by OGDEN – While everyone in the running in the Utah championship was stable or back, the companion Julian Suri kept his foot on the gas pedal, making five birdies on his last eight holes.
The aggression has borne fruit, because Suri, a 34-year-old gold from New York, who played collegially in Duke, won the PGA Tour-Brand Event at Ogden Golf & Country Club on Sunday with a closing tour of 63 and a total of four rounds of 18-262.
Suri went from 56th to 16th row on the list of Korn Ferry tour points and will probably go to the PGA Tour next year, because the 20 best finish of the KFT Development are graduated from the big tour.
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“You have to keep the pedal. There are so many good players there … You just have to keep your foot down,” he said.
“You can look at the rankings and wrap yourself in everything that is going on at the moment, but that doesn’t change what you have to do. You have to continue to do it, and I was able to do it today.”
Suri pockets $ 180,000 for the victory, his first on the KFT in 38 events played. He won an international tournament in 2017, but since then it was difficult to hang out.
Suri sealed the victory with a 10-foot sneaktened putt on n ° 18 (the nine were switched for the tournament) to reach 18 sous and two shots on the field, gave a few pump pumps, then took a hand of his shopping cart with a vicious high-fi.
The Kensei Hirata of Japan was fortunate to catch SURI about 20 minutes later, but needing a Birdie on No. 18 to equalize Suri, Hirata saw his approach hit the green and then tumble down at the bottom of the hill to the left.
He left the short chip, missed the putt and fell into equality of five for second place at -16 in a group that also included Spencer Levin, Barrend Botha, Traces Crowe and the third round leader Taylor Montgomery.
“You need a village (to produce a champion), but I wouldn’t be there without my parents,” said Suri.
Preston Summerhays leads the Utah pack
No less than six golfers with Utah Ties finished in the top 54, led by part -time resident of UTAH, Preston Summerhays, who pulled a 65 on Sunday and finished at -15 for the tournament and in seventh place.
Summerhays made five birdies and no Bogeys during his 10th KFT event and won $ 26,692 after his highest finish as a pro. Having played for eight consecutive weeks, Summerhays will take this week – the KFT is in Omaha, Nebraska this week – and will start to prepare for the playoffs.
“I would say that everyone’s goal every week is to win,” he said. “Although it is the goal, I think for myself, just my game in a good place where, when I go out on tour, I will be ready to compete and win there (that’s the ultimate goal).
“So the results are great, but for me, a little all summer working with my father and my family, it is essentially a question of obtaining my game in good shape to be able to compete, no matter where I am.”
Summerhays had a 12 -foot putt for Birdie on n ° 18 which would have made him pass to equality during second place, but that did not drop. His sister, Grace Summerhays, caddy for him all week.
“I saw the ranking and that 16 (sous) led, but going down the section, you still had several guys on the course,” he said.
“I made a good sipt of Birdie on hole 12, and I said to Grace:” If we do a race here, we could have a chance to take the advance of the clubhouse, and you never know what will happen here. “”
At least Preston beat his uncle, the veteran of the PGA Tour, Daniel Summerhays, who took a good start on Sunday, sorting out on the holes 1, 3 and 5 to reach 15 sous and near the head.
But the 41 -year -old man who underwent surgery last winter faded from there and carded an equal 70, which put him into equality for the 22nd.
“Everyone thinks we are trying to fight,” said Preston. “Obviously, we do it. This is the kind of why we play golf, but I want to see him do well, of course. … Whatever he finds himself, I’m going to be happy. “
The old Golfer byu Cole Ponich remains hot as a pro
The former golfers of Byu Cole Ponich and Peter Kuest also pulled 12 sous to equalize the 22nd with Daniel Summerhays and 12 others. This is significant for Pont, because the top 25 brings it into the tournament this week in Omaha.
Since his professional return in June, Ponti has played in three events, winning the Provo Open, placing T11 at the Colorado Open and now attacking the 22nd in a KFT event.
With another Top 25, he could qualify for the KFT qualifiers.
“The biggest positive for me is to know that I did not have close to my best things this week and always where I am, doing the cup and being there on the weekend is a huge positive for me and my confidence in the future,” said the amateur champion of the 2024 state.
Ponich said he had just finished playing in the Colorado open at Green Valley Ranch when he received a Tony Finau SMS telling him when he had the opportunity. Finau then told him that he had received the exemption from a sponsor in the Utah championship because Kuest had qualified for his own merits.
“I was fully ready to drive eight o’clock, then playing Monday at Glen Eagle (in UC qualifying),” said Ponich. “My TEE time was going to be 7:40 am … So yes, I discovered it just after the opening of Colorado, and I was super grateful and it made this return a little easier.”
Connor Howe of North Ogden also had a nice finish on Sunday, firing a 66 to equalize for 37th and win just over $ 5,000.
The former Golfer of the University of Utah, Mitchell Schow, also concluded a good week after the qualifications on Monday. He finished 8 sous, which equaled him to the 54th and earned him more than $ 4,000.
