On February 28, Beijing time, the final round of the Honda Classic was over. Daniel Berg, who had a five-stroke lead after moving day, watched as the championship trophy flew into the arms of Sepp Straka, the 28-year-old Austrian who made history to become Austria's first PGA Tour winner with his "Bird in the Rain" on the 18th hole.
Sepp Straka shot -4 in the final round, the total score came to -10, he won $1.44 million in championship prize money and 500 FedEx Cup points, and the FedEx Cup points ranking rose to 14th.
Daniel Berg, who played +4, slipped to a separate 4th place.
(Final Round Highlights)
You just have to work hard, and the rest is left to Providence
At the beginning of the final round, Berg, who was playing in his hometown, seemed to have everything, and the five-shot lead was quite impressive. But it's hard to play golf, and it's even harder to play in the Honda Classic. Berg unusually shot a +4, and before the first nine was finished, it quickly slipped down.
That gave hope to Sepp Straka, who was in T2 before the start of the tournament, and the famous Shaun Laurie. Although Sepp Straka missed less than a yard of Paula push on the first hole, he did a great job afterwards, catching 3 birds in the last five holes.
(Straka holds the trophy)
The victory and defeat of the two came to the 18th hole to be determined.
Facing the final par five, which was also the closing hole, Straka scored two shots, completed two pushes in heavy rain, and caught a birdie. Laurie, who started in the last group, scored three strokes, and finally Paula lost the game by one shot.
Laurie caught 3 birds in the first 11 holes, but unfortunately did not catch any birds in the last 7 holes.
Sepp Straka, who won the race, also felt the call of the Masters. "It's crazy, it's a dream of my life, and in a month I'm going to go to Augusta. I'm like a dream now, I don't have a real sense of it all, it's crazy. ”
(Final round, Straka's solo highlights)
In the four rounds, Sepp Straka's batting accuracy was very high, ranking first in the fairway rate of 83.93% (47/56) and T2 in the upper green rate of 76.39% (55/72). Putter data also came in 4th place. The absence of technical shortcomings is the key to Sepp Straka's chances of navigating Daniel Berg's poor play.
Lead the table
The leader in the first round, Kurt Kitayama, trailed one more shot to finish in a separate third place with an overall score of -7.
Daniel Berg was in fourth place with an overall score of -6; Gary Woodland shot a -3 in the final round, and Alex Noren finished in T5 with an overall score of -4.
(Pan Zhengchun in the game)
Chinese Taipei player Pan Zhengchun played very smoothly in the fourth round (70-70-71-69), and he ranked T16th with koepka, Billy Hoschel and other players with a total score of equal par.
Also in the T16th place was South African player Dylan Furetley, whose brilliant shot from the Eagles in the bunker on Hole 18 was selected as the best goal of the day:
(Best goal in the final round: Dylan Furettley's pit shot eagle)