Winner: Charles Howell III
Around the wider world of golf: Danny Willett won the DP World Tour Championship on the ET while Francesco Molinari took the Race to Dubai; Lexi Thompson won the CME Group Tour Championship on the LPGA while Ariya Jutanugarn won the Race to the CME Globe (as well as the Vare Trophy and pretty much everything else); Abraham Ancer became the first Mexican to win the Emirates Australian Open on the Australasian Tour; Isidro Benitez won the 113 VISA Open de Argentina on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica; Kodai Ichihara won the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament on the Japan Golf Tour; and Shubhankar Sharma won the ET's Rookie of the Year Award.
We've seen several players cease lengthy winless droughts this season, but the way Charles Howell III did it has to be one of, if no longer the most dramatic of the 12 months. After beginning three-over after two holes, Charles went 6-beneath over the subsequent 16 holes to pressure a -hole playoff.
Which he won in dramatic fashion. He did not lower back into the win. He birdied 15, 16 and 17, then he hit putts that barely overlooked getting in on 18 two times.
The 0.33 putt on 18 did not barely leave out. And CH3 nearly broke down in tears whilst it did not.
I'm certain he's been near tears numerous instances during the last 11 years as nicely. I personally don't suppose a participant wishes to express regret for 'just' retaining his card and making hundreds of thousands of greenbacks in an age wherein younger hotshots and not using a staying power come and pass each 12 months. But Charles believes that he ought to have won greater, in spite of the reality that "capacity" regularly means not anything inside the actual international.
Clearly even though, the warfare has toughened him up a chunk and pressured him to grow to be a higher participant. And he ends this part of the wraparound season with a win and a shiny new Limerick Summary -- his first! -- as he enters Thanksgiving week with the correct mindset. Congrats, Charles!
Another drought comes to an quit
With Charles?S 0.33 PGA win.
It took seven years
And he?S shed a few tears
But this week he’s the best that he’s been. The photo came from this page at pgatour.com.
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