Scott beats Moore in playoff at Nelson
Posted by brittany2 on April 28th, 2008
Adam Scott felt he needed to make a statement by winning Sunday. He did, though, not quite the way he wanted to do it.
After blowing the three-stroke lead he carried into the final round, Scott made a 9-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to force a playoff, then made a 48-footer playing it again on the third playoff hole to beat Ryan Moore in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
Playing the 18th hole for the third time in less than an hour, the second time in the playoff, Scott hit his tee shot into a fairway bunker to the right. But he got his approach to the front of the green, then rolled the putt over two ridges and into the cup.
Garcia was within four strokes of the lead after a season-best 65 Saturday, when he had three birdies in the first seven holes. He ended the same stretch with two birdies Sunday—after two double bogeys and two bogeys the first five holes. … Defending champion Scott Verplank (75) finished 16 strokes back. … Tim Herron had three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the front nine. He was bogey-free and in position for his first top-10 finish in 11 tournaments this season until his last two tee shots went into the water for consecutive double bogeys.