US PGA TOUR REPORT
Troy Matteson seizes second bite at the
cherry at Scottsdale, Arizona
FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
Troy Matteson won a three-man play-off after earlier blowing a chance to win the Frys.com Open in regulation by bogeying the 17th and 18th holes in Sunday's final round at Scottsdale, Arizona.
Playing the same holes in reverse order in a three-way playoff, Matteson recovered from his late collapse. He birdied the second extra hole to beat Jamie Lovemark and Rickie Fowler on Sunday at Grayhawk Golf Club for his second US PGA Tour victory.
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"I just can't believe that it's ended up like this," said Matteson, who won $900,000. "I know I stumbled going down the stretch, but I'm still beside myself."
After all three players parred the first playoff hole, Matteson hit his approach within 3 feet on the 464yd, par-4 17th hole. With shadows stretching onto the green, he rolled in the putt to win.
That capped an incredible three-day stretch for the 29-year-old Matteson. After shooting a 2-over 72 on Thursday, he thought he might be headed for the airport before the weekend.
But Matteson had back-to-back 61s on Friday and Saturday -- a PGA Tour record for lowest score in consecutive rounds -- and he took a three-stroke lead into the final round.
"That's as good as I can play," Matteson said. "I really don't have to worry about playing better than that, because that's it."
Matteson's first Tour victory came as a rookie in 2006, when he won the Frys.com Open in Las Vegas, now called the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
On the first extra hole, Lovemark got a gift when his approach splashed into a man-made lagoon, then bounced onto the slope of the green. Lovemark chipped to 3 feet and made the putt to stay alive.
"It was crazy," said Lovemark, who called the fluke shot a "skipper."
Lovemark and Fowler, who are seeking PGA Tour cards, each earned $440,000.
Fowler has made $553,700 this season, which gives him special temporary membership because the amount exceeds the 150th spot on the money list last year. That allows him to skip the first stage of Q-School next week and most likely makes him exempt into the final stage. He is the equivalent of 136th on this year's money list, and still has time to reach the top 125 and earn his card without Q-School.
"I knew I was capable of coming out and competing," said the shaggy-haired Fowler, who tied for seventh in Las Vegas last week. "But to finish tied for seventh and then tied for first and then losing a playoff, pretty quick start."
The 20-year-old Fowler turned pro after the Walker Cup last month.
Lovemark has earned $453,872 and said he would go to Q-School next week in North Carolina. He needed to finish second alone to earn enough to be a temporary member. If he were to skip the first stage and take his chances at the Viking Classic next week, he would not be eligible for Q-School the rest of the way.
Fowler and Lovemark had finished their rounds when Matteson faltered on a sun-splashed afternoon in the desert.
After bogeying the 17th, Matteson (68) knocked his approach shot into a bunker on the 18th. He chipped to about 10 feet, then missed the putt to force a playoff with Fowler and Lovemark.
Fowler and Lovemark, who shots 64s, watched the drama unfold from a practice green across the lagoon from the 18th green.
"I'm more nervous right now than I was when playing, which is kind of weird," Lovemark told a TV interviewer.
Fowler led briefly midway through the round, but his bogey on 18 cost him a chance to win in regulation.
Lovemark had seven birdies in regulation, five on the back nine.
"I felt like I was pretty far out of it," he said.
Bill Lunde (66) and Tim Clark (67) tied for fourth at 16 under, and 2007 winner Mike Weir (61) and Bryce Molder (63) followed at 15 under. Weir had a chance for the fourth 59 in PGA Tour history, but parred the final three holes.
For most of the day, the tourney seemed to be a duel between Fowler and Matteson, who traded salvos on Grayhawk's Raptor Course.
Fowler entered in a five-way tie at 12 under, four strokes back of Matteson. But Fowler quickly charged into the lead.
Fowler aced the par-3, 203-yard fifth hole to go to 17 under and leapfrog Matteson. It was the fourth hole-in-one in two days.
Matteson, playing two groups behind Fowler, responded with an eagle on the par-5 fourth to jump back in front.
Matteson said he didn't know that Fowler was making a charge because he refused to check out at the leaderboard.
"When you've got a little bit of a lead and you start playing good on the front side, the worst thing you can do is look over and see somebody is 5, 6, 7 under on the day," Matteson said.
Glasgow's Martin Laird, a first-time winner in the previous weekend's event on the US PGA Tour, maintained his good late-season form with a joint 13th place finish on 12-under-par 268.
