FedEx St Jude Championship 2022, TPC Southwind, Memphis, TN, 11-14 August
Will Zalatoris wins FedEx St Jude after unforgettable playoff against Sepp Straka
"The craziest hour of golf in 2022" - Kyle Porter, linked below
Cut to one "I see it but I don't believe it" moment, here
From PGA TOUR Daily Wrap-up, by The AP:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Will Zalatoris had the most money and the best world ranking of anyone without a PGA TOUR victory. He changed that Sunday by winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship without making birdie in a three-hole playoff.
He moved to No. 1 in the FedExCup as the TOUR heads to the second FedExCup Playoffs event at the BMW Championship, where the top 70 will compete.
Heartache in two previous playoff losses this year — one in a major — turned into relief for Zalatoris after a wild finish at TPC Southwind. It ended when he took a penalty drop from the rocks that frame the par-3 11th green and holed a 7-foot bogey putt to beat Sepp Straka. Read more
From Yahoo!Sports, by Brentley Romine:
In one of the craziest playoffs in recent PGA Tour memory, Will Zalatoris took advantage of the wildest break of them all to capture his long-awaited first PGA Tour victory Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
After two eventful playoff holes between Zalatoris and Sepp Straka, Zalatoris’ tee shot at the third extra hole – the 151-yard, par-3 11th at TPC Southwind – barely carried the water, took a bounce on the bank and then at least six more bounces on the rock retaining wall before settling between the wall and the rough. Read more
From CBS Sports, by Kyle Porter:
How Will Zalatoris edged Sepp Straka in the most dramatic playoff of the season
An otherwise solid, but unremarkable weekend at TPC Southwind ended in the craziest hour of golf in 2022
For four days, the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis unfolded as a solid, if not unremarkable, first event of the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs...
Then, out of nowhere, it gave us the craziest hour of the 2022 season.
It all started when eventual winner Will Zalatoris hit a 10-foot par putt on the 72nd hole, turned to face either his caddie or the crowd and screamed -- and I mean screamed -- "What are they going to say now?!"
Read Kyle Porter's write-up of "the craziest hour" here
From Yahoo!Sports, USA Today, by Adam Woodard:
A two shot penalty from Saturday’s third round shook up the leaderboard during Sunday’s final round of the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship and set up for a thrilling finish...
After tying the 18th twice, Zalatoris claimed victory on the third playoff hole, the par-3 11th, after a few lucky bounces on a rock wall kept his ball dry, while Straka found the water off the tee. The win is the 25-year-old’s highly-anticipated first on Tour after he had finished runner-up four times in his previous 55 PGA Tour starts. Read more
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