Laird wins fourth PGA Tour name in Las Vegas play-off

Martin Laird clinched his 4th PGA Tour title with a spectacular victory over Matthew Wolff plus Austin Cook at the Shriners Private hospitals for Children Open on the 2nd play-off hole.

The particular Scot fell into a play-off within Las Vegas after he bogeyed the particular 18th hole to finish alongside United states pair Wolff and Cook upon 23 under par but produced amends with a birdie at the par-three 17th in sudden death.

Wolff and Cook experienced both posted five-under 66s in order to force their way into additional holes but missed birdie putts at both the 18th and then the particular 17th as they were both refused their second PGA Tour game titles.

Laird has now earned the event twice in his career, eleven years after he sealed their first PGA Tour title with a play-off at TPC Summerlin last year.

The highlight associated with Laird’s final-round three-under 68 acquired earlier come when he eagled the par-five ninth for the 3rd day running with a remarkable hole-out from a plugged lie in the front side greenside bunker.

Laird has now won the big event twice, both times in a play-off

Laird started the day in a share of the direct at 20 under alongside Meat Cantlay, who dropped out of the law on the front nine, opened along with five consecutive pars before this individual kick-started his round with back-to-back birdies to lead an overloaded leaderboard by two shots.

The 37-year-old then rebounded back from a first dropped chance in 45 holes to open upward a three-shot lead with an incredible eagle at the ninth, only for presently there to be a two-shot swing shortly after whenever he bogeyed the 10th plus Cook birdied the 12th.

Martin Laird made a good improbable hole-out for eagle from the plugged lie in the front greenside bunker at the par-five ninth

Cook then birdied the par-five 13th to receive a share of the lead along with Laird, before he cancelled out there a bogey at the 14th having a birdie at the 15th to path by one shot after the Scott birdied the 13th.

Wolff, who had surged straight into contention with a 61 in the 3rd round, birdied the sixth plus ninth before a third gain in the 13th momentarily brought him in order to within a shot of Laird.

The 21-year-old, who received his first PGA Tour name at the 3M Open in just their third start since turning expert last July, drove the eco-friendly at the 15th before he holed his birdie putt to get inside two of the lead.

Cook, meanwhile, recovered from the annoyance of a three-putt par at the par-five 16th to birdie the seventeenth and then safely make par in the 18th to set the clubhouse focus on at 23 under.

Austin Cook won the RSM Classic in 2018

Wolff continued to maintain the particular pressure as he took advantage of an enormous drive and a fantastic wedge chance to hole an eagle putt at the 16th, before near does not show for birdie at the final 2 holes saw him wait together with Cook to see whether a play-off would be required.

Laird three-putted the 16th to skip a chance to create a two-shot gap on the chasing American pair and, regardless of a miraculous par save on the 17th to retain his slender prospect, he was initially unable to close this out as he failed to get up plus down for par at the final hole before he atoned within the play-off.

Mexico’s Abraham Ancer finished in outright 4th place on 20 under par following a closing 67.

In the meantime, Bryson DeChambeau, playing for the last period before next month’s Masters, acquired earlier posted a five-under sixty six, which included an eagle at the fifteenth, to finish at eighteen under and a tie for eighth location.

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