![]() He missed that putt and Pettit had the National Championship. His second shot ended up just a couple of feet off the right front of the green. At the time he was tied with Jin.Ī few minutes later on the other side, Jin hit his tee shot on 18 near a trap, but in the rough. But, as he had all week, Pettit hit a great chip and made a five-footer to finish at seven-under for the tournament and even-par 70 for the day. His second shot landed short of the hole and rolled back to 25 yards off the green. Pettit came to the ninth hole, his last hole of the day, and drove the ball into a sand trap on the right side of the hole, one of only a couple of wayward drives he had on the day. The two players were tied at seven-under for most of the final nine of competition. “I saw a player lay up, but I didn’t want a 120-yard shot into that hole, so I just decided to bomb it.” “I wasn’t sure what to hit on 17,” said Pettit. “I figured Turk was going to need to make a birdie coming down the stretch because I thought Jin would make a birdie on that hole late in his round,” said Head Coach Larry Penley, who walked the final nine holes with Pettit. Jin drove the hole later in the day, but made a three-putt par. Pettit drove the green on the 318-yard hole, and made a two-putt birdie to take the lead for the first time. The two battled the entire day, although the players were on opposite nines in the pairings.Ī key hole was the 17 th, the eighth hole of the day for Pettit, and the 17 th for Jin. Jin had a two-shot lead over Pettit in the individual race entering Monday’s final round. The Tigers missed the cut for the eighth and final spot by 11 shots. Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Oklahoma, Illinois, Florida State, Vanderbilt and North Carolina advance to the eight-team match play tournament that will determine the national champion. Arizona State had the low score in the 72-hole stroke play qualifier at 1117. Pettit was by far Clemson’s best player of the four rounds, as the Tigers finished in a tie for 13 th place with a score of 1156. The Clemson graduate finished his final season with seven top 10 finishes in his eight tournaments. It was just the second win of Pettit’s Clemson career and his first since winning the Irish Creek Invitational in Kannapolis, NC on April 8, 2018, his freshman year. It is the second lowest NCAA Tournament score in Clemson history, trailing only a 272 by Warren when he finished second at the 1998 NCAA Tournament in Albuquerque, NM. ![]() Pettit finished with rounds of 68-67-68-70 for a 72-hole score of seven-under-par 273. Pettit is the second Clemson player in history to win the NCAA Championship and joins Charles Warren, who won the title in 1997 at Conway Farms near Chicago, Ill. Turk Pettit got up-and-down for par from 25 yards off the ninth green, his final hole of the day, then Oklahoma State golfer Bo Jin failed to make par on the 18 th hole, his final hole, just 15 minutes later, giving Pettit the individual NCAA Championship on Monday at Grayhawk Golf Course in Scottsdale, Arizona. ![]()
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