Bhatia, a 21-year-old taking part in on a unique brief club, is now totally exempt at the PGA Tour thru 2025 due to his first profession victory within the excursion’s trade match reverse The Open Championship.
“I knew that if I got into position like this, that I could do it,” Bhatia stated at the Golf Channel broadcast. “I’ve done it at every level. Man, I felt uncomfortable out there. I made a really bad double (on No. 5). I hit some really bad shots, but then I kinda made some really nice (birdie) putts on 8 and 9 and started hitting some really good shots coming in.”
The event at Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood direction is the one PGA Tour match that makes use of the Modified Stableford scoring structure. The best possible ranking wins, with issues awarded for double eagles (8), eagles (5) and birdies (two). Pars are price 0 issues, whilst bogeys are minus-1 and double bogeys or worse are minus-3 issues.
Bhatia entered the day 3 issues off Rodgers’ lead however stuck up with a plus-9 in his ultimate spherical to complete plus-40 in legislation. Bhatia — who had two bogeys and a double bogey amongst his first 5 holes — sank a birdie putt at his 72nd hollow to hit plus-40 ahead of Rodgers completed his spherical.
Rodgers had a birdie putt at no. 18 to win outright, however neglected it badly to the best, and he completed his spherical plus-6.
Replaying the par-4 18th, Rodgers were given an unfortunate ruin when his power landed in a divot within the fairway. His 2nd shot did not succeed in the fairway, and once you have at the floor in 3, he neglected an extended par putt.
That allowed Bhatia to two-putt for par to win a identify that might exchange his younger profession.
“It’s a crazy feeling,” Bhatia stated. “I was telling my caddie that your brain and everything, you can feel all this adrenaline, all this shakiness.”
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Julien Guerrier of France (plus-20 Sunday) and Jens Dantorp of Sweden (plus-15) tied for 3rd at plus-37. Ryan Gerard (plus-3) was once 5th at plus-36.