And he pulled that last round off in three hours. As the last guy to make the cut, he played by himself and zipped through a steady 18. He and Mike Hulbert are the only players to shoot worse than 74 in the first round and live to play the weekend. When Hal Sutton arrived at his locker Saturday morning, he found five balloons from his children and two new golf bags from a sponsor. Those are the perks of turning 43.
Nice guys finish last.
And guys who finish last get home quicker. After finishing his round Saturday, Pete Jordan saw he was likely to be in one of the first four groups to tee off today. Jordan walked back and forth from the Saturday pairings sheet to the laptop scoring computer, his mind churning out an estimate of today's tee time. Fla. He could therefore cancel his reservation on the later flight. There are apparently benefits to almost everything on the PGA Tour.