The star of the Ryder Cup, Ludvig Åberg, produced a brilliant shine of late Birdie to snatch a victory on Maverick McNealy at the Genesis Invitational of the PGA Tour.
Åberg entered the last lap three strokes of the rhythm and appeared out of driving when McNealy, starting five back, loaded the ranking of nine birdies in the first 13 holes.
McNealy jostled it by four and failed to find more birdies on his closing holes, the indicatorer to make a final card 64 and set the goal of the clubhouse at 11 sous, while Åberg fired the level with three consecutive stews of the 13th.
Åberg missed a chance from the interior of 10 feet in the 17th and stayed equally for the head towards the last, where he found green in two before two strokes for a winning birdie to obtain the second title of PGA Tour of his career.
The last 25 -year -old, 66 years old saw him ended the week out of 12 sous and a shot from McNealy, while Scottie Scheffler, world n ° 1, playing alongside Rory McILroy – finished the third in Equality with the leader of the night Patrick Rodgers after having waged twice on the way to a six-mine of 66.
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McNealy had to make a 38-foot hole just to save the peer in the first, then pulled his approach from the range of TAP-IN to the four next to install the first of the five consecutive birdies to jump at eight sous.
The 29-year-old added another to the ninth by five to reach the tour in 30 and started his new back with successive birdies, with McNealy then two strokes of 20 feet per 13th to go nine under and temporarily go ahead.
McNealy did not manage to get up and descend from a Greenside bunker to the next par-turn and fall back to 11 sous, giving hope to the hunting pack, with Åberg the player to take advantage of it after recovering D ‘A mixed start.
Åberg saw two birdies during his first three holes canceled with successive bogys from the fourth, the Swedish picking up the seventh and ninth shots before rushing a peer to the 12th to avoid falling back four shots.
Ludvig Åberg was released in the penultimate group alongside Tony Finau, who finished tied in the fifth
A two -stroke birdie in the 13th and the six -feet gain in 14th was followed by a brilliant 25 feet birdie in the 15th, jumping Åberg alongside McNealy, before he was two blows of 70 feet at the last To close an impressive an impressive victory.
Victory is the fourth in five weeks by Europeans on the PGA Tour, following Sepp Straka, McILroy and Thomas Detryn, while Victory should move Åberg to fourth place in the last world ranking.
The Rodgers night chief faded with consecutive bogeys from the 11th in his last 71 round, seeing him ending on Nine Under with Scheffler, while Tommy Fleetwood in England shared fifth out of eight with Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau and Denny McCarthy.
McILroy’s thin title offer ended up with a bogey of opening holes, the North Irishman with a frustrating day on the Greens while he was stammered at a level 72 level.
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“It was great,” said Åberg CBS. “It was a big fight. Obviously, the golf course is difficult, but I felt like I was controlling the ball flight all day and really proud of the way I finished, it was really cool.
“THE [par] Putt out of 12 was big because I think that at that time, the head was 12 [under] And it was a putt to stay at eight years old. I did it, which was good, then I did some stewed.
Ludvig Åberg was presented with the Tiger Woods Tournament Trophy
“It was so fun to get off the last holes trying to win a tournament. It’s really a special feeling.”
McNealy, who barely missed a second victory for PGA Tour in seven departures, said: “He [second] is more than what I could have asked to start the day.
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Tiger Woods pays emotional tribute to his mother and thanked the players of the Genesis Invitational for their support.
“It was one of those things where I put myself on a role early and there were getable flags.
“I had a few poor shots and a unlucky break or two at the end, but there were certainly a few things that happened early in this turn and it was just a ton of pleasure to be up there, to have A chance.
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