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GGP+ BONUS: WHERE TODD WAS IN MAY
Back in 2015, Brendon Todd was in the final group for the third round of the BMW Championship when he hit a nightmarish shot 50 yards right of his target. That began a stretch where he endured the full-shot yips and made the cut in just five of his ensuing 44 PGA Tour starts.
Many don’t come back from such depths, but the 34-year-old kept fighting to regain the form that once led him to victory at the 2014 HP Byron Nelson Championship. That work paid off on Sunday when Todd shot a final-round 62 to run away with a four-stroke victory in the Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda.
“A year ago, I wasn’t sure if I would still be playing,” Todd said. “I’m just overcome with emotion right now.”
Coming into the event, not much would have suggested Todd was ready to win again. He hadn’t recorded a top-10 in more than four years and had missed the cut in four of five starts during the fall portion of the season.
He found whatever he was looking for on the Atlantic Ocean island. Todd started with a 3-under 68 that put him six strokes behind Scottie Scheffler, but then burst forward with a bogey-free, 8-under 63 to put himself in the mix going to the weekend.
PGA Tour rookie Harry Higgs made two late birdies on Saturday to take a two-stroke advantage on Todd going into Sunday. The final round figured to be a battle between Higgs, Todd and several lurking challengers, but it became a one-man show before the first nine had ended.
Todd, who finished the week making 18 front-nine birdies, went out in 7-under 29. Meanwhile, Higgs looked nervous and made a deflating double bogey on the par-5 seventh hole that derailed any legitimate chance he had to threaten for his first PGA Tour victory.
When Todd birdied Nos. 10 and 11 to reach 9 under for the round, he was seven strokes clear of the field with the possibility of shooting 59. He slowed down coming to the finish line but did not face any challengers on his way to victory.
After a disappointing first nine, Higgs recovered to make birdies at Nos. 10 and 14 before adding an eagle on the par-5 17th. He finished solo second and moved from No. 90 to No. 28 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Scheffler, Hank Lebioda, Aaron Wise and Brian Gay all tied for third at 18 under.
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