Sergio Garcia blows a three-shot lead in
final round of Wyndham Championship
Ryan Moore claimed his first US PGA Tour win by beating Kevin Stadler with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden death play-off climax to the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro in North Carolina.
Stadler's second shot on the third play-off hole skipped off the back of the green. He chipped within 20 feet, but his putt drifted to the low side of the cup.
That cleared the way for Moore to make his putt, pick up $918,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points for winning the final tournament before the play-offs start later this week.
"This felt like an uphill battle," said Moore, who turned pro in 2005. "The whole time I've been on the PGA Tour, I just haven't been healthy, haven't felt like myself, and really kind of got some good momentum (finishing tied for 10th) at the U.S. Open, really feeling like myself again over the golf ball, and just kind of getting some confidence back in the putter and every aspect of the game. That's really carried through to this week."
Stadler, Moore and Jason Bohn forced the play-off after they were tied at 16-under 264 through 72 holes. Bohn was eliminated on the first play-off hole after he had trouble escaping the greenside bunker on No. 18 and his first try rolled back into the sand.
Sergio Garcia blew a three-stroke lead midway through the final round, shot a 70 and finished at 265. Michael Allen (68), Kevin Sutherland (66), Fred Couples (67), Brandt Snedeker (68) and Justin Rose (68) were at 266.
Moore and Stadler both bogeyed No. 18 in regulation.
Moore shot a 65 in the final round and had five consecutive birdies on Nos. 12-16 in moving to 17 under, then waited while Stadler finished his final-round 66 that included back-to-back birdies on Nos. 14 and 15.
Bohn -- who started the round seven strokes off the lead -- had a 62 that was the best round of the day. He followed birdies on seven of his first 14 holes with an eagle that pushed him to 16 under, grabbed the lead with a par on No. 16 and didn't miss a green until No. 17.
He had roughly an hour's wait -- a common theme at this rain-deluged tournament -- while Moore and Stadler finished their rounds.
"I wasn't even thinking I would get in a playoff," Bohn said.
Stadler was attempting to join his father -- 13-time PGA Tour winner Craig Stadler -- in winning in Greensboro. The elder Stadler cruised to a six-stroke victory in the Greater Greensboro Open in 1980.
The participants in the playoff had combined for one previous victory on Tour: Bohn's win in the 2005 B.C. Open.
Garcia could have joined them in sudden death, had he holed a 35-yard bunker shot on No. 18. His chip rolled within an inch of the cup.
"I wish I could blame it on that but, unfortunately, it happened before that," Garcia said.
Fittingly, a tournament that had trouble getting itself started seemingly didn't want to end, either.
Play stopped and started three times during the first three days due to lightning and heavy rains. The combined 9 hours in weather delays meant none of the first three rounds finished before sundown, forcing players to return to the Donald Ross-designed course at Sedgefield each morning to finish their rounds.
For a while, Garcia's eighth PGA Tour victory seemed a near-certainty. He started the final round sharing the lead with Chris Riley at 15 under before building his three-stroke lead midway through the round, moving to 18 under through seven holes after three consecutive birdies.
"When I was 3 under for the day, I still wasn't comfortable," Garcia said. "I felt like I was fighting myself."
Garcia has held at least a share of the 54-hole lead seven times in his career but has just two wins to show for it. He had three bogeys in a five-hole stretch between Nos. 8-12 to fall back.
"I knew I was three (strokes) back and needed to do something," Stadler said. "I thought I was just stuck in neutral and the next (leaderboard) I saw, I was only one back."
Stadler, Allen and Riley each picked up enough points to propel themselves off the bubble and into the playoffs, which begin later this week at The Barclays.
