US PGA TOUR REPORT
Zach Johnson wins at Colonial ahead of Brian Davis
FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Zach Johnson now has a plaid jacket to go along with his green one, after an extended wait before slipping on his prize at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.
Johnson won at Hogan's Alley with a tournament record 21-under 259, sealing his victory with a pair of birdies in the short span of play in between two late weather delays Sunday.
When Johnson drained a 14-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole to take a two-stroke lead over Englishman Brian Davis, he had a wide smile on his face and emphatically pumped his fist. But the real celebration had to wait.
"As far as momentum and a big putt, that was a big one," said Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion. "I didn't have a number in my head, but I figure if you get to 21, you have got a pretty good chance."
Johnson's closing 6-under 64 left him three strokes ahead of Davis, who had a closing 68.
"Zach won the tournament, I didn't lose it," Davis said. "It was a weird feeling walking up 18 knowing you can't win."
When the horn sounded to suspend play the first time, Johnson was approaching his tee shot at No. 15 that had landed in the right rough short of a bunker. After that delay, he hit his approach onto the green and made the putt to get back to 20 under.
By time play was stopped again 31 minutes later, before he teed off at 18 for a closing par, Johnson was ready for the plaid jacket.
"Quite frankly, the biggest one, I thought, was probably on 15," he said. "It calmed me down."
The delays were because of threatening weather. Light rain fell despite sunny skies after the second delay lasted 46 minutes, a minute shorter than the first one.
Jeff Overton and Ben Crane both shot 67 to finish tied for third at 17 under. Scott Verplank (65) and Bryce Molder (70), who led after the second and third rounds, were another shot back.
Davis was again contending for his first US PGA Tour victory, six weeks after the 35-year-old Englishman called a two-stroke penalty on himself on the first hole of a playoff at Hilton Head.
At Colonial, Davis was 19 under with a two-stroke lead after a 5-foot putt at the seventh hole. But that was his last birdie of the day. A 9-footer at No. 17 slid just past the cup, then he finished with a bogey.
It is the seventh US PGA Tour victory for Johnson and first since winning in San Antonio last May. His best finish through 12 tournaments this season had been a tie for 12th at the Sony Open in Hawaii the second week of the season. Along with the plaid jacket, Johnson got a $1.116 million check.
"Going into the back nine, my mindframe was I don't care if I win this, I don't care if I lose it, I'm content with whatever happens," he said. "I'm going to go out fighting, I'm going to go out aggressive."
Johnson's clinching shot at the 381-yard 17th was his fifth birdie on the back nine, though he gave back one of those with his only bogey over his last two rounds.
Three of those birdies came on putts of at least 22 feet in a four-hole stretch. He took the lead for good when he drained the longest of the three, a 25-footer at the 427-yard 15th hole soon after the initial weather delay.
Kenny Perry was 19 under in both of his Colonial victories, in 2003 and 2005. The next-lowest score before this week was 17 under by a trio of players last year when Steve Stricker won on the second playoff hole.
The Colonial score was the lowest on the PGA Tour for a four-round tournament since Geoff Ogilvy won the season-opening SBS Championship in Hawaii at 22-under 270.
At Hilton Head in April, Davis made a birdie on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff with Jim Furyk. Davis ticked a loose reed in a hazard during a backswing in the playoff and immediately called over a rules official to point out something that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. A television replay confirmed the violation.
Davis tied for 57th at New Orleans and missed the cut his last three tournaments before getting to Colonial.
"If you would have said at the start of the week after three missed cuts you are going to finish second, you would be delighted," he said. "Obviously, I had a chance today, I couldn't quite get over the hump."
Molder led alone halfway through the tournament and shared the lead with Davis at the start of the final round, but his final birdie Sunday came on the 10th hole, the same as Saturday, when he finished with eight consecutive pars instead of being able to lower his score. This time, he had bogeys at Nos. 16 and 17.
"You certainly learn," said the four-time All-American from Georgia Tech who is still looking for his first US PGA Tour victory nine years after turning pro. "This is the closest I've been to winning. ... Zach put the pedal down and he really kept going. That's what you have to be able to do."
