Klipa Tops the Big Gamer at Tour Championship
Jeff Klipa notched his 27th Tour Win, 6th Major and 2nd win in a row at the Tour Championship on Saturday. Jeff birdied the 16th and 17th holes, the latter to retake the lead. Sandwiched in between was the shot of the day by the Tour Big Game Hunter Mike Nicholas. Nicholas couldn’t decide which fairway to use on the split fairway 18th hole, so he went over the top of the trees straight at the green. The ball landed just short of the green and then hit the flag just before Chris Cooley could pull it for his groups putts! Nicholas’s Eagle gave him the clubhouse lead for all of 5 minutes until Klipa finished birdie – par to take the win at 2 under par. Tim Markel finished 3rd at even par and Gregg Nothdurft tied Tom Moran for 4th at plus 1. Klipa’s back to back wins move him to 3rd on the Tour career money list, moving past Tour founder Erik Meland. Jeff’s shot of the day was graceful 7 iron approach on the par 5 8th hole that stopped 18 inches away from the flag and gave him the lead. With the win Jeff joins Greg Kline and Kelly Arnold as 3 players who are one win short of a post season grand slam. Ironically, West Division Commissioner Klipa needs only the West Division Championship to complete the feat. Other notes on the day: Dan Gubachy finished in the money in his 50th event. Tom Moran strung 5 birdies in a row during his round. And Gregg Nothdurft moved to #1 in the World Rankings and can enjoy that for the winter.
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