Allen arrived at No. 121 on the points list and improved to 101st, Riley entered at No. 129 and jumped to 119th while Stadler began four spots behind him but moved to 76th.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
264 Ryan Moore 64 65 70 65 (Ryan won at third play-off hole), Kevin Stadler 69 63 66 66, Jason Bohn 68 68 66 62
265 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 64 64 70
266 Michael Allen 68 65 65 68, Justin Rose (Eng) 65 68 65 68, Kevin Sutherland 71 65 64 66, Brandt Snedeker 64 69 65 68, Fred Couples 66 66 67 67
267 Steve Marino 67 68 63 69, Bill Haas 62 69 66 70, Chez Reavie 64 67 68 68
269 Chris Riley 66 63 66 74, Jeff Maggert 66 63 71 69, Glen Day 69 64 66 70, Charles Howell III 68 67 71 63
270 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 64 68 69, Scott McCarron 66 69 68 67, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 68 70 64, Marc Leishman (Aus) 67 65 70 68, David Mathis 70 68 65 67, Scott Gutschewski 71 67 64 68, Bryce Molder 68 68 67 67
271 Tim Herron 68 67 67 69, Lucas Glover 66 68 67 70, Tim Petrovic 66 68 69 68, Jeff Quinney 70 67 66 68, Ken Duke 66 67 71 67, David Toms 69 68 67 67, Todd Hamilton 67 71 66 67, Jonathan Byrd 66 70 67 68
272 Patrick Sheehan 67 67 72 66, Brian Davis (Eng) 70 65 68 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 68 66 68, Darron Stiles 70 66 66 70, Greg Owen (Eng) 68 70 66 68, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 66 68 69, Jeff Klauk 69 68 66 69, Boo Weekley 65 67 72 68, Corey Pavin 69 68 66 69, Rocco Mediate 67 69 69 67, Johnson Wagner 66 66 71 69, Matt Weibring 68 66 68 70
273 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 65 68 71, Robert Garrigus 68 67 69 69, Joe Ogilvie 67 67 68 71, J.P. Hayes 70 68 66 69, Matt Bettencourt 69 66 71 67, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 66 71 69, Kevin Streelman 65 68 71 69, Mark Wilson 70 65 68 70, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 68 70 64 71, Bob Heintz 70 68 67 68
274 Aron Price (Aus) 67 67 70 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 67 69 68 70, D.J. Trahan 67 70 66 71
275 Kent Jones 68 68 68 71, Brad Faxon 68 68 67 72, Scott Sterling 67 70 67 71, Bo Van Pelt 66 69 70 70, Fernando Mechereffe 69 65 70 71, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 68 69 70
276 Rich Beem 67 67 68 74
277 Brad Adamonis 69 68 68 72, Vaughn Taylor 67 70 68 72, James Driscoll 70 68 67 72
279 Martin Laird (Sco) 67 68 69 75, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 65 71 73
280 Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 69 70 74
281 Billy Mayfair 69 69 68 75
final round of Wyndham Championship
Ryan Moore claimed his first US PGA Tour win by beating Kevin Stadler with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden death play-off climax to the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro in North Carolina.
Stadler's second shot on the third play-off hole skipped off the back of the green. He chipped within 20 feet, but his putt drifted to the low side of the cup.
That cleared the way for Moore to make his putt, pick up $918,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points for winning the final tournament before the play-offs start later this week.
"This felt like an uphill battle," said Moore, who turned pro in 2005. "The whole time I've been on the PGA Tour, I just haven't been healthy, haven't felt like myself, and really kind of got some good momentum (finishing tied for 10th) at the U.S. Open, really feeling like myself again over the golf ball, and just kind of getting some confidence back in the putter and every aspect of the game. That's really carried through to this week."
Stadler, Moore and Jason Bohn forced the play-off after they were tied at 16-under 264 through 72 holes. Bohn was eliminated on the first play-off hole after he had trouble escaping the greenside bunker on No. 18 and his first try rolled back into the sand.
Sergio Garcia blew a three-stroke lead midway through the final round, shot a 70 and finished at 265. Michael Allen (68), Kevin Sutherland (66), Fred Couples (67), Brandt Snedeker (68) and Justin Rose (68) were at 266.
Moore and Stadler both bogeyed No. 18 in regulation.
Moore shot a 65 in the final round and had five consecutive birdies on Nos. 12-16 in moving to 17 under, then waited while Stadler finished his final-round 66 that included back-to-back birdies on Nos. 14 and 15.
Bohn -- who started the round seven strokes off the lead -- had a 62 that was the best round of the day. He followed birdies on seven of his first 14 holes with an eagle that pushed him to 16 under, grabbed the lead with a par on No. 16 and didn't miss a green until No. 17.
He had roughly an hour's wait -- a common theme at this rain-deluged tournament -- while Moore and Stadler finished their rounds.
"I wasn't even thinking I would get in a playoff," Bohn said.
Stadler was attempting to join his father -- 13-time PGA Tour winner Craig Stadler -- in winning in Greensboro. The elder Stadler cruised to a six-stroke victory in the Greater Greensboro Open in 1980.
