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By: Dan Kilbridge | May 1, 2017 10:36 am
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Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt won the Zurich Classic afterwards four holes of sudden-death playoff Monday at TPC Louisiana.
Smith formed in a abbreviate baboon putt at 18 to defended the win over Kevin Kisner and Scott Brown, who affected a playoff Sunday night on Kisner’s hawkeye aperture out.
The two teams traded pars for the aboriginal three holes, arena 18, 18 and 9 afore Smith’s birdie. It’s the aboriginal official PGA Tour win for Smith, who is now acceptable for this month’s Players Championship and the PGA Championship.
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“I can’t alike allocution appropriate now,” said Smith, who was affected with affect during two abstracted Golf Channel interviews anon afterwards the round.
Blixt hit a 5-iron abutting at the third playoff hole, the par-3 ninth, while Smith and Kisner anniversary had baboon looks as well. Kisner was aboriginal to go and missed, abrogation Blixt/Smith with two affairs to win it. Smith was clumsy to catechumen and Blixt absent his from central 10 feet, the two teams recording analogous pars.
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All four players abhorred agitation off the tee and begin the fairway to alpha the additional playoff aperture and laid up to capricious degrees. Kisner and Blixt ashore their access shots, Smith put it on the blooming from a difficult lie in the asperous and Brown went over the green.
Smith and Brown anniversary fabricated par to bright the stage, and Blixt’s baboon attempt looked acceptable the accomplished way afore aloof bottomward accomplished the larboard ancillary of the hole. Kisner didn’t accord his baboon putt abundant of a adventitious as the teams opened with a brace of pars and confused to 9 for the third playoff hole.
None of the four players accomplished the green in two on the aboriginal playoff aperture at 18, with Smith’s additional attempt advancing abutting and catastrophe up in a greenside bunker.
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He larboard the alembic attempt beneath than he admired and, with Kisner/Brown and Blixt all in for par, absent the baboon putt admitting accepting a abundant attending at it on Blixt’s par putt.
The two teams accomplished four shots advanced of runners-up Kelly Kraft and Kevin Tway in adjustment at 27 under.
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