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
259 Zach Johnson 65 66 64 64
262 Brian Davis (Eng) 64 65 65 68
263 Ben Crane 68 64 64 67, Jeff Overton 63 67 66 67
264 Bryce Molder 65 62 67 70, Scott Verplank 67 66 66 65
265 Ricky Barnes 66 66 67 66, Corey Pavin 67 64 67 67
266 Boo Weekley 67 63 67 69
267 Pat Perez 69 68 63 67, Bo Van Pelt 67 66 65 69, Martin Laird (Sco) 69 67 66 65
268 Kris Blanks 65 64 68 71, David Toms 68 67 68 65, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 67 67 64, John Mallinger 65 66 69 68, Matthew Jones (Aus) 69 66 64 69, Bill Haas 65 68 64 71, K J Choi (Kor) 67 67 66 68, Paul Casey (Eng) 66 70 66 66, Jason Bohn 63 65 68 72
269 Kenny Perry 68 64 67 70, Kevin Na 67 68 65 69, Cameron Beckman 67 68 68 66, Stewart Cink 69 68 66 66, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 65 66 70 68
270 Nick Watney 68 66 67 69, Michael Sim (Aus) 69 67 67 67, John Merrick 66 66 66 72, Kyle Stanley 68 66 66 70, Blake Adams 63 70 68 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 69 68 66
271 Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 70 67 67, Mike Weir (Can) 68 68 68 67, Brian Gay 68 69 68 66, Tim Petrovic 68 68 70 65, Graham Delaet (Can) 68 68 68 67
272 Steve Stricker 68 67 67 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 69 67 68, Lee Janzen 70 66 63 73, Kevin Sutherland 71 67 68 66, Tom Gillis 69 69 68 66, Rickie Fowler 70 67 64 71
273 Spencer Levin 65 69 69 70, J J Henry 67 70 67 69, Chad Collins 70 66 69 68, Lucas Glover 72 65 70 66, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 65 70 68, Derek Lamely 67 66 72 68
274 Aron Price (Aus) 65 68 71 70, Michael Bradley 67 69 69 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 68 68 66 72, Ben Curtis 70 67 69 68, Heath Slocum 69 69 69 67, Jason Day (Aus) 66 71 68 69
275 John Senden (Aus) 69 67 71 68, Matt Kuchar 69 69 71 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 70 68 70
276 Jerry Kelly 67 70 63 76, Brendon De Jonge 69 66 70 71, Paul Goydos 69 65 68 74, Brandt Snedeker 71 66 69 70, James Nitties (Aus) 68 66 72 70, Jerod Turner 69 68 73 66, Stephen Ames (Can) 68 70 66 72
277 John Daly 66 69 75 67
278 Nathan Green (Aus) 65 70 71 72, Alex Prugh 71 65 69 73
279 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 67 71 70 71, Billy Mayfair 69 69 70 71
280 Brett Quigley 71 66 72 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 67 70 73 70, J.P. Hayes 67 70 67 76
281 Kevin Stadler 69 68 70 74
283 Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 69 69 77
287 Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 69 73 76
FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Zach Johnson now has a plaid jacket to go along with his green one, after an extended wait before slipping on his prize at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.
Johnson won at Hogan's Alley with a tournament record 21-under 259, sealing his victory with a pair of birdies in the short span of play in between two late weather delays Sunday.
When Johnson drained a 14-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole to take a two-stroke lead over Englishman Brian Davis, he had a wide smile on his face and emphatically pumped his fist. But the real celebration had to wait.
"As far as momentum and a big putt, that was a big one," said Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion. "I didn't have a number in my head, but I figure if you get to 21, you have got a pretty good chance."
Johnson's closing 6-under 64 left him three strokes ahead of Davis, who had a closing 68.
"Zach won the tournament, I didn't lose it," Davis said. "It was a weird feeling walking up 18 knowing you can't win."
When the horn sounded to suspend play the first time, Johnson was approaching his tee shot at No. 15 that had landed in the right rough short of a bunker. After that delay, he hit his approach onto the green and made the putt to get back to 20 under.
By time play was stopped again 31 minutes later, before he teed off at 18 for a closing par, Johnson was ready for the plaid jacket.
"Quite frankly, the biggest one, I thought, was probably on 15," he said. "It calmed me down."
The delays were because of threatening weather. Light rain fell despite sunny skies after the second delay lasted 46 minutes, a minute shorter than the first one.
Jeff Overton and Ben Crane both shot 67 to finish tied for third at 17 under. Scott Verplank (65) and Bryce Molder (70), who led after the second and third rounds, were another shot back.
Davis was again contending for his first US PGA Tour victory, six weeks after the 35-year-old Englishman called a two-stroke penalty on himself on the first hole of a playoff at Hilton Head.
At Colonial, Davis was 19 under with a two-stroke lead after a 5-foot putt at the seventh hole. But that was his last birdie of the day. A 9-footer at No. 17 slid just past the cup, then he finished with a bogey.
It is the seventh US PGA Tour victory for Johnson and first since winning in San Antonio last May. His best finish through 12 tournaments this season had been a tie for 12th at the Sony Open in Hawaii the second week of the season. Along with the plaid jacket, Johnson got a $1.116 million check.
"Going into the back nine, my mindframe was I don't care if I win this, I don't care if I lose it, I'm content with whatever happens," he said. "I'm going to go out fighting, I'm going to go out aggressive."
