Record birdied the primary additional hollow to defeat Zalatoris at Torrey Pines, with the win securing him an invitation to The Masters; Jon Rahm finishes tied-third whilst England’s Aaron Rai and Justin Rose finish the week in a percentage of 6th
By way of Ali Stafford
Final Up to date: 30/01/22 7:20am
Luke Record secured a maiden PGA Excursion victory in his 206th match
Luke Record claimed a long-awaited maiden PGA Excursion name with a dramatic play-off victory within the Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines.
Record fired a final-round 66 at the South Direction to enroll in Zalatoris on 15 beneath and take the competition to additional holes, earlier than birdieing the primary additional play-off hollow to assert the victory.
Zalatoris ignored an eight-foot birdie alternative at the 72nd hollow to win the competition outright however needed to accept 2nd, whilst global Number one Jon Rahm completed a shot off the tempo in tied-third along Jason Day and Cameron Tringale.
Rahm, who gained the USA Open at Torrey Pines final June, narrowly ignored on victory
English pair Aaron Rai and Justin Rose had been a few of the team of gamers two strokes again on 13 beneath, whilst Justin Thomas dropped out of rivalry at the last day and slipped to tied-Twentieth after a two-over 74.
“I have labored truly onerous on my hanging, and that’s the reason sort of what is held me again through the years,” Record stated. “I rolled it fantastically at the entrance 9 and made numerous high quality strokes even at the again. In order that’s part of my recreation I am proceeding to paintings on, and I do know it’ll stay getting higher.”
Record and Zalatoris each ended the week on 15 beneath
Record had charged up the leaderboard at the last day via following 4 consecutive birdies from the 1/3 via holing out from the bunker for every other on the twelfth, earlier than selecting up a shot on the sixteenth and cancelling out a bogey on the seventeenth via rolling in a 12-foot birdie on the final to set the clubhouse goal.
Each Record and Zalatoris discovered the green bunker off tee within the play-off and had been each pressured to put up at the par-five, earlier than Record fired a fantastic 131-yard technique to inside inches of the cup.
Zalatoris’ means completed 15 ft from the pin and he used to be not able to transform his birdie alternative to increase the competition, permitting Record to tap-in for victory on the 206th time of asking at the PGA Excursion.
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“That is what I have performed for my whole profession,” Zalatoris stated. “My profession purpose is to win a big, and this is a part of the stepping stone. Clearly lovely disenchanted at the moment, however truly happy with how I fought.”
Pat Perez, Sungjae Im and Joaquin Niemann joined Rai and Rose in tied-sixth, with Billy Horschel within the team of 5 gamers in a percentage of eleventh on 12 beneath.
Watch the APGA Excursion’s Farmers Insurance coverage Invitational on Sunday from 10pm on Sky Sports activities Golfing, with the WM Phoenix Open continue to exist Thursday.
