Winner: Fabian Gomez
Around the wider world of golf: Europe won the Eurasia Cup 18.5-5.5 on the Asian Tour; Hadyn Porteous won the Joberg Open on the ET; former tennis player Mardy Fish won the Diamond Resorts Invitational; and Paul Chaplet won the Latin American Amateur Championship.
There have been a number of potential storylines going into the very last spherical of the Sony Open, the first complete field occasion of 2016. There become Brandt Snedeker and Luke Donald getting their games again in shape, Adam Scott and Tim Clark (among others) making the non-anchored putter switch, several younger gamers like Si Woo Kim and Zac Blair seeking to grab their first PGA Tour wins, and the persevering with rate of Kevin Kisner.
A lesser-known storyline concerned Fabian Gomez, an younger Argentinian on excursion who won the FedEx St. Jude event closing yr, who changed into trying to lock up an Olympic invite this year. Emiliano Grillo, who's a lock for the event, is a close buddy of Fabian's... And Fabian is currently the second one member of the team.
Several of the gamers in the storylines I stated have been jostling for role all day. But ultimately it got here all the way down to Snedeker, Blair and Gomez. Sneds and Gomez went to a -hollow playoff which Sneds become preferred to win, mainly because of his experience. He had seven wins as opposed to one for Gomez, plus Sneds had gained two times in playoffs. Gomez, however, were streaking up the leaderboard all day, posting an eight-under 62 towards Sneds's 4-beneath sixty six.
In the end, revel in seemed to depend less than easy common experience. In the three instances the two men played the 18th hole -- once in law, twice in the playoff -- Sneds persisted to make the equal mistake time and again, taking motive force off the tee and missing the fairway whenever. Gomez, after lacking the primary times, took a hybrid off the tee on the second one playoff hollow, placed his power in the middle of the green, and made birdie to win.
Every participant has goals; it's why they play the Tour in the first location. They may be dreams of being #1, making lots of money, getting masses of wins, or just touring the world even as gambling a recreation. For Fabian Gomez, numerous desires have come collectively at once. Perhaps one in all them turned into getting a second Limerick Summary.
If so, I congratulate you, Fabian. Your dream has come genuine:
Dreams have come actual for Gomez earlier than,
Like at Memphis closing yr. Now once more
He?S a winner on Tour
And we?Re all pretty positive
Dreams of Rio are also in store. The photo came from the tournament wrap-up page at PGATOUR.com.
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