FINAL TOTALS
Grayhawk GC (Raptor Course), Scottsdale, Arizona
Par 280 (4x70)
262 Troy Matteson 72 61 61 68 (Matteson won play-off at second extra hole), Rickie Fowler 65 64 69 64, Jamie Lovemark 69 64 65 64
264 Bill Lunde 66 67 65 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 68 64 65 67
265 Mike Weir (Can) 66 67 71 61, Bryce Molder 67 65 70 63
267 Chris Stroud 67 65 65 70, Heath Slocum 64 68 68 67, Ryan Moore 66 65 67 69, Nicholas Thompson 66 68 65 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 67 69 64
268 Pat Perez 66 67 68 67, Tim Herron 68 68 66 66, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 63 68 67 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 67 69 68 64, Webb Simpson 68 65 64 71, Ben Crane 66 67 67 68, Justin Leonard 66 64 69 69, Tim Petrovic 66 71 66 65, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 72 62 67, Rocco Mediate 67 66 70 65
269 D.A. Points 65 71 67 66, Chris Riley 70 67 67 65, Robert Garrigus 70 65 65 69, Andres Romero (Arg) 68 68 70 63, Chez Reavie 70 67 68 64, Stephen Ames (Can) 66 66 68 69
270 Brett Quigley 68 70 68 64, Bo Van Pelt 67 68 67 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 67 65 68, Greg Owen (Eng) 65 64 73 68
271 Spencer Levin 66 71 66 68, J J Henry 69 67 70 65, Nathan Green (Aus) 69 66 66 70, Chad Campbell 68 67 68 68, Arron Oberholser 68 69 66 68, Bob Heintz 64 73 69 65
272 Peter Tomasulo 68 65 70 69, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 65 72 68 67, Scott McCarron 67 67 70 68, John Merrick 72 65 66 69, Ted Purdy 72 67 64 69, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 71 68 65, Ricky Barnes 66 70 71 65, Mark Calcavecchia 71 68 67 66, D.J. Trahan 69 64 71 68
273 Kent Jones 71 67 67 68, Ryan Palmer 69 66 68 70
274 Charlie Wi (Kor) 69 69 68 68, Jeff Klauk 66 70 70 68, Paul Goydos 66 70 70 68, Billy Mayfair 66 70 68 70, Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 68 71 68
275 Brian Davis (Eng) 70 67 70 68, Vaughn Taylor 69 66 71 69, Chris DiMarco 68 69 69 69, Steve Flesch 69 68 67 71, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 69 67 69, Tom Lehman 68 65 72 70, John Mallinger 70 68 66 71, Brian Vranesh 68 66 69 72, Jonathan Byrd 70 66 66 73, Jason Gore 70 68 68 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 65 70 70
276 Matt Bettencourt 69 70 65 72, Fred Couples 67 69 68 72, Mark Wilson 68 67 67 74
278 Colt Knost 71 66 69 72, Steve Lowery 67 67 76 68
279 Johnson Wagner 68 70 72 69, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 68 70 72
281 Parker McLachlin 70 68 72 71
282 Glen Day 70 68 74 70
284 Brad Faxon 69 69 74 72
285 Michael Bradley 70 69 73 73
286 Aron Price (Aus) 70 69 75 72
cherry at Scottsdale, Arizona
FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
Troy Matteson won a three-man play-off after earlier blowing a chance to win the Frys.com Open in regulation by bogeying the 17th and 18th holes in Sunday's final round at Scottsdale, Arizona.
Playing the same holes in reverse order in a three-way playoff, Matteson recovered from his late collapse. He birdied the second extra hole to beat Jamie Lovemark and Rickie Fowler on Sunday at Grayhawk Golf Club for his second US PGA Tour victory.
==================================
CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR
Complete coverage of the Frys.com Open
==================================
"I just can't believe that it's ended up like this," said Matteson, who won $900,000. "I know I stumbled going down the stretch, but I'm still beside myself."
After all three players parred the first playoff hole, Matteson hit his approach within 3 feet on the 464yd, par-4 17th hole. With shadows stretching onto the green, he rolled in the putt to win.
That capped an incredible three-day stretch for the 29-year-old Matteson. After shooting a 2-over 72 on Thursday, he thought he might be headed for the airport before the weekend.
But Matteson had back-to-back 61s on Friday and Saturday -- a PGA Tour record for lowest score in consecutive rounds -- and he took a three-stroke lead into the final round.
"That's as good as I can play," Matteson said. "I really don't have to worry about playing better than that, because that's it."
Matteson's first Tour victory came as a rookie in 2006, when he won the Frys.com Open in Las Vegas, now called the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
On the first extra hole, Lovemark got a gift when his approach splashed into a man-made lagoon, then bounced onto the slope of the green. Lovemark chipped to 3 feet and made the putt to stay alive.
"It was crazy," said Lovemark, who called the fluke shot a "skipper."
Lovemark and Fowler, who are seeking PGA Tour cards, each earned $440,000.
Fowler has made $553,700 this season, which gives him special temporary membership because the amount exceeds the 150th spot on the money list last year. That allows him to skip the first stage of Q-School next week and most likely makes him exempt into the final stage. He is the equivalent of 136th on this year's money list, and still has time to reach the top 125 and earn his card without Q-School.
"I knew I was capable of coming out and competing," said the shaggy-haired Fowler, who tied for seventh in Las Vegas last week. "But to finish tied for seventh and then tied for first and then losing a playoff, pretty quick start."
The 20-year-old Fowler turned pro after the Walker Cup last month.
Lovemark has earned $453,872 and said he would go to Q-School next week in North Carolina. He needed to finish second alone to earn enough to be a temporary member. If he were to skip the first stage and take his chances at the Viking Classic next week, he would not be eligible for Q-School the rest of the way.
