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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — All week, the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass looked like it might come down to the handful of highly ranked players who were in position to enhance their careers. As it turned out, the tournament came down to 44-year-old, 75th-ranked, slightly arthritic David Toms trying to play 31 disaster-free holes in one day with the Tank, 34th-ranked Korean K.J. Choi, right on his heels.
Choi made par on the first hole of sudden-death, the island-green 17th, and Toms three-putted from just inside 23 feet. Choi collected $1.71 million for the victory, his eighth on the PGA Tour.
"For some reason, I felt very comfortable out there," said Choi, who made his acceptance speech in English but used a translator with the press.
"He plays good, focused golf on tough courses," said Andy Prodger, Choi's caddie for a dozen worldwide victories. "I put it in his head that he was going to win this week because he's been playing very well."
Coming into the Players Championship, where his best result was a tie for 16th place in 2006, Choi had tied for third in New Orleans, tied for eighth at the Masters and tied for sixth at Bay Hill. Said Steve Bann, his Australian swing coach for the last six years, "A win was coming."
Read more: http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,2071643,00.html#ixzz1MWFDuB00
Choi made par on the first hole of sudden-death, the island-green 17th, and Toms three-putted from just inside 23 feet. Choi collected $1.71 million for the victory, his eighth on the PGA Tour.
"For some reason, I felt very comfortable out there," said Choi, who made his acceptance speech in English but used a translator with the press.
"He plays good, focused golf on tough courses," said Andy Prodger, Choi's caddie for a dozen worldwide victories. "I put it in his head that he was going to win this week because he's been playing very well."
Coming into the Players Championship, where his best result was a tie for 16th place in 2006, Choi had tied for third in New Orleans, tied for eighth at the Masters and tied for sixth at Bay Hill. Said Steve Bann, his Australian swing coach for the last six years, "A win was coming."
Read more: http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,2071643,00.html#ixzz1MWFDuB00
