Winner: Vaughn Taylor
Around the wider world of golf: Lydia Ko won her third ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open on the LET; Thitiphun Chuayprakong won the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open on the Asian Tour; Bernhard Langer won the Chubb Classic on the Champions Tour; and Charl Schwartzel won the Tshwane Open on the ET.
Admit it. You did NOT see this coming.
And earlier than you assert that Phil gave it to him -- in spite of everything, the high-quality Phil could control on Sunday was an excellent par spherical of seventy two -- undergo in mind that Phil STILL beat all of us else within the discipline.
EXCEPT Vaughn Taylor. All he did turned into shoot a 7-beneath 65, tied for exceptional of the day with Patrick Reed. And you did NOT see that coming.
Vaughn has been suffering together with his game for a long term. He had gained occasions back in 2004 and 2005, and he played at the 2006 Ryder Cup group. But then his recreation abandoned him and he hasn't had a full Tour card for 3 years. But now he is again on the Tour full time and headed for the Masters. It changed into a pleasant Valentine's Day present for his wife and son as properly, who he credited for preserving him sane throughout the depths of the last decade.
Although it may sound like a subplot, Taylor and partner Gregg Ontiveros also won the amateur team competition. Perhaps that helped Vaughn as well, since this is the second win for Ontiveros at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (the first coming in 2012 with Brian Harman). There's nothing like having a little experience in your corner when you're trying to break a long winless streak!
In any case, it's always nice to hear a story with a happy ending. And while this is Vaughn's third PGA Tour victory, it's his first Limerick Summary. So let's give him credit for a job well done!
Eleven long years since he won,
Yet Vaughn Taylor got the job done.
Phil stumbled, you say?
‘Twas Vaughn made him pay
With his late back nine four-birdie run. The photo came from this page at USATODAY.com.
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