Patton Kizzire gained the Procore Championship by 5 pictures.
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In half-hour, Patton Kizzire noticed his five-shot lead slip down to only two.
It’s one thing a professional by no means desires to occur whereas nursing a possible win as they around the flip and head for the again 9 Sunday.
It wasn’t simply poor pictures, there was a nasty break too, on No. 10, the place his strategy shot hit the flag stick and careened practically 50 ft away.
However simply as shortly because it appeared Kizzire was letting it slip away, he was again in management.
After a bogey and two-shot swing on the eleventh, Kizzire ripped a tee shot down the center on the par-5 twelfth, pushed a 3-iron into the greenside bunker and made a routine up and down for bride. Then on 13, Kizzire knocked a wedge to inside 10 ft and canned the putt. When his closest pursuer, David Lipsky, didn’t make birdie at 12 and made bogey at 13, Kizzire’s lead was again to 5 pictures and cruised residence the final 5 holes to win the Procore Championship at Silverado Resort.
His successful rating of 20 below beat Lipsky by 5 and was only one shy of the event report which was matched final yr by Sahith Theegala.
It’s Kizzire’s third profession PGA Tour win and first since successful two occasions in two months throughout the 2017-18 season on the OHL Traditional at Mayakoba and Sony Open.
The win additionally couldn’t have come at a greater time for the 38-year-old. He made his solution to East Lake in 2018 on the power of his two victories however had solely made the postseason as soon as within the years since. Earlier than that, he had completed inside the highest 125 within the FedEx Cup in every of his first three seasons on the PGA Tour.
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Final season, he completed inside the highest 125 earlier than the Playoffs, however didn’t play within the postseason as the sector for the FedEx St. Jude Championship was diminished to 70 beginning in 2023. He then fell to 128th throughout the fall schedule that means he would play out this season once more out of the conditional standing class.
He was in a fair worse place heading into this fall season, coming into this week at 132nd within the standings.
However the win locks up a two-year exemption for him and now places him within the dialog for leaping into the primary two Signature Occasions of the yr as he jumps to seventieth within the fall standings, that are a continuation of the common season standings. Kizzire didn’t play in any of the Signature Occasions final season and hasn’t performed a serious since 2022, however now he’ll be heading again to the Masters for the primary time since 2019 subsequent season.
Kizzire cruising to the win when he chipped in for eagle on the fifth gap. He stood on the ninth tee with a five-shot lead however walked off the eleventh inexperienced up simply two after he bogeyed 9 and 11 and caught the tough break on 10.
However the back-to-back birdies got here at simply the fitting second on 12 and 13 to regular himself and restore the cushion that was a lot to ship him to the winner’s circle.
