PGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open final leaderboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/waste-management-phoenix-open/leaderboard.html
Gary and Gabby Woodland's son Jaxson was born prematurely in June after a twin girl was lost in a miscarriage. On Sunday at TPC Scottsdale, he was in his father’s arms at the trophy celebration after a playoff victory over local man,Chez Reavie.
Woodland birdied three of the last four holes for a -7 64, the best round of the day to finish at -18 266. He opened with rounds of 67, 68 and 67 after getting some advice from instructor Butch Harmon.
“Butch sent me a text Thursday morning before I played and said, ‘Forget about everything else, let’s just put four rounds together. Don’t worry about what you shoot, don’t worry about winning, just put four good rounds together"
Reavie who grew up in Phoenix, made a long birdie putt on the 72nd hole to force the playoff, but couldn't make a shorter one for par on the first playoff hole, leaving Woodland to tap in for the win. Reavie was an unknown when he last won in 2008, the RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey.
It was only Woodland's 3rd PGA Tour win and his first since 2013 which makes him one of the Tour's underachievers in my opinion. He hits it a mile and a half, has a solid wedge and iron game, putts well and every time he tees it up I think he's bound to be in contention. Harmon's advice underlines his pupils problem... 4 great rounds, not 3.
Jaxson's daddy received $1,242,000 for the win
Rickie Fowler (73) and Jon Rahm (72) slipped to T11 at -12
Adam Hadwin (71) $22,770 was the low Canadian at -4 with Ben Silverman (72) $17,802 next at -3 and Nick Taylor (69) at -2 $16,091
Bryan Angus
(notes from canadianpress)
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