a streamer handed a life ban by the PGA Tour<\/a> earlier in the tournament for paying patrons to yell out in players\u2019 backswings.<\/p>\nBut the spectators gathered around the 18th green made plenty of noise for all the right reasons as Gotterup drained a monster birdie to clinch the win.<\/p>\n
Gotterup wins Wild Phoenix playoff | 14:59<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old started the day four shots back from overnight leader Matsuyama but charged home with a seven-under par round of 64.<\/p>\n
He birdied five of his last six holes in regulation to give himself an anxious wait at the driving range for almost an hour as Matsuyama wrapped up his round.<\/p>\n
Asked about his new lease on life since winning multiple PGA Tour events, Gotterup said he could not put his finger on where his purple patch has come from.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod, I don\u2019t know. I really have no idea. I\u2019m just having such a good time playing right now,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou make me cry every time. My girlfriend is here. She\u2019s like, you\u2019ve won three times without me here, and she got to see it, and I know everyone at home is watching. Just so awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair were locked at -16 after Matsuyama blew his chance at winning in regulation with a bogey at the 72nd hole.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old was ranked last in the field off the tee in the final round, hitting just three fairways and he eventually paid the price for his waywardness at the last.<\/p>\n
The Japanese superstar had hearts in mouths off the 18th tee as his drive headed left towards the water, but he had the distance to carry the hazard and end up in a bunker.<\/p>\n
The drama continued as the two-time champion had a good lie in the sand but thinned his shot into the church pew style lip and fell 40 metres short of the green from 112m out.<\/p>\n
His ability to get up-and-down had been his saving grace throughout the day, having saved par five times after failing to hit the green in regulation.<\/p>\n
But it was not to be this time as Matsuyama\u2019s putt for the win from more than 8 metres slid to the right of the cup after the distraction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWas grinding all weekend. Didn\u2019t have my best stuff, but hung in there,\u201d Matsuyama said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to avoid the playoff as much as I could, but I just hit a bad tee shot there in regulation at 18 and Chris made a good putt there in the playoff. So hats off to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
A pack that included Scheffler, Akshay Bhatia, Si Woo Kim and Michael Thorbjornsen rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
The latter appeared to be the one most likely to run down Matsuyama after he eagled the par 5 15th to nab the lead.<\/p>\n
Thorbjorsen, a 24-year-old American in his second full season on the PGA Tour, faulted when a maiden Tour win was within his reach.<\/p>\n
He bogeyed 16 and 17 to drop back to -15.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I failed out there. I\u2019m just learning,\u201d Thorbjornsen said. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo, yeah, I put myself in that position. I was leading after what, 70 holes, 69 holes, whatever it was. I mean, we\u2019re inching our way closer and closer. It\u2019ll happen at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scheffler nails 70+ yard putt for Birdie | 00:53<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, world No.1 Scheffler threatened to pull of an extraordinary come from behind victory.<\/p>\n
Already a two-time champion at TPC Scottsdale, Scheffler chased a third title with a bogey free seven-under par final round of 64.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old\u2019s effort was matched by Gotterup and beaten for low round of the day honours by China\u2019s Zecheng Dou\u2019s 63, but it was comfortably the most exhilarating round of the day.<\/p>\n
Scheffler stormed home with four birdies in his last six holes to reach a total of -15 after starting the day five shots adrift of overnight leader Matsuyama.<\/p>\n
That stretch included draining a more than 20 metre birdie putt from off the green on the par 4 14th.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, that was nice. More often than not I would probably chip that ball, but the lie was sitting very funny in the grass and my pace on the greens had been really good all week, so just decided to hit the putt, and, yeah, got line right,\u201d Scheffler said.<\/p>\n
His monster putt received a mighty ovation from the packed gallery that gathered to cheer on a chase down win, but the four-time major champion simply had too much work to do.<\/p>\n
In the end, it was his first round 73, which included a duffed chip that went viral, that was to blame for Scheffler being unable to claim his second trophy of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow would I assess the tournament? I mean, I played pretty well. Like you said, only one round where I didn\u2019t have my best stuff,\u201d Scheffler said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf I get in the house the first day with a couple under par it\u2019s a little different story today. Overall, proud of way I fought the last three days to give myself a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Australia\u2019s Min Woo Lee fell out of contention with a final round 73.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old started the day four shots off the lead, but quickly tumbled down the leaderboard with a three-over par front nine 38.<\/p>\n
Lee clawed some shots back with a hat-trick of birdies at 11, 12 and 13 on his way to finishing -7 overall, in a share of 28th.<\/p>\n
Fellow Australian Cam Davis endured a nightmare final round, closing the tournament with an 80.<\/p>\n
Davis\u2019 nine-over par day took him to +7 for the tournament, and the Sydneysider finished 73rd, last among those who made the cut.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old is in a concerning rut, having not cracked the top 30 of a tournament since his tied 19th finish at last year\u2019s PGA Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hideki Matsuyama endured a gut-wrenching collapse with unruly crowd behaviour in the spotlight as Chris Gotterup won the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[6954,64,63,689,43486,225032,239078,239065,239072,239073,10914,755,239077,239075,239080,140459,239070,60357,239069,239066,203307,239068,677,185084,239064,239067,85,137996,239076,239079,239071,239074],"class_list":{"0":"post-467530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-akshay-bhatia","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-birdie-putt","13":"tag-chris-gotterup","14":"tag-church-pew","15":"tag-clutch-birdie-putt","16":"tag-concerning-rut","17":"tag-control-d","18":"tag-day-honours","19":"tag-golf","20":"tag-gut-wrenching-collapse","21":"tag-gut-wrenching-playoff-collapse","22":"tag-head-fans","23":"tag-hideki-matsuyama","24":"tag-japanese-superstar","25":"tag-life-ban","26":"tag-metre-birdie-putt","27":"tag-monster-birdie","28":"tag-monster-putt","29":"tag-nightmare-final","30":"tag-oceania","31":"tag-overnight-leader","32":"tag-playoff-win","33":"tag-security-person","34":"tag-sports","35":"tag-two-time-champion","36":"tag-unfortunate-crowd-antics","37":"tag-unruly-crowd-behaviour","38":"tag-wayward-tee-shot","39":"tag-yard-putt"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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