After 229 attempts, Van Pelt has a title
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This article was published 20/07/2009 (6228 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MILWAUKEE — Bo Van Pelt won for the first time on the PGA Tour with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff over John Mallinger on Sunday at the U.S. Bank Championship.
Van Pelt had two putts to win, leaving a 26-footer a little short before sinking a two-foot birdie for his first victory in his 229th tour event.
On the second playoff hole, the 29-year-old Mallinger rolled his second shot in a greenside bunker. Mallinger got out, but left himself a 28-footer for birdie that he pushed right of the hole and settled for par. That would be plenty for Van Pelt, who had a chance on the first hole to end it, but looked nervous and missed a 13-foot eagle putt. He settled for a tap-in birdie to put the pressure on Mallinger, who made a five-footer setting up the final scramble.
Van Pelt gets a US$720,000 cheque and the satisfaction that he’s finally won on tour after 10 years of finishing no better than second at the 2008 Puerto Rico Open.
The 34-year-old Van Pelt shot a 64 in the final round and did not have a bogey to move from 7-under to 13-under, finishing with a four-foot putt for birdie on No. 18.
Frank Lickliter, who led at 11-under after 54 holes and Greg Chalmers, who started the day one back and was the leader after each of the first two rounds, both struggled on the front nine Sunday and never recovered.
–The Associated Press
