2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am leaderboard, scores: Scottie Scheffler among three tied for lead after Round 2

The former athletes and business executives may be exiting stage left, but the stars are here to stay for the weekend at the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler headlines the first page of the leaderboard on the Monterey Coast at 11 under, where he is joined in the lead position by Thomas Detry and Ludvig Åberg.

Scheffler signed for the round of the day with an 8-under 64 at Pebble Beach and climbed from an overnight share of 15th into a share of first along the way. The ball-striking maestro was his usual self, hitting 17 greens in regulation and ranking third from tee to green and third from approach, but it was his putting which propelled him to low honors.

Carding eight birdies in total, Scheffler saw four of his par breakers come from outside 8 feet. It began on No. 1 with a birdie conversion from 40 feet and continued around the turn with confident strokes on putts from 8 feet and 11 feet. A hefty diet of pars saw Scheffler arrive at the par-3 17th 9 under for the tournament before the putter once again took over.

After pulling his tee shot to the left side of the green, the Texan rolled in another one from distance with his 35-foot bomb to get to 10 under. A birdie on the par-5 finisher just inside 8 feet completed Scheffler's summit to the top as he holds a share of the 36-hole lead for already the second time in this young season.

Scheffler looks for his first win on the PGA Tour since the 2023 Players Championship and will have to deal with a field of similar caliber. Åberg looks as ready as ever to nab another trophy, as do other winners from the 2023 season like Emiliano Grillo (-9), Keegan Bradley (-8), Matt Fitzpatrick (-7), Si Woo Kim (-7), Sam Burns (-7) and Collin Morikawa (-7).

A bit closer to the action are a couple of Scheffler's Ryder Cup teammates who have failed to enter the winner's circle in recent memory. Patrick Cantlay continued his love affair with his home state of California with a solid second round to get to 10 under while Justin Thomas sits just one more back after two rounds of solid play.

The leaders

T1. Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Åberg, Thomas Detry (-11)

We must give Detry his flowers since this marks the second straight week he heads into the weekend in contention, but eyes inevitably are drawn to the other two names. Åberg did not have his best stuff around Pebble Beach Friday; he struggled with his iron play and lost nearly a stroke on approach. The Swede more than made up for it with his short game, as evidenced by an opening birdie from north of 40 feet and a making a putt from off the green for eagle on his following hole. Åberg tacked on four more birdies across his final 16 holes, converting efforts from 29 feet, 13 feet and 9 feet.

Other contenders

4. Patrick Cantlay (-10)
T5. Justin Thomas, Emiliano Grillo, Matthieu Pavon (-9)
T8. Keegan Bradley, Beau Hossler (-8)
T10. Collin Morikawa, Tom Hoge, Matt Fitzpatrick, Si Woo Kim, Peter Malnati, Sam Burns (-7)

There's a murderers' row behind the leaders, with major champions like Morikawa, Fitzpatrick, Bradley and Thomas who may prove to be the most dangerous. The 15-time PGA Tour winner is finding his form with four straight top-five finishes ahead of this week, and it could all materialize into his first victory since the 2022 PGA Championship. Thomas led the field in strokes gained tee to green among those who played Pebble Beach Friday and has proven to be up to the task if the weather turns sour. 

"I'm plenty comfortable enough and playing well enough to win," said Thomas. "I feel like I am. It's just about doing it and getting myself in contention more often and kind of feeling those feelings again. I mean, at AmEx it was unfamiliar, I hadn't been in a final group for a while. It's just continue to keep playing well and just keep working on the things I'm working on and just trying to not make the game any harder than it is really."

A tale of two days

Between the talent disparity and conditions easing at Pebble Beach Friday, the scoring difference between the two waves is notable. Those who played Spyglass Hill in Round 1 and Pebble Beach in Round 2 averaged nearly three strokes less than their counterparts on the other rotation in the first 36 holes. Last week's winner, Pavon, is the lone player on the opposite end of the draw to be inside the top five with Morikawa, Fitzpatrick, Burns and Kim rounding out the top 10.

Round 1 scoring average — Pebble Beach: -1.00 | Spyglass Hill: -1.68
Round 2 scoring average — Pebble Beach: -2.66 | Spyglass Hill:  -1.09

Weather update

According to the PGA Tour, this is how the rest of the tournament will play out with dodgy weather expected to come into play Sunday: Competitors will play 18 holes Saturday no matter what as a competitive advantage could be achieved by half the field if they were to play as many holes as possible. If Sunday is a wash due to rain and 60 mph winds, then they will play the final round Monday. If more than half the field completes their final round on Monday, players will come back Tuesday to finish whatever needs to be completed. If half the field does not finish the final round Monday, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will be shortened to 54 holes.

2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am updated odds and picks

• Scottie Scheffler: 2-1
• Ludvig Åberg: 4-1
• Patrick Cantlay: 11/2
• Justin Thomas: 9-1
• Thomas Detry: 11-1
• Matthieu Pavon: 28-1
• Emiliano Grillo: 30-1
• Collin Morikawa: 30-1

I think there is some value in Morikawa at 30-1 if this thing goes 72 holes, but if the third round does prove to be the final round due to weather and subsequent delays then Thomas at 9-1 might be the best option. He led the field from tee to green on Friday and left plenty of strokes out there. If the putter heats up ever so slightly, Thomas is capable of posting a third round in the mid 60s to make up a two-stroke deficit quickly.