Winner: Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey
Around the wider world of golf: Suzann Pettersen won the LPGA-KEB HanaBank Championship in a playoff; Bo Van Pelt won the ISPS HANDA Perth International on the European Tour (over Jason Dufner -- they were the only two American players in the field!); Russell Henley won the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open on the Web.com Tour in a playoff -- his 2nd win in less than a month; and Teboho Sefatsa won the BMG Classic on the Sunshine Tour.
I got them ALL wrong this weekend. I concept So Yeon Ryu would win in Korea; she faded badly on the give up of the second one spherical and in no way recovered. And I concept Jason Dufner would run Bo Van Pelt down, clearly due to the fact Jason's placing appeared to be getting higher with each round.
But I take comfort in knowing that NO ONE got the McGladrey proper. I'm pleased that Tommy received -- it's approximately time! -- but I sure failed to see it coming.
Maybe I ought to have. It's not just that we've had such a lot of come-from-way-in the back of winners this season, however Ben Crane did the same element here last year. Tommy become 7 lower back as nicely, and prepare a bogey-loose round of 10-below -- 8 birdies and an eagle. He had seven immediately 3s on his very last nine, and his 60 changed into a course file. He even had a birdie chance on 18 to shoot fifty nine, which he left simply barely brief and to the aspect. But he stated it become a quick putt that could break out from you, so I suspect he decided to err at the safe facet.
A wise choice, because it became out. The shootout among the leaders by no means materialized, despite the fact that David Toms posted his very own 7-under and came up one quick of a playoff.
With his win Tommy lays both palms on his first trophy, a ride to Hawaii, invites to maximum of the massive tournaments next yr (I suppose this put him at fifty fifth on the money listing), and is now within spitting distance of Augusta. Not awful for a former manufacturing unit worker with a swing that makes Jim Furyk appearance orthodox. (Well, form of.)
This week's Limerick Summary pays tribute to the former Big Break winner who just made his own big break. Many congrats, Two Gloves!
Tommy's nickname makes all of his fanatics grin
And it regarded the appropriate name while
He clawed lower back from in the back of ?
Almost shot 59!
Seems he needed two gloves to grab this win. The photo came from the front page of PGATOUR.com.
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