It was the fourth playoff in Barracuda Championship history and the first in over a decade in the unique tournament which features a Modified Stableford scoring system assigning point values to shots rather than registering a score relative to par.
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Reifers (47 points) remarkably forced himself into the lead with three eagles in six holes, climbing from 22nd at the start of the final round.
David Toms and Sweden’s Jonas Blixt were tied for second. Derek Fathauer, Brendan Steele and 2009 champ Steve Flesch tied for seventh with 40 points.
Before this week’s events, Romero was sitting in 155th in the FedEx Cup standings with the play-offs only a couple of weeks away. It’s interesting that another victor in this format was, like Ogilvy, also a veteran – JJ Henry in 2012. “I’ve been fortunate enough now to be out here (on tour) for 15 straight years”.
“I just love coming and playing here. It’s a great feeling”.
“It’s just a fun format”.
Reifers had three eagles on the back nine. And there’s insane traffic on the way to the golf course and lots of people and hard to play. “That’s why I came here”, Toms said.
While he would obviously prefer not to have to use that it does mean he can play more freely as what has been a tumultuous season both on and off the course winds down. It went right in the middle of the hole. I hadn’t won for a while. 9 and 10, he knocked in a 17-footer birdie at 11 to get to 32 points.
Reifers said he didn’t look at the scoreboard all day.
“Just disappointed”, Reifers said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do it without my caddie, Brandon DeStefano”. “Took advantage of the easy holes and made a lot of birdies when I had chances to”. “I performed the way I wanted to”. “I was happy with how I played last week until Sunday“.
On 18, Reifers was unintentionally iced by the group ahead. “Worked throughout the handful of things by having educate, and then they will all hated out brilliant today….” “You saw all kinds of fireworks”, Henry said. Chambers and St. Andrews I hit the ball as well as I could. “But the game has been really good for a while”.
Rodgers eagled No. 18, but it wasn’t going to be enough to catch Reifers. He would pull out the putter and drill the Eagle and force Reifers to do the same. I kind of made a mess of the back nine on Thursday. “Felt like I really played well and I can definitely build on it”.
Andres Romero sustained what could be a very costly hand injury in an act of petulance during the third round of the Barracuda Championship.
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Therefore, in what a rules official described as a “strange situation”, Romero just tapped his ball a few yards off the tee at each of the final four holes before picking it up and walking to the next hole. He was looking for his first tournament win since 2013.
