Cameron Smith wins in the rain of Hawaii

The final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii was played in unusually wet conditions. On the otherwise mostly paradisiacal chain of islands in the Pacific, it poured out of buckets on Sunday, which meant that the attendants could only complete the round with great effort. The last group needed only for the last two holes to be played Brendan Steele and Cameron Smith an hour because the now-soaked greens had to be cleared of the water.

But those in charge performed almost as impressively as the winner of the first regular PGA Tour tournament of the new year. Smithfrom the top group coped best with the difficult conditions and thanks to one 68 (-2) the leader after three laps Steele (71, +1) caught up with secured his first individual title on the PGA Tour with a par on the first extra hole. The Australian, who was already victorious at the Zurich Classic team event in New Orleans in 2017, received more than $ 1 million. “I just had to stay tuned,” said the new number five in the FedExCup. “It seemed like nobody had played good golf.”

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Indeed, the results on Honolulu’s gray Sunday were manageable. Low rounds like that of were all the more valuable Graeme McDowell. The Northern Irish climbed thanks to one 64 (-6) on the shared fourth place and ended up only two strokes behind that Top duoafter 72 holes played eleven under par lag. Webb Simpson secured with ten under par the only one third place.

From a German-speaking point of view it was only Sepp Straka at the beginning. The Austrian made the cut, but then fell with one 76 (+6) on Saturday back to the penultimate place. Thanks to a strong answer and only 65 strokes on Sunday Straka ended up on one shared 53rd place bei even Par.

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