McNealy Dazzles at Pebble Beach

It was a career week for second year PGA Tour pro and KPMG ambassador Maverick McNealy.

Finishing at 16-under par in solo second place, the best result of his PGA Tour career, McNealy put on a show at the 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. McNealy’s game really flourished in Sunday’s final round, where he carded a six under 66, highlighted by a five-birdie, five-under performance on the back nine.

“I’ve always been a guy where I have to earn my own confidence, and I earned a lot today,” McNealy said. “I was really proud of myself today, really proud of that back nine, especially how I got things going after stalling early. I think I figured out a way to manage myself and channel all the things I was feeling into playing better golf coming down the stretch.”

As a 16^th birthday present, McNealy was provided the opportunity to play Pebble Beach Golf Links for the first time. It’s a golf course that feels like home to the McNealy, and it’s no surprise that the best two results of his PGA Tour career (T-5 in 2020) have come at the legendary venue.

“I love everything about the west coast here,” McNealy said. “I love playing on poa, I love some cold heavy wind, and these are conditions that I’m really comfortable with and have played a lot in.”

McNealy’s second place finish vaulted his FedEx Cup ranking 63 spots from 93^rd to 30^th, and he hopes to build on this performance to really kick on in his sophomore season, which continues this week at the Genesis Open in Los Angeles.

“This is a step forward and definitely a step in the right direction,” McNealy said. “I learned a lot today. I knew that was going to happen with starting in the position I was in, but I think I found a recipe that’s going to be pretty good and is going to serve me well going forward. I learned a lot about my tendencies in these situations, and I just can’t wait to get back in this situation.”

Congratulations to Maverick on a stellar performance and best of luck this week at Riviera!