The Limerick Summary: 2019 Honda Classic

Winner: Keith Mitchell

Around the wider world of golf: Sung Hyun Park won the HSBC Women's World Championship on the LPGA; Mark O'Meara won the Cologuard Classic on the Champions Tour; and Kurt Kitayama won the Oman Open on the ET.

First, my Tuesday Twofers replace: I picked Justin Thomas (T30) to win and Rickie Fowler (T2) to Top10. I'm beginning to think JT is simply worn-out -- both that or he doesn't like me. But I maintain to do pretty nicely with Top10 finishes:

• Winners: 2 for 9
• Place well (Top10): 7 for 9 (4 Top5 finish, 3 more Top10s)
• Overall Top10s: 12 of 18 (6 Top5s, 6 more Top10s)

I don't feel too bad about missing the winner this week, though. I doubt anybody had Keith Mitchell on their radar. He hasn't won on the PGA TOUR Latinoamerica or the Web.com Tour, although he's had some Top5 showings on both.

He were given every other Top5 this week on the Honda. It was simply the exceptional Top5 available.

You have to sense good for him approximately this win. He overlooked his very last putt on the Web.Com Tour last season, and that value him a Tour card. Then on Sunday he started his very last round with bogies...

And shot 4-under on the ultimate seven holes (one-under thru the Bear Trap!) to win the tournament outright and get that Tour card he has so desperately wanted. All he did changed into beat Rickie and Brooks Koepka, who were charging down the stretch themselves.

Yes, a sense-true tale if ever there has been one.

So now Keith gets a Tour card, a huge paycheck, a bunch of exemptions into big tournaments (can you say Augusta?) and, best of all, a shiny new Limerick Summary to commemorate the whole thing. Yes, definitely a feel-good story.

The Bear Trap became snapping all day

Till Mitchell proved he came to play.

Four-beneath in seven;

That have to feel like heaven!

It’s how Keith put this one away. The photo came from this page at pgatour.com.