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Jon Mayer Shoots Final-Round 64 to Win 2023 PGA Stroke Play Championship

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Jon Mayer Shoots Closing-Spherical 64 to Win 2023 PGA Stroke Play Championship

By Craig Dolch
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Jon Mayer depends on routine. On Feb. 14, it began with a strong breakfast, adopted by him feasting on PGA Golf Memberships Ryder Course to win the 2023 PGA Stroke Play Championship.

Mayer, a 25-year-old PGA Assistant Skilled from Hyannis, Massachusetts, fired a 7-under-64 to complete at 8-under-206, two pictures forward of defending champion Dylan Newman of Stamford, Connecticut.

“The bottom line is having a great routine and sticking with it,” Mayer stated. “It begins within the morning with a great breakfast. That manner, I don’t must assume a lot after Im on the course. I simply preserve doing what I’m doing.”

Mayer performed the primary 11 holes of the Stroke Plays remaining spherical in six-under to take a three-shot lead over Newman. However when Newman birdied the twelfth and Mayer made bogey, Mayer’s lead was diminished to at least one.
Issues turned much more fascinating when Newman reached the par-5 thirteenth in two pictures with Mayer subsequent to hit.
“I simply thought, ‘I’m a competitor, I can do higher than that,’” Mayer stated.
And he did, hitting a 6-iron from 213 yards inside Newman’s method and made the putt for eagle that prolonged his result in two when Newman two-putted for birdie.

“That was an enormous second as a result of I by no means misplaced the lead,” Mayer stated. “I’ve carried out this sufficient now the place I understand how to get it carried out when Ive the lead.”

Stated Newman: “He made the putt (on 13) and I didn’t. That was type of the distinction.”

Newman three-putted the 14th gap to fall three behind however nonetheless shot a formidable 5-under-66 to complete runner-up. In case you don’t defend the title, ending second is the following smartest thing.

“I made a few scoring errors, nevertheless it’s good to be shut,” Newman stated. “It’s at all times enjoyable to be in competition.”

It was going to be tough to catch Mayer and his routine, which incorporates maintaining the flag within the gap on each putt, even tap-ins.

“I’m a math man,” stated Mayer, who received a pair of tournaments final yr within the Carolinas PGA Part. “I see the hypotenuse as my line. The pin is my entry.”

4 gamers tied for third place at 3-under: Rod Perry (66) of Port Orange, Florida, Mitchell Moore (66) of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Timothy Wiseman (67) of Corydon, Indiana, and Casey Pyne (70) of Greenwich, Connecticut.

Scott Ford of Manhasset, New York, and Jeff Sorenson of Blaine, Minnesota, every shot remaining spherical 69s to complete tied for seventh and earn spots within the 2023 PGA Skilled Championship this spring in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

The PGA Winter Championships are introduced by GolfPass and On Location. The Winter Championship’s remaining occasion, the PGA Girls’s Stroke Play Championship, is February 19-21.

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