Winner: Troy Merritt
Around the wider world of golf: Inbee Park won the RICOH Women's British Open on the LPGA/LET/other women's tours, becoming the third youngest player to reach 7 major wins (Tiger Woods and Mickey Wright were slightly younger); Kiradech Aphibarnrat won the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play on the ET; Kenny Perry defended his title at the 3M Championship on the Champions Tour; Patton Kizzire won the Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour; Daniel Miernicki won the ATB Financial Classic on the MacKenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada; and Annie Park won the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour.
The winner of the Quicken Loans National has constantly been a verified PGA Tour winner. Always.
Until Sunday whilst Troy Merritt have become the first player to win his first-ever PGA Tour occasion there.
It's not like Troy is strange with prevailing. You may additionally consider that he won that season-lengthy Kodak Challenge (and its $1mil paycheck) some years in the past. And earlier than that he received the Mexico Open at the Web.Com Tour.
It's been slim pickings for the 29-year-old given that the ones days... However you would not have recognised it, watching him on Sunday. His 67, with 2 birdies within the final three holes, turned into characterized by a relentless attack on the pins. There become no preserving again, no backing off, and whilst Rickie Fowler tried to close the gap coming down the stretch... Nicely, Troy definitely would not permit him seize up.
If you may permit me a small pun, you may say Troy received it on his very own Merritt.
And now he is into this week's WGC-Bridgestone, as well as the Masters, TPC, and some other big events next yr. In addition, he receives his first Limerick Summary to go together with his trophy. You recognize, I accept as true with that is the first time a primary-time Tour winner gets his first Limerick Summary at this event...
This first-timer?S hopes were not derailed
?Cause Troy Merritt?S clear up didn?T fail.
Though the pressure changed into on
Troy hung difficult all day long;
He fired straight at the pin, didn’t bail. The photo came from the tournament's upshot page at PGATOUR.com.
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