Akshay Bhatia earns big win at Barracuda in playoff
The HinduAkshay Bhatia made par on the first playoff hole to beat Patrick Rodgers and win the Barracuda Championship on Sunday in Truckee, Calif. Bhatia, a 21-year-old playing on a special temporary membership, is now fully exempt on the PGA Tour through 2025 thanks to his first career victory in the tour’s alternate event opposite The Open Championship. I hit some really bad shots, but then I kinda made some really nice putts on 8 and 9 and started hitting some really good shots coming in.” READ | Shubhankar Sharma finishes tied-eighth, the best by an Indian golfer at the British Open The tournament at Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood course is the only PGA Tour event that uses the Modified Stableford scoring format. Bhatia entered the day three points off Rodgers’ lead but caught up with a plus-nine in his final round to finish plus-40 in regulation. Bhatia — who had two bogeys and a double bogey among his first five holes — sank a birdie putt at his 72nd hole to hit plus-40 before Rodgers finished his round.
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