As important as the technique is decision making in golf. Seve in that was a teacher who broke the mold always in order to collect advantage. Jake Knapp, 30, from Costa Mesa, south of Los Angeles, was being the player of the week at Cognizant Classic, the Honda Classic of a lifetime, which has changed sponsor after the goodbye of the automobile firm and the arrival of the technological.
He had thrown 59 blows on Thursday, one of the 15 players in the history of the PGA Tour who has managed to break the 60s barrier, and had led the tournament until Sunday. And until hole 10 of the final day at the National of Palm Beach Garden, the beginning of the Swing of Florida and will lead to the following month in the Augusta Masters.
Safe, Knapp was playing especially brilliant with Green’s blows and seemed well focused to add his second victory in the circuit to Mexico Open 2024. However, Hole 11 crossed at a time where he chained bad decisions.
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It was 131 meters to the flag of a Green defended by a lake and hurried the stick so much that the ball did not crown at all with the second blow from the street. He fell to the shore, although with water. He barefoot himself from the right shoe and with one foot in the pond, put the wedge and the ball came out with little flight. So little that when he landed on the slope he returned to the lake.
The Californian was obtained in that same blow and the room, stuck from the water with half a ball already in sight, just advanced a meter to get tangled up in the rough and prevent it from falling again. With the fifth he finally reached the Green and failed the putt. A seven to your possibilities.
Joe Highsmith greets after finishing his journey
The bulge error enhanced Joe Highsmith’s options, which with four birdies in five holes, between 9 and 13, had given him moments moments before. He repeated on Saturday, with seven birdies and without errors, and it was enough to, at 24, to get the first title of his career. He had already issued signals last year when he put himself as a leader in Puerto Rico after the first two days and ended sixth. Now he reached glory. With the help of Knapp, which ended up yielding for four blows, then, attacked, it only signed pairs until the end.