Clark a Semi-Major Surprise at Players
Filed under: PGA, Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Good on you, Tim Clark. A final-round 5-under 67 on TPC Sawgrass to win The Players Championship is seriously strong.
Starting Sunday three shots back and in a four-way tie for sixth place, you carded the day’s low round, finishing one shot better than runner-up Robert Allenby and two better than reigning U.S. Open champ Lucas Glover.
You were one of only two players (Hunter Mahan with 18 pars the other) who did not make a final-day bogey. You played the last two days 66-67 to finish 16-under. You made almost every putt you looked at all week, draining 63 of 67 attempts from inside 10 feet — including a pressure-packed 8-footer to save par on the final hole.
“Obviously I’m over the moon,” Clark said. “I knew it was going to be a tough day out there today, and I just tried to sort of channel what I did yesterday. I played a great round of golf yesterday and kind of hoped that I’d come out today and have the same sort of confidence and sort of trust in what I was doing, and I was able to do that. “
So take a bow, you earned it — not to mention the largest payday in golf, a $1.71 million winner’s check. Just don’t be offended when asked to keep it brief.
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