Jordan Spieth hits his tee shot on the fourth hole during the final round at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Sunday.Jeff Gross/Getty Images
Jordan Spieth kept it simple Sunday and won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for the ninth PGA Tour title of his young career.
Spieth started with a six-shot lead and no one got closer than three all day. He putted for birdie on all but one hole and closed with a 2-under 70 for a four-shot victory over former U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft, who shot 67.
U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson shot 68 to finish third.
The scenery was as spectacular as it gets on the Monterey Peninsula. The final round was on the dull side, and that was just fine with Spieth.
"That's a dream round when you're leading by a bunch," Spieth said.
It was his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour since the Masters, where he lost a five-shot lead on the back nine at Augusta National. The 23-year-old Texan ran off 14 straight pars until a 30-foot birdie on the par-3 17th. That allowed for an easy walk up the 18th, a closing hole even more gorgeous with a four-shot lead.
Spieth's only other birdie was on the par-5 second when he two-putted from 12 feet.
One day after he took only 23 putts on the bumpy greens of Pebble Beach, he didn't look to be trying to make anything from above the hole to avoid putting himself in a position to drop shots.
No one could put any pressure on him over the opening seven holes, which is where rallies begin at Pebble Beach.
Two-time Pebble Beach winner Brandt Snedeker, playing in the final group with Spieth, managed three birdies through six holes to get within four shots, but he narrowly missed birdie chances on the fifth and seventh holes, falling back with a bogey on the ninth. Snedeker closed with nine straight pars for a fourth-place 70.
Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., and Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., both shot a final-round 71 to finish the tournament at 8-under 279 and tied for 10th. Ottawa's Brad Fritsch (71) was 33rd while Adam Hadwin (73) of Abbotsford was 39th.