A walk hell remember forever. ❤.
Wholehearted thanks from Daniel Summerhays to the @UTChampionship community.
Clubhouse leader (-20) in his final start as a pro. pic.twitter.com/9OeQIFVHaU— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) June 28, 2020.
FARMINGTON– Everything about Daniel Summerhays final weekend in his 13-year expert career was storybook.
Whatever, that is, other than for the final stanza.
After a dazzling final round, however, the former BYU All-American golf player will briefly delay his decision to retire.
Summerhays shot a blistering 9-under-par 62 to end up tied for 2nd in what will likely be his last Utah Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour Sunday afternoon at Oakridge Country Club.
” I couldnt have scripted the play any better than it was today,” Summerhays stated. “Well have a chat tonight, and see if I go play Colorado or not.
” I started thinking on 16 or 17 that this seemed like one of those ESPN 30 for 30s, with a man who is retiring getting to win his last tournament. I simply dont wish to resemble Jerry Seinfield, who beat a kid in a fifth-grade race and then never ran once again. Maybe Ill select not to run again, and resemble Jerry.”
Kyle Jones shot 3-under-par 68 for a four-day total of 20-under 264 and endured a three-man playoff to clinch his first Korn Ferry Tour victory Sunday evening at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington.
For Summerhays, simply being in contention sufficed– and remembering hes still on the exact same level as gamers like Jones and fellow runner-up Paul Haley II after multiple foot surgical treatments, a bad back, and the wear-and-tear his 36 years have actually induced him.
” It was enjoyable to be because position again,” said Summerhays, who divided $97,000 in cash prize for connecting for 2nd with Haley. “It wouldve boggled the mind, to be sincere, to take the trophy house– to have another prize in the study. Well go back to the drawing board, and I believe Im going to go to Colorado to play one more time.”
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” It was enjoyable to be in that position once again,” said Summerhays, who divided $97,000 in reward cash for tying for second with Haley. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, KSL) Summerhays held the lead until final-round leaders Haley, and Jones made it to the 15th hole, when Haleys second birdie on the back nine pulled him level with the Davis County product.” Its 100% the finest round Ive ever played here,” stated Summerhays, a member at the country club given that his youth who has shot 60 on a handful of recreational rounds.” Ive never ever hit a 3-wood that far in my life,” Summerhays stated of No. 15.” Honestly, I was going to be pleased with shooting under par today,” Summerhays stated.
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Summerhays, who has accepted a job as an instructor and golf coach at his university Davis High, shot under par on 5 of the final nine holes, consisting of three-in-a-row that consisted of an eagle on the par-5, 547-yard No. 15.
” Ive never struck a 3-wood that far in my life,” Summerhays said of No. 15. “If you struck a good draw, you can get it down in the water on the. I absolutely mashed it … and surely it was.”.
He included an open-faced wedge shot from 55 backyards to the front of the green, and after that rolled his putter inside the best side.
Anything under par wouldve been celebrated by Summerhays. However to be in contention for the title– however briefly– with one brother David on his bag and another Boyd shooting “what felt like every shot” from the cart course was a countless amount of appreciation, Summerhays said.
” He removed the entire week of work without a ton of notice,” Summerhays stated of his caddie. “I was wishing to spread it out and have somebody different caddie for me, but with all the standards (for COVID-19 protection), it wasnt the best call. For him to drop whatever and to give all his time and his love– theres truthfully no larger fan than my sibling David.
” Hes been there cheering all of us on all of the time, all of our brother or sisters. When Dave cheers for you, you understand hes there.
After coming back from foot surgery and playing with a hairline fracture around his ankle, Summerhays felt at peace with his choice to retire. He just wished to contend one more time.
He revealed he can still do that– and that task at Davis High? Itll still exist this fall.
Hes got one more experience to live out in Colorado, where his partner has family.
” Honestly, I was going to more than happy with shooting under par today,” Summerhays said. “I didnt understand when the wind would get, and I legally believed if I might shoot four scores in the 60s, that would be a solid week. To come out and shoot 62, 9-under-par, at my home club with some shifty winds sometimes was more than I might ever request.”.
Former BYU golfer Patrick Fishburn shot 1-under 70 Sunday to finish with a four-day overall of 13-under-par 271. The Ogden native tied for 36th to finish 48th in the predicted points ranking on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Fellow BYU alum Mike Weir of Sandy shot even-par 71 to complete at 9-under 275. Will Zalatoris finished 4th with 19-under 265, one shot ahead of Dylan Wu, Martin Piller and Ollie Schniederjans.
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Kyle Jones hits during the Utah Championship at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Jones came in initially. (Photo: Jeffrey D. Allred, KSL) Summerhays held the lead till final-round leaders Haley, and Jones made it to the 15th hole, when Haleys 2nd birdie on the back 9 pulled him level with the Davis County product. Jones included a birdie on No. 17 to get back into the lead, and the trio headed to a playoff removal.
Summerhays was gotten rid of after the very first playoff hole, and Jones stuck his method shot within a few feet of the hole en path to a birdie that offered him an impressive triumph simply 3 holes after striking the water threat on the par-3 15th hole prior to rallying back.
” It simply goes back to grinding it out,” stated Jones, who swiped a $117,000 prize handbag. “You dont have to have your finest game. If you can grind it out there and make putts when you really require to, you can still post a truly excellent number.”
Even if he eventually was up to the winners, Summerhays put the pressure on a group that was just beginning on the course as he was making his ritualistic walk up 18.
In lots of ways, he went out of his hometown professional stop on his own terms.
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However from the very first tee shot Thursday, which he showed his playing-partner nephew Preston, brothers Boyd and David, and his partner Emily and kids standing simply outside the fence; to his mid-round heroics that enabled him to make the cut, becoming one of three previous BYU golf players to do so; to the last-gasp effort that moved him from the edge of contention into the lead– even if it was quickly.
Summerhays last professional go-around on his house course turned out to be his best, and certainly one that he will never forget.
” Its 100% the very best round Ive ever played here,” said Summerhays, a member at the country club because his youth who has actually shot 60 on a handful of recreational rounds. “I wish I might have the last hole back. Its difficult to grumble about 8 birdies and an eagle.
” Ill believe about that a bit,” he included. “But Im going to think of the other eight birdies and an eagle since that was a rush. That was truly fun.”
After a bogey on the par-4, 442-yard– his only over-par hole of the round– Summerhays removed his cap and looked up a line of tournament volunteers, course workers and media members that welcomed him into the clubhouse.
It was a minute hell always remember, especially because Sundays round moved him toward automatically receiving an area in the field at the TPC Colorado Championship beginning July 1.
” I still have goosebumps,” Summerhays told a socially-spaced crowd of media after turning in his scorecard. “That was the longest stretch of goosebumps Ive ever had.”
The former BYU All-American cruised to a 4-under 32 on the front 9, then switched into another equipment on what could be the last 9 holes hell ever play as an expert.
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