Wesley Bryan had one putt to make the minimize Saturday.
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It’s uncommon for a PGA Tour professional to get up after which heat as much as hit only one shot, however that’s precisely what Wesley Bryan needed to do Saturday morning on the Black Desert Championship.
And the previous PGA Tour winner didn’t disappoint — each himself and the Utah followers who confirmed as much as watch him.
Bryan was one in all 19 gamers nonetheless on the golf course Friday night when second-round play on the inaugural Black Desert Championship was suspended because of darkness. The 2017 RBC Heritage winner was on the inexperienced on the par-5 18th in two.
When the horn sounded at 7:07 p.m. native time, Bryan selected to come back again Saturday to hit his 14-foot eagle putt as the remainder of his group completed their second rounds.
Why? As a result of that eagle putt was going to be the distinction between Bryan making the minimize and incomes a test this week or not.
When play was suspended Friday night time, Bryan was at three below for the week, tied for 76th and two photographs exterior the projected cutline of 5 below. Eagling the par-5 final was the one likelihood Bryan needed to play the weekend after a bogey-free rally Friday that adopted a one over 72 in Spherical 1.
Not solely would Bryan not make a test this week if he missed the eagle attempt, however he additionally wouldn’t earn any FedEx Cup Fall factors, that are useful to somebody exterior the Prime 125 within the factors standings like Bryan at 138th.
Thus, Bryan confirmed up earlier than the 7:40 a.m. dawn at Black Desert and headed straight for the placing inexperienced, realizing if he missed his eagle putt, he wouldn’t should make any swings.
When play resumed at 8:15 a.m., Bryan stepped as much as the putt and drained it, 13 hours after he hit his second shot, a lot to the delight of the a number of dozen Utah followers who bought as much as watch.
“Utah was loud!” Bryan advised the PGA Tour social media staff afterward. “I didn’t understand there was such a Bryan Bros contingency out right here. Shoot, even at 8:15 this morning there was a variety of them piled up on the inexperienced.”
Bryan caught his fist within the air after which turned towards a crowd of individuals to the proper of the inexperienced and tossed his hat of their route. After sharing a hug along with his caddie, who plucked the ball out of the opening for his boss, Bryan turned again once more and launched the ball to the followers for a memento.
“For that one to go in and provides them some golf this afternoon, that was fairly enjoyable,” Bryan mentioned.
