Patton Kizzire received the Procore Championship by 5 photographs.
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In half-hour, Patton Kizzire noticed his five-shot lead slip down to simply two.
It’s one thing a professional by no means needs to occur whereas nursing a possible win as they around the flip and head for the again 9 Sunday.
It wasn’t simply poor photographs, there was a nasty break too, on No. 10, the place his method shot hit the flag stick and careened practically 50 ft away.
However simply as shortly because it appeared Kizzire was letting it slip away, he was again in management.
After a bogey and two-shot swing on the eleventh, Kizzire ripped a tee shot down the center on the par-5 twelfth, pushed a 3-iron into the greenside bunker and made a routine up and down for bride. Then on 13, Kizzire knocked a wedge to inside 10 ft and canned the putt. When his closest pursuer, David Lipsky, did not make birdie at 12 and made bogey at 13, Kizzire’s lead was again to 5 photographs and cruised house the final 5 holes to win the Procore Championship at Silverado Resort.
His profitable rating of 20 beneath beat Lipsky by 5 and was only one shy of the event document which was matched final 12 months by Sahith Theegala.
It’s Kizzire’s third profession PGA Tour win and first since profitable two occasions in two months throughout the 2017-18 season on the OHL Basic at Mayakoba and Sony Open.
The win additionally couldn’t have come at a greater time for the 38-year-old. He made his method to East Lake in 2018 on the power of his two victories however had solely made the postseason as soon as within the years since. Earlier than that, he had completed inside the highest 125 within the FedEx Cup in every of his first three seasons on the PGA Tour.
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Final season, he completed inside the highest 125 earlier than the Playoffs, however didn’t play within the postseason as the sphere for the FedEx St. Jude Championship was decreased to 70 beginning in 2023. He then fell to 128th throughout the fall schedule that means he would play out this season once more out of the conditional standing class.
He was in an excellent worse place heading into this fall season, coming into this week at 132nd within the standings.
However the win locks up a two-year exemption for him and now places him within the dialog for leaping into the primary two Signature Occasions of the 12 months as he jumps to seventieth within the fall standings, that are a continuation of the common season standings. Kizzire didn’t play in any of the Signature Occasions final season and hasn’t performed a significant since 2022, however now he’ll be heading again to the Masters for the primary time since 2019 subsequent season.
Kizzire seemed to be cruising to the win when he chipped in for eagle on the fifth gap. He stood on the ninth tee with a five-shot lead however walked off the eleventh inexperienced up simply two after he bogeyed 9 and 11 and caught the tough break on 10.
However the back-to-back birdies got here at simply the suitable second on 12 and 13 to regular himself and restore the cushion that was loads to ship him to the winner’s circle.
