Taylor Pendrith did everything possible to ignore the failure of Ben Kohles on the final hole, aiming for the eagle putt the Canadian thought he might need to even force a playoff as he walked the 18th green Minutes later, a birdie gave Pendrith his first victory in PGA Tour: The CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Kohles edged Pendrith with birdies on the 16th and 17th holes for a one-stroke lead, then bogeyed the 18th hole after missing a 7-foot putt that would have forced a playoff. Pendrith signed off 67 strokes for a total of 261 (-23) at TPC Craig Ranch. Taylor, 32, won in his 74th start on the PGA Tour. Kohles, playing north of Dallas, his hometown, shot a 66 to finish within one stroke.
Swede Alex Noren, also seeking his first PGA Tour victory, finished another shot behind. Aaron Rai and the first round leader, Englishman Matt Wallace, were 20 strokes under par, with the South Korean pair of SH Kim and Byeong Hun An Rai and Kim shooting 64 strokes, An 65 and Wallace 68. e The victory qualified Pendrith for the PGA Championship in two weeks and the Masters next year. He will also participate in the next three ‘elevated events’, worth 20 million dollars, which will begin at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, where the withdrawal of the world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who is about to become a father.
The start of the final round was delayed by two-and-a-half hours due to overnight rain, and the pairing became a three-way start from both tees where players were allowed to lift, clean and place the ball in the fairway.
Kris Kim, a 16-year-old rookie making his PGA Tour debut, had a tough finish and became the youngest player to play in the final round on the tour in 10 years. Kim, who is English, played with an exemption from the sponsor, the South Korean company CJ Group, the main sponsor of the tournament.
As for the Spaniard in the race, a tied 24th place was achieved by the Extremaduran Jorge Campillo with a total of -15.
Source: La Verdad
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