Kevin Yu wins Sanderson Farms in playoff for first PGA Tour win

Kevin Yu was in competition your complete closing spherical on the Sanderson Farms Championship, however his debut PGA Tour win got here as a shock on the finish.

That’s as a result of Keith Mitchell and Beau Hossler have been duking it out for the lead for your complete day. Yu was at all times a shot or two again after beginning the day two again.

That was till he drained a 15-foot putt on the 72nd gap, forward of the leaders to get to the clubhouse at 23 below.

The leaders got here to the 18th tied with Yu, however Hossler hit it out of place and pleaded with guidelines officers for TIO reduction which was denied.

Mitchell, in the meantime, hit his drive within the fairway after which gave himself an opportunity to win outright, discovering the inexperienced, greater than 30 ft away. However he ran his first putt 4 ft by and missed the comebacker to overlook the playoff altogether.

Then Hossler miraculously obtained up and down from 131 yards for par to power a playoff.

However the playoff was all Yu. Hossler’s drive went left once more, setting the stage for Yu, whose drive narrowly missed a divot within the fairway, to stuff his strategy at 18 to 6 ft. He transformed the putt to win the Sanderson Farms Championship, his first PGA Tour victory.

Yu’s win comes on the tail finish of what had been a stable, however unspectacular sophomore season on the PGA Tour. He had back-to-back top-10s early within the season which obtained him into the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, however he performed in only one different Signature Occasion and completed ninetieth within the FedEx Cup, a slight enchancment from his rookie 12 months.

Now he’s secured himself PGA Tour membership by means of 2026.

In the meantime, Hossler remains to be looking for his first PGA Tour win in his seventh season on Tour and Mitchell remains to be left looking for his second profession title after blowing his second 54-hole lead on Tour this season.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

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