Sepp Straka entered the ultimate spherical of The American Specific holding a three-shot benefit. Having received two PGA Tour occasions earlier than, the previous Ryder Cup star has expertise getting the job achieved — besides he had by no means held a 54-hole lead on tour earlier than this week.
That didn’t matter.
Straka coasted to victory, posting a 2-under 70 throughout his last spherical to eclipse Justin Thomas by a pair. Straka additionally made solely two bogies all week, each of them coming over the ultimate three holes when the match was all however over.
“It was a enjoyable day, attempting to handle the lead and handle my nerves,” Straka mentioned.
“Yeah, simply had fun taking part in on the market, and, yeah, very completely satisfied to return out with a win.”
Pete Dye’s Stadium Course at PGA West methods even the perfect gamers on the earth, as a double-bogey is all the time only one dangerous swing away. However Straka did a superb job of maintaining the ball in play and never giving into Dye’s methods and twists.
“There’s no secure play, actually, you simply need to hit your numbers, you need to hit your spots, particularly as agency because the greens are, you simply need to execute, sort of made it straightforward to deal with every shot,” Straka added.
“Nevertheless it was very intimidating, clearly, as a result of each gap you realize, you bought an opportunity to make a double, a bogey, in every single place you look. So, yeah, I am very pleased with how I hit the ball immediately, and I’m simply general very pleased with the week.”
The American Specific Remaining Leaderboard & Payout:
1. Sepp Straka -25 — $1,584,000
2. Justin Thomas -23 — $959,200
T3. Jason Day -22 — $519,200
T3. Justin Decrease -22 — $519,200
T5. Patrick Cantlay -20 — $339,900
T5. Charley Hoffman -20 — $339,900
T7. Camilo Villegas -19 — $267,300
T7. Ben Griffin -19 — $267,300
T7. Taylor Moore -19 — $267,300
T7. Max Greyserman -19 — $267,300
11. Alex Smalley -18 — $222,200
T12. Nick Taylor -17 — $169,400
T12. J.T. Poston -17 — $169,400
T12. Frankie Capan III -17 — $169,400
T12. Beau Hossler -17 — $169,400
T12. Will Zalatoris -17 — $169,400
T12. Mark Hubbard -17 — $169,400
T18. Trey Mullinax -16 — $125,400
T18. Kevin Roy -16 — $125,400
T18. Cam Davis -16 — $125,400
T21. Ben Kohles -15 — $83,270
T21. Jacob Bridgeman -15 — $83,270
T21. Harry Corridor -15 — $83,270
T21. Doug Ghim -15 — $83,270
T21. Keith Mitchell -15 — $83,270
T21. Rickie Fowler -15 — $83,270
T21. Billy Horschel -15 — $83,270
T21. Daniel Berger -15 — $83,270
T29. Sam Burns -14 — $57,640
T29. Tom Hoge -14 — $57,640
T29. Vincent Norrman -14 — $57,640
T29. J.J. Spaun -14 — $57,640
T34. Brice Garnett -13 — $42,094
T34. Nick Dunlap -13 — $42,094
T34. Chris Kirk -13 — $42,094
T34. Lee Hodges -13 — $42,094
T34. Victor Perez -13 — $42,094
T34. Quade Cummins -13 — $42,094
T34. Harry Higgs -13 — $42,094
T34. Lanto Griffin -13 — $42,094
T34. Ryan Palmer -13 — $42,094
T43. Harris English -12 — $27,236
T43. Michael Kim -12 — $27,236
T43. Ryo Hisatsune -12 — $27,236
T43. Matteo Manassero -12 — $27,236
T43. Rikuya Hoshino -12 — $27,236
T43. Ricky Castillo -12 — $27,236
T43. Matt Kuchar -12 — $27,236
T43. Sam Ryder -12 — $27,236
T51. Brian Campbell -11 — $21,032
T51. Ryan Gerard -11 — $21,032
T51. Brandt Snededker -11 — $21,032
T51. Si Woo Kim -11 — $21,032
T51. Davis Thompson -11 — $21,032
T51. Sam Stevens -11 — $21,032
T51. Matthew Riedel -11 — $21,032
T58. Kris Ventura -10 — $19,712
T58. Alejandro Tosti -10 — $19,712
T58. Taylor Montgomery -10 — $19,712
T58. Kurt Kitayama -10 — $19,712
T58. Mackenzie Hughes -10 — $19,712
T58. Rico Hoey -10 — $19,712
T64. Vince Whaley -9 — $19,008
T64. Jeremy Paul -9 — $19,008
T66. Will Gordon -8 — $18,656
T66. Joe Highsmith -8 — $18,656
T68. Mac Meissner -7 — $18,304
T68. Eric Cole -7 — $18,304
70. Patrick Rodgers -6 — $18,216
71. Chez Reavie -5 — $18,040
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By means of. Comply with him on X @jack_milko.