Johnson's clinching shot at the 381-yard 17th was his fifth birdie on the back nine, though he gave back one of those with his only bogey over his last two rounds.
Three of those birdies came on putts of at least 22 feet in a four-hole stretch. He took the lead for good when he drained the longest of the three, a 25-footer at the 427-yard 15th hole soon after the initial weather delay.
Kenny Perry was 19 under in both of his Colonial victories, in 2003 and 2005. The next-lowest score before this week was 17 under by a trio of players last year when Steve Stricker won on the second playoff hole.
The Colonial score was the lowest on the PGA Tour for a four-round tournament since Geoff Ogilvy won the season-opening SBS Championship in Hawaii at 22-under 270.
At Hilton Head in April, Davis made a birdie on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff with Jim Furyk. Davis ticked a loose reed in a hazard during a backswing in the playoff and immediately called over a rules official to point out something that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. A television replay confirmed the violation.
Davis tied for 57th at New Orleans and missed the cut his last three tournaments before getting to Colonial.
"If you would have said at the start of the week after three missed cuts you are going to finish second, you would be delighted," he said. "Obviously, I had a chance today, I couldn't quite get over the hump."
Molder led alone halfway through the tournament and shared the lead with Davis at the start of the final round, but his final birdie Sunday came on the 10th hole, the same as Saturday, when he finished with eight consecutive pars instead of being able to lower his score. This time, he had bogeys at Nos. 16 and 17.
"You certainly learn," said the four-time All-American from Georgia Tech who is still looking for his first US PGA Tour victory nine years after turning pro. "This is the closest I've been to winning. ... Zach put the pedal down and he really kept going. That's what you have to be able to do."
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
259 Zach Johnson 65 66 64 64
262 Brian Davis (Eng) 64 65 65 68
263 Ben Crane 68 64 64 67, Jeff Overton 63 67 66 67
264 Bryce Molder 65 62 67 70, Scott Verplank 67 66 66 65
265 Ricky Barnes 66 66 67 66, Corey Pavin 67 64 67 67
266 Boo Weekley 67 63 67 69
267 Pat Perez 69 68 63 67, Bo Van Pelt 67 66 65 69, Martin Laird (Sco) 69 67 66 65
268 Kris Blanks 65 64 68 71, David Toms 68 67 68 65, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 67 67 64, John Mallinger 65 66 69 68, Matthew Jones (Aus) 69 66 64 69, Bill Haas 65 68 64 71, K J Choi (Kor) 67 67 66 68, Paul Casey (Eng) 66 70 66 66, Jason Bohn 63 65 68 72
269 Kenny Perry 68 64 67 70, Kevin Na 67 68 65 69, Cameron Beckman 67 68 68 66, Stewart Cink 69 68 66 66, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 65 66 70 68
270 Nick Watney 68 66 67 69, Michael Sim (Aus) 69 67 67 67, John Merrick 66 66 66 72, Kyle Stanley 68 66 66 70, Blake Adams 63 70 68 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 69 68 66
271 Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 70 67 67, Mike Weir (Can) 68 68 68 67, Brian Gay 68 69 68 66, Tim Petrovic 68 68 70 65, Graham Delaet (Can) 68 68 68 67
272 Steve Stricker 68 67 67 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 69 67 68, Lee Janzen 70 66 63 73, Kevin Sutherland 71 67 68 66, Tom Gillis 69 69 68 66, Rickie Fowler 70 67 64 71
273 Spencer Levin 65 69 69 70, J J Henry 67 70 67 69, Chad Collins 70 66 69 68, Lucas Glover 72 65 70 66, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 65 70 68, Derek Lamely 67 66 72 68
274 Aron Price (Aus) 65 68 71 70, Michael Bradley 67 69 69 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 68 68 66 72, Ben Curtis 70 67 69 68, Heath Slocum 69 69 69 67, Jason Day (Aus) 66 71 68 69
275 John Senden (Aus) 69 67 71 68, Matt Kuchar 69 69 71 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 70 68 70
276 Jerry Kelly 67 70 63 76, Brendon De Jonge 69 66 70 71, Paul Goydos 69 65 68 74, Brandt Snedeker 71 66 69 70, James Nitties (Aus) 68 66 72 70, Jerod Turner 69 68 73 66, Stephen Ames (Can) 68 70 66 72
277 John Daly 66 69 75 67
278 Nathan Green (Aus) 65 70 71 72, Alex Prugh 71 65 69 73
279 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 67 71 70 71, Billy Mayfair 69 69 70 71
280 Brett Quigley 71 66 72 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 67 70 73 70, J.P. Hayes 67 70 67 76
281 Kevin Stadler 69 68 70 74
283 Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 69 69 77
287 Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 69 73 76
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