American Joe Highsmith received his first PGA Tour title after a exceptional turnaround over the ultimate two rounds of the Cognizant Basic at PGA Nationwide in Florida.
On Friday the 24-year-old needed to make a five-foot putt on the final simply to make the minimize in Palm Seaside Gardens and he went into the third spherical eight pictures again.
Nonetheless, he then carded back-to-back seven-under par 64s to cost by means of the sector and prime the leaderboard on 19 below. His rating for the ultimate 36 holes was the bottom in match historical past.
He’s the primary participant in 9 years on the PGA Tour to win after making the minimize on the quantity.
Highsmith described his bogey-free fourth spherical as “in all probability the most effective of my life”, with 4 birdies in 5 holes from the ninth the important thing to placing himself in competition.
In that very same stretch of holes in a single day chief Jake Knapp threw away his likelihood of successful after opting to play his ball out of the water on the par-four eleventh, failing and subsequently carding a triple-bogey seven.
Highsmith ultimately completed two away from compatriots Jacob Bridgeman and JJ Spaun, and along with his PGA Tour breakthrough he has now booked a serious debut at subsequent month’s Masters in addition to gaining entry to the remaining profitable signature occasions.
