Winner: Matt Kuchar
Around the wider world of golf: Gaby Lopez got her first win at the Blue Bay LPGA; Vijay Singh won the Schwab Cup Championship on the Champions Tour, but Bernhard Langer got his fifth Schwab Cup; Lee Westwood broke a four-year drought at the Nedbank Golf Challenge on the ET; Tatsunori Nukaga won the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters on the Japan Golf Tour; and Clodomiro Carranza won the Neuquén Argentina Classic on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.
It turned into a unusual little bit of symmetry. Lee Westwood had gained his last match on 20 April 2014. So had Matt Kuchar -- genuine equal day.
And here we have been, around 4 and a half of years later. Lee sooner or later broke his drought in South Africa, and Matt broke his in Mayakoba -- actual identical day.
The wins themselves were not quite the same though. Lee published a dominating four-stroke win.
Matt started out the day with a four-stroke lead... However matters went a bit downhill after that. He toughed it out down the final stretch to squeak out a one-stroke win over Danny Lee.
Still, after 4 winless years, it's difficult to find fault with Matt's performance. Lee broke down with emotion after his win, expressing how hard it can be when you don't know if you may ever do it again. The players around Lee struggled down the end, whilst Matt wasn't so fortunate. A quantity of chasing gamers shot four, five, six, even 8-beneath while Matt ought to handiest muster two-below.
Nevertheless, a win's a win and the trophy isn't sized by the margin of victory. A couple of hard seasons have subsequently given manner to victory for Matt, so he receives a sparkling Limerick Summary and a desire for a bright 2019. (Lee receives the wish as properly, though with out the limerick. But I search for him to snag certainly one of his own in 2019.)
And so Kuchar broke through an extended drought
But the final results become now not without doubt.
Though he led it through 4,
Loose play opened the door;
Just a single shot let him win out. The photo came from this page at pgatour.com.
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