The participants in the playoff had combined for one previous victory on Tour: Bohn's win in the 2005 B.C. Open.
Garcia could have joined them in sudden death, had he holed a 35-yard bunker shot on No. 18. His chip rolled within an inch of the cup.
"I wish I could blame it on that but, unfortunately, it happened before that," Garcia said.
Fittingly, a tournament that had trouble getting itself started seemingly didn't want to end, either.
Play stopped and started three times during the first three days due to lightning and heavy rains. The combined 9 hours in weather delays meant none of the first three rounds finished before sundown, forcing players to return to the Donald Ross-designed course at Sedgefield each morning to finish their rounds.
For a while, Garcia's eighth PGA Tour victory seemed a near-certainty. He started the final round sharing the lead with Chris Riley at 15 under before building his three-stroke lead midway through the round, moving to 18 under through seven holes after three consecutive birdies.
"When I was 3 under for the day, I still wasn't comfortable," Garcia said. "I felt like I was fighting myself."
Garcia has held at least a share of the 54-hole lead seven times in his career but has just two wins to show for it. He had three bogeys in a five-hole stretch between Nos. 8-12 to fall back.
"I knew I was three (strokes) back and needed to do something," Stadler said. "I thought I was just stuck in neutral and the next (leaderboard) I saw, I was only one back."
Stadler, Allen and Riley each picked up enough points to propel themselves off the bubble and into the playoffs, which begin later this week at The Barclays.
Allen arrived at No. 121 on the points list and improved to 101st, Riley entered at No. 129 and jumped to 119th while Stadler began four spots behind him but moved to 76th.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
264 Ryan Moore 64 65 70 65 (Ryan won at third play-off hole), Kevin Stadler 69 63 66 66, Jason Bohn 68 68 66 62
265 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 64 64 70
266 Michael Allen 68 65 65 68, Justin Rose (Eng) 65 68 65 68, Kevin Sutherland 71 65 64 66, Brandt Snedeker 64 69 65 68, Fred Couples 66 66 67 67
267 Steve Marino 67 68 63 69, Bill Haas 62 69 66 70, Chez Reavie 64 67 68 68
269 Chris Riley 66 63 66 74, Jeff Maggert 66 63 71 69, Glen Day 69 64 66 70, Charles Howell III 68 67 71 63
270 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 64 68 69, Scott McCarron 66 69 68 67, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 68 70 64, Marc Leishman (Aus) 67 65 70 68, David Mathis 70 68 65 67, Scott Gutschewski 71 67 64 68, Bryce Molder 68 68 67 67
271 Tim Herron 68 67 67 69, Lucas Glover 66 68 67 70, Tim Petrovic 66 68 69 68, Jeff Quinney 70 67 66 68, Ken Duke 66 67 71 67, David Toms 69 68 67 67, Todd Hamilton 67 71 66 67, Jonathan Byrd 66 70 67 68
272 Patrick Sheehan 67 67 72 66, Brian Davis (Eng) 70 65 68 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 68 66 68, Darron Stiles 70 66 66 70, Greg Owen (Eng) 68 70 66 68, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 66 68 69, Jeff Klauk 69 68 66 69, Boo Weekley 65 67 72 68, Corey Pavin 69 68 66 69, Rocco Mediate 67 69 69 67, Johnson Wagner 66 66 71 69, Matt Weibring 68 66 68 70
273 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 65 68 71, Robert Garrigus 68 67 69 69, Joe Ogilvie 67 67 68 71, J.P. Hayes 70 68 66 69, Matt Bettencourt 69 66 71 67, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 66 71 69, Kevin Streelman 65 68 71 69, Mark Wilson 70 65 68 70, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 68 70 64 71, Bob Heintz 70 68 67 68
274 Aron Price (Aus) 67 67 70 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 67 69 68 70, D.J. Trahan 67 70 66 71
275 Kent Jones 68 68 68 71, Brad Faxon 68 68 67 72, Scott Sterling 67 70 67 71, Bo Van Pelt 66 69 70 70, Fernando Mechereffe 69 65 70 71, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 68 69 70
276 Rich Beem 67 67 68 74
277 Brad Adamonis 69 68 68 72, Vaughn Taylor 67 70 68 72, James Driscoll 70 68 67 72
279 Martin Laird (Sco) 67 68 69 75, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 65 71 73
280 Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 69 70 74
281 Billy Mayfair 69 69 68 75
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