The ultimate spherical of the AT&T Byron Nelson gave viewers a particularly enthralling watch, with a number of gamers in rivalry all through at TPC Craig Ranch. Nonetheless, after a nine-under-par last spherical of 62, it was Jason Day who got here out on high, as he picked up his first PGA Tour title since Could 2018.
All through the ultimate day, greater than 11 golfers might have laid declare to the trophy, with seven gamers tied for the lead heading into the again 9. On the finish of play although, it was the Australian who landed the decisive blow, with Day securing the title on Mom’s Day, only a 12 months after his mom sadly handed away with most cancers.
Going into the ultimate day, the likes of Scottie Scheffler and Tyrrell Hatton had been in rivalry, however it was truly Zecheng Dou, Austin Eckroat and Ryan Palmer who shared a three-way tie on the high of the leaderboard.
Each Dou and Eckroat had been seeking their first PGA Tour titles and, out of the blocks, it was the duo who pulled away via 5 holes, with Dou standing at 19-under and Eckroat at 18-under. Just some holes later although, the pair would barely slip up, permitting for the chasing pack to drag into rivalry.
Going into the again 9, 18 gamers had been inside two pictures of the lead and, throughout the early phases of the again 9, that quantity wasn’t shifting. One factor that was noticeable although was that have was exhibiting, as Scheffler, Day and Si Woo Kim rose to the highest of the congested leaderboard.
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Day although discovered an additional gear and, after back-to-back birdies on the 14th and fifteenth, he discovered himself high by two. Issues had been removed from over although, with Kim holding scorching on his heels with birdies on the 14th and sixteenth.
As each parred the seventeenth, it might come all the way down to the par 5 18th, with Day holding a one shot benefit. As each struck their drives, it was benefit Kim, with Day compelled to lay-up and Kim discovering the greenside bunker. Nonetheless, the Australian would play a shocking third, with each males making birdies to stay in similar circumstances.
Day was now only one group away from the winner’s circle, together with his 23-under rating one shot higher than Kim. The 35-year-old nonetheless needed to wait on Eckroat although, who might eagle the 18th to power a playoff.
Fortunately, for Day, the American could not convert his prolonged eagle putt on the final and, because of this, Day picked up his first PGA Tour victory in 1,835 days, with the win his thirteenth of his profession. What’s extra, the spherical of 62 tied his career-low final-round rating on the PGA Tour.