Fowler and Lovemark had finished their rounds when Matteson faltered on a sun-splashed afternoon in the desert.
After bogeying the 17th, Matteson (68) knocked his approach shot into a bunker on the 18th. He chipped to about 10 feet, then missed the putt to force a playoff with Fowler and Lovemark.
Fowler and Lovemark, who shots 64s, watched the drama unfold from a practice green across the lagoon from the 18th green.
"I'm more nervous right now than I was when playing, which is kind of weird," Lovemark told a TV interviewer.
Fowler led briefly midway through the round, but his bogey on 18 cost him a chance to win in regulation.
Lovemark had seven birdies in regulation, five on the back nine.
"I felt like I was pretty far out of it," he said.
Bill Lunde (66) and Tim Clark (67) tied for fourth at 16 under, and 2007 winner Mike Weir (61) and Bryce Molder (63) followed at 15 under. Weir had a chance for the fourth 59 in PGA Tour history, but parred the final three holes.
For most of the day, the tourney seemed to be a duel between Fowler and Matteson, who traded salvos on Grayhawk's Raptor Course.
Fowler entered in a five-way tie at 12 under, four strokes back of Matteson. But Fowler quickly charged into the lead.
Fowler aced the par-3, 203-yard fifth hole to go to 17 under and leapfrog Matteson. It was the fourth hole-in-one in two days.
Matteson, playing two groups behind Fowler, responded with an eagle on the par-5 fourth to jump back in front.
Matteson said he didn't know that Fowler was making a charge because he refused to check out at the leaderboard.
"When you've got a little bit of a lead and you start playing good on the front side, the worst thing you can do is look over and see somebody is 5, 6, 7 under on the day," Matteson said.
Glasgow's Martin Laird, a first-time winner in the previous weekend's event on the US PGA Tour, maintained his good late-season form with a joint 13th place finish on 12-under-par 268.
FINAL TOTALS
Grayhawk GC (Raptor Course), Scottsdale, Arizona
Par 280 (4x70)
262 Troy Matteson 72 61 61 68 (Matteson won play-off at second extra hole), Rickie Fowler 65 64 69 64, Jamie Lovemark 69 64 65 64
264 Bill Lunde 66 67 65 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 68 64 65 67
265 Mike Weir (Can) 66 67 71 61, Bryce Molder 67 65 70 63
267 Chris Stroud 67 65 65 70, Heath Slocum 64 68 68 67, Ryan Moore 66 65 67 69, Nicholas Thompson 66 68 65 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 67 69 64
268 Pat Perez 66 67 68 67, Tim Herron 68 68 66 66, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 63 68 67 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 67 69 68 64, Webb Simpson 68 65 64 71, Ben Crane 66 67 67 68, Justin Leonard 66 64 69 69, Tim Petrovic 66 71 66 65, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 72 62 67, Rocco Mediate 67 66 70 65
269 D.A. Points 65 71 67 66, Chris Riley 70 67 67 65, Robert Garrigus 70 65 65 69, Andres Romero (Arg) 68 68 70 63, Chez Reavie 70 67 68 64, Stephen Ames (Can) 66 66 68 69
270 Brett Quigley 68 70 68 64, Bo Van Pelt 67 68 67 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 67 65 68, Greg Owen (Eng) 65 64 73 68
271 Spencer Levin 66 71 66 68, J J Henry 69 67 70 65, Nathan Green (Aus) 69 66 66 70, Chad Campbell 68 67 68 68, Arron Oberholser 68 69 66 68, Bob Heintz 64 73 69 65
272 Peter Tomasulo 68 65 70 69, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 65 72 68 67, Scott McCarron 67 67 70 68, John Merrick 72 65 66 69, Ted Purdy 72 67 64 69, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 71 68 65, Ricky Barnes 66 70 71 65, Mark Calcavecchia 71 68 67 66, D.J. Trahan 69 64 71 68
273 Kent Jones 71 67 67 68, Ryan Palmer 69 66 68 70
274 Charlie Wi (Kor) 69 69 68 68, Jeff Klauk 66 70 70 68, Paul Goydos 66 70 70 68, Billy Mayfair 66 70 68 70, Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 68 71 68
275 Brian Davis (Eng) 70 67 70 68, Vaughn Taylor 69 66 71 69, Chris DiMarco 68 69 69 69, Steve Flesch 69 68 67 71, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 69 67 69, Tom Lehman 68 65 72 70, John Mallinger 70 68 66 71, Brian Vranesh 68 66 69 72, Jonathan Byrd 70 66 66 73, Jason Gore 70 68 68 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 65 70 70
276 Matt Bettencourt 69 70 65 72, Fred Couples 67 69 68 72, Mark Wilson 68 67 67 74
278 Colt Knost 71 66 69 72, Steve Lowery 67 67 76 68
279 Johnson Wagner 68 70 72 69, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 68 70 72
281 Parker McLachlin 70 68 72 71
282 Glen Day 70 68 74 70
284 Brad Faxon 69 69 74 72
285 Michael Bradley 70 69 73 73
286 Aron Price (Aus) 70 69 75 72
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