TRUCKEE, Calif. — Ryan Gerard had two seven-point, birdie-eagle bursts and overcame 5 bogeys to win the Barracuda Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory.
In breezy situations at Tahoe Mountain Membership in the one PGA Tour occasion that makes use of the modified Stableford scoring system, Gerard adopted a two-point birdie with a five-point eagle on Nos. 2-3 and 10-11.
The 25-year-old former North Carolina participant had a 13-point spherical to complete with 47 factors for a three-point victory over 2021 winner Erik van Rooyen of South Africa. Gerard fell wanting van Rooyen’s match document of fifty factors.
“Been enjoying lots of actually good golf,” Gerard stated. “Felt like I haven’t been fairly getting the scores out of the pictures that I’ve hit. It’s been a very long time being an extended grind, and it’s fairly cool to finish up on prime.”
Fifth within the occasion two years in the past, Gerard received in his forty seventh PGA Tour begin to change into the 999th winner in tour historical past.
“It’s identical to a fruits of a lifetime of labor,” Gerard stated. “I can’t let you know what number of hours I’ve spent hitting golf balls dreaming of successful on the PGA Tour. Yeah, it’s actually particular.”
Performed reverse The Open, the match was co-sanctioned by the European tour. With the victory, Gerard obtained a spot within the PGA Championship subsequent yr however not the Masters.
Van Rooyen had an 11-point day. He made a 20-foot eagle putt on the par-5 fifteenth and a 30-footer for birdie on the par-4 18th.
“Blended feelings,” van Rooyen stated. “Actually pleased with how I fought. Left some pictures on the market the previous couple of days sadly with the putter, however can’t count on to make every part, proper? So perhaps I’m a bit too laborious on myself.”
Todd Clements of England was third with 39 factors after a 16-point spherical. Beau Hossler scored 17 factors Sunday to tie for fourth at 37 with Max McGreevy (16) and Jacques Kruyswijk (10).
Tied for the third-round lead with Rico Hoey, Gerard made a 20-foot eagle putt on the par-5 third and holed a 35-footer from the perimeter on the par-5 eleventh. On the eleventh, he hit his method into the tough, however was allowed to take aid and transfer his ball to the perimeter due to a sprinkler head.
Gerard adopted each seven-point runs with consecutive bogeys – with a degree deducted for bogey – and missed a 3-footer on 16 for a three-putt bogey.
The winner made a 5-foot birdie putt on 14 to get again the factors he misplaced with the bogeys on the earlier two holes. He additionally rapidly canceled out the consecutive front-nine bogeys with a birdie on No. 7.
Gerard performed for the sixth straight week – a string that started with the U.S. Open and took him to Scotland final week. He was ninth and second in consecutive occasions in Texas in April.
Hoey tied for eighth at 34 after a scoreless spherical.
