Matt McCarty wasted no time taking advantage of his rookie season on the PGA Tour, because the newcomer received the inaugural Black Desert Championship on Sunday in Ivins, Utah.
McCarty held the 54-hole lead and was clinging to a one-shot edge when he reached the brief par-4 14th gap at Black Desert Resort. An unimaginable tee shot arrange a brief eagle putt that tripled his lead.
He wrapped up at 4-under-par 67 that put him at 23-under 261 for the week, three strokes higher than Germany’s Stephan Jaeger (68).
McCarty, a lefty-swinging 26-year-old from Arizona, clinched prompt promotion to the PGA Tour earlier this 12 months by profitable thrice on the Korn Ferry Tour. Sunday’s victory, in simply his second begin of the autumn, gave him a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.
Early within the ultimate spherical, Lucas Glover and Germany’s Matti Schmid posted matching scores of 9-under 62 to rocket up the leaderboard. Glover rose to 19 below to use strain on McCarty earlier than in the end tying for third with Kevin Streelman (69). Schmid completed fifth at 18 below.
McCarty — who posted a 62 Thursday and a 64 Saturday — birdied two holes on the entrance 9 and bogeyed No. 12 earlier than reaching the 310-yard 14th gap. His tee shot took two hops earlier than rolling gently onto the inexperienced, stopping inside 4 toes of the pin.
McCarty then went birdie-bogey-birdie over his ultimate three holes earlier than celebrating along with his caddie and household.
The Black Desert Championship, the newest addition to the FedEx Cup Fall sequence, was the PGA Tour’s first cease in Utah since 1963.
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