MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Brandt Snedeker birdied the again 9 and closed with a 5-under 66 to win Sunday’s Myrtle Seashore Basic, win his first PGA Tour title in practically eight years and earn a stunning spot on the PGA Championship.
And the Presidents Cup captain will get a better have a look at the American gamers for the remainder of the 12 months. The win will propel the 45-year-old Snedeker right into a high-profile event he might not have anticipated.
Snedeker hit the 18th gap at Dunes Golf and Seashore Membership right into a tree on the appropriate, pulled it into the golf green and two-putted from 30 ft for bogey and received by one stroke.
“It feels nice,” Snedeker stated. Snedeker final received the 2018 Wyndham Championship for two,821 days. “I really feel very fortunate to nonetheless be right here doing what I really like. To have the chance to win a golf event at my age and to have the ability to win it is rather particular. I am actually excited.”
Mark Hubbard, looking for his first PGA Tour victory in his 274th begin, tied for first when he did the identical. Having bother along with his drive on the appropriate facet, he had no actual possibility however to throw it again to the golf green, sinking a 25-foot par putt and lacking out on the playoffs. Hubbard shot 70.
“I assumed I hit a greater wedge shot there,” Hubbard stated. “I assumed it might be nearer, and the putt I left was a 5-foot breakdown grain, so it wasn’t an excessive amount of of a putt. I am glad I hit it properly.”
Snedeker completed with an 18-under 266, his tenth win on the PGA Tour. The Myrtle Seashore Basic is held on the other facet of the marquee occasion at Quail Hole, so this victory doesn’t qualify him for the Masters, solely the PGA Championship.
But it surely additionally comes with a two-year waiver, which is big for Snedeker, who has spent the previous few years recovering from sternum surgical procedure and by no means getting youthful.
Snedeker stated the win “means all the things,” earlier than happening to clarify.
“The previous couple of years have been about not having a card, struggling to do what I really like, nonetheless having that keenness to play this sport the way in which I need to, and wanting to point out those who I can nonetheless do it,” he stated. “I hope it exhibits one thing to my household and my youngsters.”
Bo Hossler (68) and Kevin Roy (69) have been tied for third place, two strokes behind.
Brooks Koepka felt like he was hitting the ball properly and was ready for his putter to get sizzling. It wasn’t. Koepka made solely two birdies on the tough course and completed with a 70, tied for eleventh place.
Blaise Brown, an 18-year-old who graduated from highschool in January, shot a 67 to tie for ninth place and earn his second high 10 on the PGA Tour this 12 months. He additionally positioned third in one other opposing competitors, the Puerto Rico Open. Brown performed within the ultimate group with Scotty Scheffler at American Categorical, however fell again late within the spherical and tied for 18th.
In case you end within the high 10, you’ll qualify for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson two weeks later.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.
