Gay beats Clark in playoff for Bermuda title
The few fans in attendance this week for the PGA Tour’s Bermuda Championship witnessed one of the best finishes so far this season.
Doc Redman entered Sunday’s final round at Port Royal Golf Course with a one-shot lead at 10 under, but it was Wyndham Clark and Brian Gay who duked it out down the stretch in beautiful Bermuda. Seventy-two holes weren’t enough to decide the tournament, which saw Gay lift the winner’s trophy for the first time since 2013 and the fifth time in his career after one playoff hole.
“I was looking forward to coming back to Bermuda. Tied for third here last year, so I had good feelings and thoughts coming back,” said Gay. “It’s a crazy game, you never know what’s going to happen. It’s been a pretty long slump since the quarantine and been working on trying to get things back together and kind of came together this week.”
Looking for his first win on Tour,
Clark got off to a hot start with birdies on Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 to make the turn at 5 under for the round and take the solo lead.
As Clark was cooling, Gay was gearing up for a late run. Making his 602nd career start on Tour, the 48-year-old four-time winner made seven birdies from holes Nos. 6-15 to climb within one shot of the lead.
Both players found the green in regulation on the first playoff hole, with Clark holding the slight advantage. Gay made a clutch putt from outside 10 feet while Clark missed from inside seven feet.
PGA Tour Champions
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Darren Clarke won the Timbertech Champions on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, two-putting for birdie on the par-5 18th for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer.
Clarke hit his second shot on 18 to 35 feet and rolled his eagle try to 11/2 feet. After Furyk missed a 15-foot eagle try, Clarke tapped in for a 4-under 68 and the breakthrough victory. The 52-yearold major champion from Northern Ireland had a 17-under 199 total at the The Old Course at Broken Sound.
Clarke shot a 62 – with a penalty stroke for picking up his ball on the second fairway – Saturday for a share of the lead with Robert Karlsson.
The 50-year-old Furyk also closed with a 68. He won this year in his first two starts on the senior tour.