Winner: Jonas Blixt/Cameron Smith
Around the wider world of golf: Haru Nomura won the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout on the LPGA; Yusaku Miyazato won The Crowns on the Japan Golf Tour; Shiv Kapur won the Yeangder Heritage on the Asian Tour; Matt Atkins won the El Bosque Mexico Championship on the Web.com Tour; and Alexander Levy won the Volvo China Open on the ET.
Zurich desired something that would revive an occasion that turned into suffering, no matter its place in New Orleans, because of its area within the agenda. They were given that, and greater -- a gripping event wherein gamers posted improbable scores in tough conditions.
And they got a playoff inside the bargain, wherein very hot teams needed to hang around for an additional day to settle the rating. The groups of Kevin Kisner/ Scott Brown and Jonas Blixt/Cameron Smith had sunk chips and putts from anywhere with apparent ease at some point of the occasion proper, in spite of the hard situations, leaving their competition to grind their tooth in frustration.
Unfortunately, the playoff wasn't nearly as gripping as the match. Perhaps -- and I suspect that is certainly the case -- the gamers surely burned themselves out in the seventy two-hole crucible created by using 20 mph winds, heavy rain and unpredictable breaks for dangerous lightning. It's the simplest cause I can locate for the lack of birdies in Monday's playoff -- 4 men play 4 holes (3 par-5s) and they are able to most effective muster one birdie.
The drain became glaring when young Cameron Smith, getting his first win and a valuable -year exemption, become unable to even inform Dottie Pepper how glad he became. Overcome with emotion, he needed to let partner and -time Tour winner Jonas Blixt do the speakme.
While the stop may not have been as exciting as we would have appreciated, it is quite clean that Zurich hit a home run with this one. Will it have staying power? It's difficult to tell, but the occasion's uniqueness -- and desirable perks -- might also thoroughly do the activity.
True, the newly-remodeled Zurich Classic does not offer a experience to the Masters. But it DOES offer a Limerick Summary, much like some other occasion. And that's what truely topics, is not it?
Four days combating excessive winds and rain
Still wasn't sufficient to restrain
The warm putters of Blixt
And his young companion Smith?
But the playoff was much more mundane. The photo came from the tournament wrap-up page at PGATOUR.com.
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