ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Adam Svensson dealt with the chilly air and the warmth of rivalry as if he had been there earlier than, closing with a 6-under 64 to win the RSM Traditional on Sunday at Sea Island for his first PGA Tour victory.
Svensson, a 28-year-old Canadian, was locked in a four-way tie for the lead on the closing stretch of the Seaside course when he poured in an 18-foot birdie putt on the sixteenth gap after which hit a tee shot to 10 toes on the par-3 seventeenth for a birdie that gave him a cushion.
Brian Harman (65) and Sahith Theegala (66) had been within the group forward of him and missed birdie possibilities from about 25 toes on the closing gap.
Callum Tarren of England (64) was the primary to put up at 17-under par and was hopeful of a playoff. Svensson capped off his bogey-free closing spherical with a par for a two-shot win.
He completed at 19-under 263 and performed the harder Seaside course in 20 underneath the ultimate three rounds. His event started with a 73 on the Plantation, which put him in a tie for 108th.
His first job was to make the lower. He wound up profitable the trophy.
Svensson is beginning his third full yr on the PGA Tour and will get a two-year exemption, together with journeys to the Masters and the PGA Championship. He has by no means performed a significant.
“To be trustworthy, it is not even actual proper now,” Svensson mentioned when he completed. “I am so joyful. I put a lot work in. To win on the PGA Tour means all the things to me. … I simply saved believing in myself, and right here I’m.”
Theegala recovered from a double bogey on the par-5 seventh gap when he was in hassle left off the tee after which hit a chip that got here again to him from behind the inexperienced. He made 5 birdies over the ultimate 11 holes.
Harman bought within the recreation late, hitting a fairway steel on the par-5 fifteenth gap that was inches away from rolling in and establishing a brief eagle. He birdied the sixteenth to share the lead however needed to accept pars on the ultimate two holes.
Patrick Rodgers and Ben Martin, who shared the 54-hole lead, could not sustain. Rodgers did not make his first birdie till the thirteenth gap and closed with a 70 to tie for tenth, whereas Martin shot a 72.
Cole Hammer, who graduated from Texas in Could and was taking part in on a sponsor exemption, shot a 65 to tie for fifth, which will get him into the Sony Open.
The PGA Tour now takes a six-week break within the closing wraparound season earlier than resuming with the Sentry Event of Champions at Kapalua the primary week of January.
By profitable, Svensson was the final man to qualify for that subject, the primary elevated occasion that may have a $15 million purse.
Svensson gained $1,458,000, greater than he gained in both of his two earlier seasons on the PGA Tour. He’s the second Canadian to win this season, becoming a member of Mackenzie Hughes, who gained in Mississippi.
