Jacobson lands PGA title
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June 28, 2011, Tuesday
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FREDRIK Jacobson closed out his first PGA Tour title on Sunday, shooting a 4-under 66 in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, for a one-stroke victory over John Rollins and Ryan Moore.
Jacobson, a 36-year-old Swede who joined the tour eight years ago and has three European Tour victories, had just one bogey in the tournament and finished at 20 under, two shots off the course record.
"It's been haunting me," Jacobson said. "I've been on the board, I've been asked so many times from the kids, 'Did you get a trophy this week daddy? Did you get a trophy this week?' Nope, no trophy. So, I'm excited about that. I'm glad I'm not breaking that promise for her."
"I was hitting so many fairways," said Jacobson, who was equal 14th last week at the US Open. "It started clicking the end of last week. The last two days I struck the ball the best I ever have at the US Open."
Jacobson hit all 28 fairways over the weekend.
Rollins and Moore closed with 63s. Moore missed a 4-foot par putt on 18.
"I'm not beating myself up over that putt," he said. "That happens in golf.
"It was a pretty simple left-center putt, and I pushed it right into the middle of the hole and it just slipped by the side."
Patrick Cantlay, the 19-year-old UCLA golfer who had a 60 on Friday to break the tour record for an amateur, finished at 11 under after weekend rounds of 72 and 70.
He arrived to a loud ovation on the 18th green, but bogeyed the hole.
"I just learned what it's like to have a week on the PGA Tour, to make the cut and to compete with all the guys," said Cantlay, the low amateur at Congressional last week. "This was just my second go-around and it was a lot of fun. The ovations are special every time."
Michael Thompson, who came out of qualifying school this season, shot the best round of the day, a 62, including a 29 on the back nine. He finished fourth at 18 under.
"It was very exciting, especially this being my dream to play on the PGA Tour," he said.
Jacobson was trying to become the first player since Lee Trevino in the 1974 Greater New Orleans Open to play 72 holes without a bogey.
And he almost did it.
He had 63 consecutive bogey-free holes before running into problems on the par-4 10th. His second shot went right, ending up resting against the cart path, but after taking relief and pitching onto the green, he couldn't make a 12-foot putt for par.
"I caught a mud ball there on the right side," he said. "You've just got to accept those."
Jacobson, a 36-year-old Swede who joined the tour eight years ago and has three European Tour victories, had just one bogey in the tournament and finished at 20 under, two shots off the course record.
"It's been haunting me," Jacobson said. "I've been on the board, I've been asked so many times from the kids, 'Did you get a trophy this week daddy? Did you get a trophy this week?' Nope, no trophy. So, I'm excited about that. I'm glad I'm not breaking that promise for her."
"I was hitting so many fairways," said Jacobson, who was equal 14th last week at the US Open. "It started clicking the end of last week. The last two days I struck the ball the best I ever have at the US Open."
Jacobson hit all 28 fairways over the weekend.
Rollins and Moore closed with 63s. Moore missed a 4-foot par putt on 18.
"I'm not beating myself up over that putt," he said. "That happens in golf.
"It was a pretty simple left-center putt, and I pushed it right into the middle of the hole and it just slipped by the side."
Patrick Cantlay, the 19-year-old UCLA golfer who had a 60 on Friday to break the tour record for an amateur, finished at 11 under after weekend rounds of 72 and 70.
He arrived to a loud ovation on the 18th green, but bogeyed the hole.
"I just learned what it's like to have a week on the PGA Tour, to make the cut and to compete with all the guys," said Cantlay, the low amateur at Congressional last week. "This was just my second go-around and it was a lot of fun. The ovations are special every time."
Michael Thompson, who came out of qualifying school this season, shot the best round of the day, a 62, including a 29 on the back nine. He finished fourth at 18 under.
"It was very exciting, especially this being my dream to play on the PGA Tour," he said.
Jacobson was trying to become the first player since Lee Trevino in the 1974 Greater New Orleans Open to play 72 holes without a bogey.
And he almost did it.
He had 63 consecutive bogey-free holes before running into problems on the par-4 10th. His second shot went right, ending up resting against the cart path, but after taking relief and pitching onto the green, he couldn't make a 12-foot putt for par.
"I caught a mud ball there on the right side," he said. "You've just got to accept those."
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