Scholarship America Showdown

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New course, a few interesting plays for me:
1/4 1-5:
Lee Williams @100/1 Skybet
Justin Smith @150/1 GolfingGods
John Mallinger @80/1 GolfingGods
Michael Harris @66/1 Skybet
Garnett @250/1 Skybet

and three locals:
Tiziani @200/1 GolfingGods
Barber @250/1 GolfingGods
M Anderson @200/1 Skybet

and 2 good regular players:
Snedeker 66/1 Skybet
Tidland 66/1 Skybet

Good luck!

 

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New course, a few interesting plays for me:
1/4 1-5:
Lee Williams @100/1 Skybet
Justin Smith @150/1 GolfingGods
John Mallinger @80/1 GolfingGods
Michael Harris @66/1 Skybet
Garnett @250/1 Skybet

and three locals:
Tiziani @200/1 GolfingGods
Barber @250/1 GolfingGods
M Anderson @200/1 Skybet

and 2 good regular players:
Snedeker 66/1 Skybet
Tidland 66/1 Skybet

Good luck!

Very tight event, but what a finish by Snedeker, again!
BYRON, Minn. -- This time, Brandt Snedeker wouldn't let it get away.


Beaten in a playoff three weeks ago, Snedeker birdied the second extra hole at the Scholarship America Showdown at Somerby and then watched as Jeff Quinney missed a six-foot birdie putt to extend the overtime session, giving Snedeker his first career win on the Nationwide Tour.

"I was preparing to go to another hole. I had already conceded that putt to Jeff," said Snedeker. I feel bad for Jeff because I went through that three weeks ago. It's such a great feeling to win; I can't put it into words."

Snedeker and Quinney each posted 5-under-par 67s at the Somerby Golf Club to finish regulation play at 16-under 262. Tim O'Neal (69) and Kyle Thompson (70) tied for third, two shots back while Justin Bolli (70) was alone in fifth, three off the pace.

Sunday's final round in the $550,000 started out as a shootout with four players sharing the 54-hole lead and seven others, including Snedeker and Quinney, jammed together one shot back. Quinney was steady and bogey-free on his climb up the leaderboard, which at one point had seven players tied for second place and everyone on the back nine.

With the winds howling and the pressure mounting, Quinney stepped to the front with birdies at Nos. 15, 16, and 17 to get into the clubhouse at 16 under. He then waited to see if anyone would catch him. The birdie at 16 was in stark contrast to the eight he suffered 24 hours earlier.

"I wanted to hit a good tee shot today and I hit a great one," he said of his drive. "I thought 14- or 15-under would be good enough to win. I figured that birdie at 17 to get to 16-under would do it."

Three weeks ago at the Chattanooga Classic, Snedeker stepped to the tee on the 72nd hole needing eagle to force a playoff. Snedeker made the eagle on the par 5 but then lost the playoff when rookie Kyle Reifers birdied the same par 5 the first time around.

"It was deja vu standing on the tee today," said Snedeker, who hit only eight of 14 fairways and 11 of 18 greens on the final day. "My caddie and I got up to the tee and he said we did it three weeks ago, and we can do it again today."

Snedeker drilled a 6-iron to with 15 feet on the downwind, 590-yard hole and then canned the putt to send the tournament into overtime. "I got a bit lucky on that putt," he admitted. "I pulled it a little but it snuck in the right edge."

Playing the same par-5, both players birdied the hole the first time, each missing eagle putts from 25 to 30 feet. The next time around, Snedeker's 7-iron stopped within seven feet for eagle. Quinney missed the green short and right and chipped to six feet. Snedeker watched as his putt slid by, leaving him a tap-in for four. Quinney, who rallied from a disastrous quadruple-bogey on Saturday, then pushed his final putt.

"I was trying to go inside left. I didn't think about it. I hit a good putt," said Quinney.

The win was worth $99,000 for the 2003 U. S. Amateur Public Links Champion and pushed him to No. 6 on the season money list. A month ago, after missing the cut at the Knoxville Open, Snedeker was No. 93 on the list.

"Before I was making cuts but not doing anything on the weekends," he said. "I told myself to be patient and good things would happen. I changed my attitude a little bit and instead of putting pressure on myself I tried not to expect anything. When you do that, you can't be disappointed. It's amazing what you can do when you don't worry about what anyone else is doing. I visualized it (winning) being a little easier than this. Today was a grind but it's nice to pull one out when things weren't going well. Sometimes you need a little luck."