Jonathan Byrd Wins Shriners Event in Vegas With Playoff Ace
by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 24, 2010 8:52 PM EDT
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PrintAs the darkness was setting in during the three man playoff to determine the winner of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, the combatants came to the fourth playoff hole looking to quickly get in what they could before it became too dark to play.
Jonathan Byrd was first to play at the par 3. He grabbed a club quickly from his caddy. He took one forceful practice swing, then stepped up and struck the ball.
It looked good all the way, on line with the pin. Byrd's ball hit to the right of the hole, took a little hop to the left, and a couple of bounces later the ball landed in the hole. Fellow playoff competitors Cameron Percy and defending champion Martin Laird tried their best to match the ace, but were unable to do so.
Jonathan Byrd's ace gave him his fourth PGA Tour win. He got into the playoff with three birdies in the final four holes to match Laird on -21. For his part, Percy made birdie at the last to do the same.
This win by Byrd is the second time in two months that Martin Laird lost in a playoff to an excellent shot. Laird lost The Barclays in September when Matt Kuchar hit an incredible shot from the rough at Ridgewood Country Club to pick up the title in New Jersey.
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How amazing was that ? Incredible shot ! (the only downside was that Anthony Kim had popped every bottle of champagne in Vegas, so there wasn’t any to celebrate the shot) ;-D
It looked good all the way ? Looked good to who ? Byrd couldn’t see the flag. The gallery couldn’t see the ball until it hit the green. And the TV cameras were staring at the sky until the ball hit the ground. (maybe Kelly Tilghman could tell by the sound of the strike back on the tee ?)
Tilghman and Nobilo were hilarious talking about how fast the guys were playing with the sunlight running out. I guess they missed the part where it took Byrd 5 minutes to take a simple drop from the cartpath on the first playoff hole.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Yeah, that drop being faster would’ve bought them some considerable time! Not that it would’ve helped had the ace still happened!
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by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 24, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
.Chip....jist shows what I allas says...FATE
when it’s ur time baby, it’s ur time.., …and don’t forget, play ur buns off Tuesday.., and we need pitchers and a copy a ur score card….Still don’t believe ur not a ProB. Knight will be lookin at ur legs….don’t get nervous er nothin….stay calm…..go get um Chip…..STUB
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