![]() After all, a typical professional golf tournament has a field of 140+ different players to consider. 0:00 0:51 DETROIT (AP) Cam Davis of Australia won the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title when Troy Merritt missed a 6-foot par putt on the fifth hole of a playoff. Grabbing the outright winner of a golf tournament is the best way to get that 'big score' but it's also the hardest wager to cash. Sportsbooks ensure that there are no shortage of wagering options on golf tournaments every week, and it isn't all about picking the winner. If Finau can outlast the competition to win Sunday, he will be the first to win two straight regular-season events since Brendon Todd in 2019.Golf betting has gained much more exposure and interest in the past few years, and with plenty of plus-money prices littered throughout the various forms of golf wagers, the chance for bigger scores is part of the reason behind that increased popularity. ![]() “To get three in a row after that was a big momentum boost and obviously set myself up nicely with those three holes,” he said.įinau went ahead at 17 with a birdie, and Pendrith tied it again with a birdie on the 54th hole. Pendrith, who won twice on PGA Tour Canada, bounced back from his second bogey with three straight birdies to pull back into a tie with two holes to play. “Just kind of hit a poor tee ball and maybe got a little bit of a bad break right behind the tree,” Pendrith said. 13, forcing him to chip back onto the fairway and leading to a bogey that dropped him into a second-place tie with Young. Pendrith ended up behind a tree again at No. 7 and 8 while Pendrith missed a 1-foot putt and make bogey on the ninth hole. He he hit a shot 104 yards to the hole, an approach within 16 feet and made the putt to restore his one-stroke lead.įinau equaled Pendrith at 18 under at the turn after making birdies at Nos. ![]() 6 greenside rough, leaving him behind several towering tees in his path. Pendrith followed that up with an errant tee shot to the left on the par-5 631-yard fourth hole that put him in the No. “Maybe a little nerves,” he acknowledged. 3, then Pendrith pulled his 3-foot putt to miss an opportunity to stay ahead. “It was nice to have that type of energy.”įinau pulled into the lead with a 15-foot putt at No. “It had a nice feel to it, a lot of energy from the crowd and both played some solid golf and kind of feeding off each other,” Finau said. Pendrith, who had his share of fans make the 4-hour drive from in Ontario, looked cool as calm as he bumped fists with two young boys as he walked to the third tee. ![]() “Stay hot, Tony!” a fan shouted at a player without a bogey this week. Finau pulled within a stroke on the next hole, making a 20-foot chip from the greenside rough for birdie. Pendrith opened with 6-foot birdie putt to take a two-shot lead. “We both have done a great job up to this point through 54 holes of maintaining our composure.” Davis Thompson leads by two at Rocket Mortgage DETROIT Davis Thompson, in his third PGA TOUR event as a professional, is leading the Rocket Mortgage Classic. “It’s almost like a match play situation where we kind of flipped the script there on each other in the beginning,” Finau said. The 31-year-old PGA Tour rookie from Canada missed nearly four months this year with a broken rib.Īll afternoon, Pendrith and Finau took turns pulling and falling into ties and taking leads. Pendrith was the second-round leader after setting the tournament 36-hole record at 15-under 129. “Obviously, this golf course has no defense and there’s going to be a ton of birdies out there.” “I’ve got to get off to a hot start and keep the pedal down,” Cantlay said. 4 in the world ranking, was six shots behind after a 66. Stephan Jaeger was five shots back after a 65. “I have to play a ridiculous round of golf to have any chance,” Young said. He matched the Detroit Golf Club record with a 63 on Friday. Rookie of the year front-runner Cameron Young (65) was four strokes back. In March, he was 13th at the Players Championship and came away with a career-best $327,222 payday - and a broken rib. Pendrith had third-round lead by three shots last October at the Bermuda Championship before closing with a 76 and finishing a career-high fifth. “I probably have more pressure just because I’ve never won before and Tony’s a multiple winner and he won last week,” said Pendrith, who was a stroke a ahead entering the round and birdied four of the last five holes for a 66. ![]() The 3M Open winner last week in Minnesota, Finau is trying to become the first to win consecutive regular-season tournaments in three years. “If we put together a good round, might be a two-man race,” Finau said. ![]()
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