Final Round 71; t-3rd at PLAYERS Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH - The day started with Pat Perez at -4 and tied for 12th behind some of the PGA's most notable names. Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk and Mike Weir - just to name a few.By day's end, it was Double P who fought his way to a third place finish at the PLAYERS Championship, tied with Furyk, Camillo Villegas and Henrik Stenson.
Eventual winner Stephen Ames ran away with the tournament (-14), starting the day with a one stroke lead and then netting the best round of the day with a 67. Outside of his performance, second place and beyond were anyone's for the taking. Retief Goosen snagged runner up honors with a final round 69, wrapping up his week -8.
At day's end, Double P's hard fought 71 was stellar under these conditions and considering the world's top talent was shooting upwards in the likes of 77 (Singh) and 78 (Garcia.)
P.P. started his Sunday round netting back to back birdies. Pars were the result on #3 and the treacherous #4, before his second double bogey of the week - this time on #5.
Perez quickly contained himself with a birdie on #6 and three straight pars to close out the front nine at 35.
The back nine was pure consistency with a 36. After a bogey on #10, it was all pars, outside of a clutch birdie putt on #14. Those watching on NBC got to witness this birdie as well as a stellar par save on #17 which in the end was the difference between a third and sixth place tie.
Third place paid $384,000 at the PLAYERS Championship this week.
Next up for Double P -- a well deserved off week. After playing all four in Florida (Doral, Honda, Bay Hill and PLAYERS) it's two weeks off before heading to Myrtle Beach, SC for the Hootie and the Blowfish annual Monday After the Masters tourney and then the MCI in Hilton Head.
Congrats to P.P. on a stellar week and a great run in Florida.
7 Comments:
Good job big guy!!!
Great tournament, Pat. Enjoy your time off.
Pat:
Well done!!! Keep up the consistent play.
Solid week Mr. Perez. Mr. Ames got lucky yesterday. Your win is coming very soon. You've been playing great lately. Keep up the good work and enjoy your vacation the next few weeks.
PP-It was fun watching you yesterday. Its a shame the tv doesnt show more footage of you instead of the guys who have no shot at winning. Hope to watch you in Memphis this summer and maybe you can come out to Collierville and hang out.
Very nice showing at the Players. I smell a WIN coming soon.....Break on thru to the other side!
Keep up the great playing, Pat. It is fun to watch.
Keep the faith!
NICE JOB BIG GUY!!! DOES THIS MEAN LESS EVENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR SO H CAN SURF MORE?
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