2023 Barracuda Championship

[jxdama]

Great  finish with Akshay Bhatia coming  from way behind to win his  first Championship. Was fun to watch someone  come from way behind to win. 

[iacas]

33 minutes ago, jxdama said:

Great  finish with Akshay Bhatia coming  from way behind to win his  first Championship. Was fun to watch someone  come from way behind to win. 

He was only three Stableford points back after 54 holes, and didn't even win outright: he tied Patrick Rodgers and went to a playoff.

It's his first PGA Tour win, but these alternate field events are glorified KFT wins, and he had one of those already, too.

[jxdama]

4 minutes ago, iacas said:

He was only three Stableford points back after 54 holes, and didn't even win outright: he tied Patrick Rodgers and went to a playoff.

It's his first PGA Tour win, but these alternate field events are glorified KFT wins, and he had one of those already, too.

But  he was well behind after the front  9. It still counts as a win and  in this case a really  big win.

[iacas]

2 minutes ago, jxdama said:

But  he was well behind after the front  9. It still counts as a win and  in this case a really  big win.

He was six points back. Rodgers had +6 points, he had +3 after starting the day 3 back. He only shot -3 on the back nine. Rodgers managed only a +1. I'd put this in the "Rodgers collapsed" category more than the "Akshay blitzed him" category.

I'm sure you didn't watch any of the British Open since the winning score there was even lower than the super-easy U.S. Open. I'm glad you enjoyed the Barracuda.

Akshay shouldn't get a two-year exemption for this one IMO, but whatever.

[snapfade]

There are no more Major's, only birdie fests on easy set up courses.😏

[jxdama]

12 hours ago, iacas said:

He was six points back. Rodgers had +6 points, he had +3 after starting the day 3 back. He only shot -3 on the back nine. Rodgers managed only a +1. I'd put this in the "Rodgers collapsed" category more than the "Akshay blitzed him" category.

I'm sure you didn't watch any of the British Open since the winning score there was even lower than the super-easy U.S. Open. I'm glad you enjoyed the Barracuda.

Akshay shouldn't get a two-year exemption for this one IMO, but whatever.

I turned  it  on and saw Harman wasnt  collapsing and turned  it  off.