Cam Davis wins the first PGA Tour title with a dramatic playoff victory at the Rockets Mortgage Classic | Golf News

Cam Davis defeated Troy Merritt on the fifth extra playoff hole and won his first PGA Tour title in the Rockets Mortgage Classic; Joaquin Nieman also played in the playoffs, But he bogeyed at the first hole and was eliminated.

Cam Davis won the first PGA Tour championship after winning the Rockets Mortgage Classic after a long playoff game.

The Australian caught the eagle birdies in the last two holes, shot 67 at the Detroit Golf Club, 5 under par, and tied with Joaquin Nyman and Troy Merritt with an 18 under par. Top of the list.

The players returned to the par-4 on the 18th hole and entered the playoffs. Nieman did not bogey on 72 holes, but failed to go up and down from the long grass area at the back of the green. Swallowed a bogey.

Troy Merritt scored a hole-in-one in the third round on Saturday

Davis failed to throw a 6-foot birdie on the first overtime hole, and nearly missed it at 20 feet on the second hole. He played on the par-3 on the 15th hole, where Merritt played a wonderful sand. Pit saves to extend the game time.

Merritt recovered from a free kick on the third additional hole, squeaked at 6 feet to save the par, and took the two to the par-5 hole of the 14th hole. The two players made two putts. After Ling found two little birds.

The two returned to the 15th hole to enter the fifth hole of the playoffs, where Davis wasted another chance to catch a birdie, but when Merritt failed to get off the green, his victory was confirmed. .

“For me, it has been very busy since the 17th hole,” Davis said. “I tried to keep it in my heart as much as possible and hit every shot as best as I could. It sounds simple, but when the pressure is so high, it’s hard to do. I didn’t push in any putts. , But I have been playing with it, so it works very well.”

Davis started falling behind on the first day. When he swallowed 2 birdies on the 5th hole and bogeyed on the 9th hole, his score slipped further, but when he pushed 20 feet on the 12th hole When putting, he set off a frenzy on the back 9 holes.

Ranked 134th in the world, he birdied the next two holes and responded to an untimely three-put bogey on the 16th hole. Then he played a spectacular bunker hole on the par five. The Eagles The last hole caught a 6-foot birdie, which set the goal for the club to be under 18 years old.

Cam Davis will enter the world’s top 100 with his victory

The overnight joint leader Merritt caught four birdies in his last six holes and regained his advantage. Nieman caught the birdies back-to-back from the 16th hole and finished the trio after 72 holes. Ranking.

Sweden’s Alex Noren scored an 8-under 64 in the same round of the game, and finished a tie for fourth. Hank Lebioda failed in the last five holes. After finding the birdie, he also shot 17 under par.

With a 64 in the final round, Baba Watson tied for sixth with Brandon Haji, while Ireland’s Simos Ball scored 67 with no bogey and tied for eighth at the end of the week.