It’s been quite the year for Kim, who honed his golf in Australia and the Philippines before turning pro. Kim now is the second-youngest player to win two PGA Tour events before turning 21, a month behind Ralph Guldahl when he won the 1932 Arizona Open for his second win. Woods was 20 when he won in Las Vegas and then at Disney in just seven tournaments since turning pro. Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., tied for 69th at 7 under. Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., finished tied for 44th at 11 under. Patrick played awesome, and to come out with a win I feel fortunate.”Īdam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., finished tied for 10th, seven shots back of the winner. “I got very lucky on the 18th, I’m not going to lie. “I played solid this week - no bogey for 72 holes,” Kim said. That left Kim a somewhat muted celebration. “Obviously, the last hole makes the whole week kind of sour.” “I hit a lot of good shots,” Cantlay said. He lost in a playoff to Kevin Na in 2019 and had a share of the 54-hole lead the following year until a poor final round to tie for eighth. It was his third disappointment in Las Vegas, the site of his first PGA Tour win. Cantlay had 30-foot eagle chances on the next two holes, driving the par-4 14th green with a 3-wood and reaching the par-5 15th in two, while Kim had to settle for pars.Ĭantlay’s 35-foot putt for triple bogey was worth $160,000, but that was small consolation. Kim responded with birdies on the next two holes to restore a two-shot lead. The way the back nine was going, no one could afford to drop any shots.Ĭantlay birdied the 11th and 12th to tie Kim for the lead. Poston at the 2019 Wyndham Championship to win a PGA Tour event without making bogey. Obviously, I would have liked to have closed the deal out today, but sometimes that’s golf. “I played well - one bad swing at the end. “I figured the only chance I had was to get it in the fairway,” Cantlay said about his decision to try to play from out of the bush. Cantlay finished with a 35-foot putt for triple bogey for a 69 that gave him a share of second place with Matthew NeSmith (66). He then hit out of the desert sand and into the pond. Kim belted driver into the fairway and by the time he finally played his second shot to the green, Cantlay was lying four in the bottom of the pond.Ĭantlay tried blasting out of the bush to no avail.
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