SILVIS, In poor health. — Davis Thompson gained his first PGA Tour title Sunday with a a 7-under 64 to set the 72-hole scoring report on the John Deere Basic and go away all of the drama to second place.
Staked to a two-shot lead, Thompson made a 45-foot birdie putt on the opening gap and nobody received any nearer to him the remainder of the way in which. He opened with 5 birdies in six holes, stretched his result in six photographs and ended up profitable by 4 strokes,
Thompson, a 25-year-old from Georgia, completed at 28-under 256 to interrupt by one the John Deere Basic report set by Michael Kim in 2018.
The victory will get him into the following three majors, beginning with The Open in two weeks at Royal Troon. He additionally will make his Masters debut subsequent April.
Thompson is the twenty fourth participant to get his first PGA Tour win on the John Deere Basic, essentially the most of any match courting to 1970.
The ultimate hour was all about who would end second and earn the opposite spot to The Open. That went to C.T. Pan of Taiwan, who birdied the sixteenth and seventeenth holes and completed with a two-putt par from 20 ft for a 64.
However a pair of children made him sweat it out.
Florida State sophomore Luke Clanton holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap for a 63 and was the primary to get to 24 beneath. Michael Thorbjornsen, the No. 1 participant within the PGA Tour College rating after ending at Stanford, hit out of a fairway bunker to 18 ft and made the birdie putt for a 63 to affix Clanton.
With a three-way tie for second, The Open spot went to Pan based mostly on the world rating.
Clanton, in the meantime, turned the primary novice since Billy Joe Patton in 1958 to complete within the high 10 in consecutive PGA Tour-sanctioned tournaments. Patton was low novice on the Masters and the U.S. Open that 12 months. Clanton tied for tenth on the Rocket Mortgage Basic final week.
Clanton’s final two weeks would have been value simply over $804,000 if he had been professional.
Carson Younger additionally was within the operating for second place and would have earned The Open spot. However on the 18th gap, he went from the precise tough over the inexperienced, chipped about about 25 ft by the opening and missed the par putt. He shot 63.
As for the winner, that was by no means doubtful. Together with that 45-foot birdie putt to begin, Thompson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 5 and had seven birdies via 10 holes.
He lastly dropped a shot on the par-4 twelfth, and Thorbjornsen appeared to have an opportunity to a minimum of make it attention-grabbing. The Massachusetts native ran off six straight birdies and was taking part in the reachable par-4 14th. However his drive went nicely to the precise and he hit a heavy chip to some 35 ft. He three-putted for bogey, lacking a 4-foot par putt.
Thompson is in his second 12 months on the PGA Tour and he was a runner-up final week on the Rocket Mortgage Basic. His hope was to maintain the momentum going.
Maybe his alternative of lodging performed a job, too.
A number of gamers from Georgia have been renting a home close to the John Deere Basic for the previous couple of years. J.T. Poston stayed there when he gained the Deere two years in the past. Sepp Straka stayed in the home final 12 months and gained.
Straka introduced his spouse and younger son with him this 12 months and gave up his room to Thompson.
“I believe I’ve to pay for the entire home, which is unlucky,” Thompson stated with a smile. “However I’ll gladly pay it.”
The victory was value $1,440,000. It additionally strikes Thompson to No. 22 within the FedEx Cup standings, all however assuring he shall be in all of the signature occasions subsequent 12 months.
Jordan Spieth, taking part in the Deere for the primary time since he gained it in 2015, by no means received something going and made three straight bogeys across the flip. He closed with a 70 and tied for twenty sixth, leaving him in 59th within the FedEx Cup with 4 weeks left within the common season.
