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| Bill Haas gets first PGA TOUR win, joins his dad Jay as Bob Hope champ |
After playing 140 PGA TOUR events over half a decade without a victory, Bill Haas saw his perseverance rewarded on the final hole of a marathon week of golf at the Bob Hope Classic. It came down to the last hole on Monday, after six days and five rounds across four golf courses, when Haas teed up at the 5-par 18 in a three-way tie for the lead. Haas left his first putt about one foot from the hole, after his co-leaders Kuchar and Clark couldn’t birdie the hole. With cold and shaky hands, he made the 1-footer to finish one stroke ahead of Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark and Bubba Watson with an 8-under 64 and -30 aggregate. “I’d been waiting to win from the first tournament I played, but it’s a process, and there’s a lot to it,” said Haas. “It’s special, but I don’t know if it’s a monkey off my back. I know how hard it was to win, and I’m grateful.” The 27-year-old son of 1988 Bob Hope Classic champion Jay Haas was the last of three co-leaders to play the 18th. When Kuchar and Clark both missed birdie putts, Haas had his chance and he took it. He dropped a 3-iron second shot behind the pin, and two-putt his way to the $900,000 first prize, and in the process scratch his name from the list of good players without a victory on Tour. His father Jay Haas was able to make it from his Champions Tour event in Hawaii, thanks to Thursday’s rain delay causing a Monday finish at La Quinta. He was seeing his son in competition for the first time in two years, and what a perfect timing it was. “To win the same tournament I won is special, and then for me to get to see it – that’s really special,” said Jay Haas, who texted his son on Sunday night with a simple message : “Hit when you’re ready, and never before.” Bill Haas couldn’t take a deep breath or warm up his hands until that last putt dropped, and at that point he didn’t even know his father was in the gallery. “It’s the most nervous I’ve ever been,” Haas said. Jay and Bill Haas are the eighth father-son combination to win on the PGA Tour. Haas spent most of the day trailing Kuchar, who had eight birdies in his first eleven holes, but just one in the last seven. Although his 63 was the best final round, his second shot at the 18 landed well back on the fringe, and he missed a 13-foot birdie putt that ultimately denied him of a playoff with Haas. Rookie Alex Prugh, who shared the lead with Watson going in the final round, finished in fifth place alone at -28 after a 67, in his third career PGA TOUR event. South Arica’s Tim Clark, who surprisingly has never won on the PGA Tour, has a runner-up finish for the six straight year. The next PGA TOUR stop is the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla. World No 2 Phil Mickelson will make his 2010 debut on the famous Californian courses. Golf betting is Fun ! BetPhoenix offers you the best betting options including Mtch ups, Out rights, Player Props, Live Betting and more. Check the pairings, pick your winners, and join the excitement of Golf betting at BetPhoenix.com Sportsbook. 
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