 Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.

• Johnson's final-round 74 was highest final round for winner at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am since Johnny Miller posted a 74 in capturing the 1994 event.

• Five of six PGA TOUR events thus far in 2010 have been decided by one stroke: