Maverick McNealy earned his first victory on the PGA Tour as he completed with a final-round 68 to edge out a trio of gamers by one shot on the RSM Basic in St Simons Island, Georgia.
The 29-year-old sank a 5ft 5in putt on the 18th gap to complete at 16-under 266, simply forward of Luke Clanton (66), Nico Echavarria of Colombia (65) and Daniel Berger (67).
The victory got here in his 134th begin as an expert, and it sends him to Maui to start out the 12 months at The Sentry and to The Masters in April for the primary time.
“My thoughts’s gone clean actually,” McNealy stated. “It was an unbelievable adrenaline rush there, particularly on 18.
“It was a second I’ll always remember, attending to rejoice with my buddies, my household, my spouse, my crew.
“Mother and pop, they’re watching at residence, they’re all excited. They have been my first telephone name. Maya (his spouse) knew her job, if it went nicely, to get them on the telephone as quickly as potential strolling off 18. I am the luckiest man ever.”
Berger missed a 20-foot birdie try on the 18th alongside Echavarria and Clanton, who each missed par putts from inside eight toes on the ultimate gap that created the four-way tie.
Clanton was a shot away from becoming a member of Nick Dunlap as novice winners on the PGA Tour this 12 months. He tugged his strategy to the 18th right into a bunker, blasted out properly to seven toes and stooped over in disbelief when he missed his par putt and needed to accept a 66.
“It’ll be a tricky one to undoubtedly take, for positive, after bogeying the final,” Clanton stated. “However I believe it is confirmed to me that out right here I can win, so I will be coaching for that.”
McNealy drives from the second tee through the closing closing spherical of the RSM Basic
Henrik Norlander, who was No 126 within the FedExCup final 12 months, had a 63-68 weekend and joined Berger as the 2 gamers who moved into the highest 125 on the expense of Zac Blair and Wesley Bryan, who each missed the minimize, whereas Joel Dahmen’s closing 64 ensured he completed 124th.
JT Poston posted the spherical of the day with a seven-under 63, becoming a member of Lee Hodges (67) and Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes (68) in a tie for fifth at 14-under 268.
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Vince Whaley, who shared the lead with McNealy getting into the ultimate spherical, completed joint-eighth after capturing 71 on Sunday.
Michael Thorbjornsen (69) and Patrick Fishburn (69) additionally tied for eighth at 13-under 269.
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