
Marc Leishman fired a final-round 4-under vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico 66 and finished at 9-under 271 for the tournament to earn a third-place finish vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico at the Byron Nelson Championship in Dallas, Texas. It was the best finish of the year for the Australian and the second highest finish of his career (finished second at Farmers Insurance Open in2010), as well as the fourth vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico To-25 finish he's earned in 2012.
Leishman got things started with a solid 5-under 65 in the first round that included two eagles– an eagle 2 on the par-4 11 th hole and an eagle 3 on the par-5 16 th – and he followed that up with a 69 on day two. Leishman actually could have finished second or stayed in contention for the win, but he made a costly bogey on the par-3 17 th that dropped him back to T3.
Ken Duke was the next highest finisher among GPT alums, vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico shooting 6-under 274 for the tournament to finish T7. He caught fire early on the front nine in the final round, carding birdies on 5 of 6 holes before making the turn. It was Duke's vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico fourth Top-10 of the year, moving him to 47 th in the FedEx Cup standings.
Robert Garrigus joined Duke and Leishman in the Top-10, shooting a final-round 66 to finish T9 at 5-under par. Garrigus carded an eagle on the par-5 7 th in the final round (his second eagle of the week) to help earn his third Top-10 vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico and sixth Top-20 of the year. This was Garrigus' best outing since he lost in a playoff at the Transitions Championships back in March. The long-hitting Phoenix resident led the field in driving distance (334.3 yards per drive).
Andres Gonzales and Danny Lee both cracked the Top-20, finishing T19 at 3-under par. Gonzales, playing on a sponsor exemption vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico based thanks in large part to a huge Twitter campaign, shot a first-round 66 and was two shots off the first-round lead. Currently second on the Nationwide Tour money list, Gonzales recorded five birdies through the first 8 holes in round one, with three of those birdies coming on putts of 16 feet, 17 feet and 25 feet. He closed with rounds of 72-69-70 and earned $78,000 in his first PGA TOUR start of the year.
After starting off 71-71, Lee finished vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico the weekend 68-67 for his T19 finish. He opened slowly in the final round, carding two straight bogeys, but rebounded with five birdies through the final 11 holes for his second Top-25 of the season.
Aaron Watkins was the highest Nationwide Tour finisher among our former GPT players, finishing T5 at 13-under par at the BMW Charity Classic. Watkins had a share of the second-round lead after opening 67-66, but struggled to a 2-over vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico 73 in the third round that dropped vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico him back of the pack. During those first two rounds he carded 13 birdies and just two bogeys; while in his third round 73 he recorded five bogeys and just three birdies. Despite his hiccup vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico in the third round, Watkins still battled back with a final-round 67. It was the best finish of the year for Watkins, and his fifth career Top-10 finish on the Nationwide Tour.
Brent Delahoussaye, Justin Hicks, vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico James Hahn and Fernando Mechereffe all shot 11-under par for the tournament and finished T12. Delahoussaye carded rounds of 67-67-72-69 to make his first cut in three starts this year, while Hicks recorded an eagle on the par-5 15 th during his final-round 67 to earn his fifth Top-20 of the season.
Hahn shot 65-69 in the second and third rounds to help record his third Top-15 of the year, while Mechereffe was only one of two players to shoot all rounds in the 60s (69-69-69-68) for his best career vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico finish.
Edstrom fired rounds of 67-66-74-69 but had a crucial vacation rentals playa del carmen mexico double-bogey on the 72 nd hole that dropped him from a T8 to T18 finish. Benedetti followed up a disappointing 74 in the third round with a final-round 66 to earn his fifth Top-20 finish of the year.
This week the PGA TOUR heads to Fort Worth for the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, May 24-27. The Nationwide Tour will take a break this week before heading to North Carolina for The Rex Hospital Open at TPC Wakefield Plantation, May 31-June 1.
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