The journeyman Brian Campbell even stuns with the first PGA Tour victory: “I have freaked out”

Brian Campbell came out at the Mexico Open on Sunday evening when the spectators between two antithetical player profiles were suddenly treated for the playoff chaos of sudden death: Campbell, a journeyman and one of the shortest hits on the PGA tour, and Aldrich Potgieter, that of the 20-year-old South African child prodigy, who is currently on the way on the way.

Campbell defeated Potgieter after two playoff holes and marked his first PGA tour in just 28 starts. The Mexico Open Field only included two players in the official world golf ranking, but the 31-year-old will make a trip to Augusta National for his first master with the victory. Campbell will also be freed from the Players Championship, the PGA championship and five of the remaining signature events on tour.

Ten years of chucking and 159 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour without a victory Campbell's way to this victory at the Vidanta Vallarta course in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. The Alum of the University of Illinois completed the Korn Ferry Tour in 2016, but was quickly relegated after 13 out of 20 cuts were missed. Last season he finally found a groove in the small leagues and took the seventh place in the KFT points to earn his travel card again. Three starts later he played into the circle of the winner. It didn't happen without a few hiccups on the way.

“I literally float inside, I have no idea what's going on,” said Campbell after completing the playoff to the Golf Canal. “Being in this position is just so unreal.”

Potgieter started the last round on Sunday with a one-stroke pillow via Campbell after firing a second round 61 and a third round 67 to bind the 54-hole evaluation record at the event. The 20-year-old South African Wunderkind is only 10 starts in his PGA tour career, but he is no stranger to take part and win at the greatest stages of the game. Potgieter's amateur resume includes the amateur championship, in which he became the recent champion in the history of the event at the age of 17. With only 12 measured drives on the PGA tour, Potgieter has exceeded the longest bat on tour, the Rory McIlroy with an average exceeds 328.7 meters from the discount.

The Vidanta Vallarta course this week fit perfectly this week and enables it to use its length from the tee from the full potential, since the offline drives are not particularly for the design of Greg Norman. However, it turned out that the bomb-avenue game plan was not the only way to attack the course because Campbell continued to keep the ranking. On Sunday, the NBC commentators compared Campbell's ball speed to that of a senior tour player. It last ranks after the tour statistics of the tour – 182nd of 182.

“He plays a different course than we do,” said Campbell about Potgieter's game. “To be honest, it was fun to see.”

Neither Campbell nor Potgieter had their best on Sunday, but both of them were gone. Potgieter fought out of the goals, while Campbell even hovered for par. The couple ended the regulatory game with 20 lower ones and exceeded Isaiah Salinda's clubhouse lead at 19,000.

The power of sudden death pressure was fully equipped because both players met several own shots on their way to the end result. On the second playoff hole, Campbell's ride drove far beyond the fence outside the bound when she bounced off a tree and had back into play. Potgieter then stood with an approach that was almost 100 meters shorter than Campbells.

Instead of taking the opportunity, Potgieter's attempt to reach the 18th hole in two years left in a bunker just before the green. The young South Africa could not have up and down while Campbell managed to put Birdie in his hands with a short wedge after he had put on. After Campbell almost dissipated the tournament from tea, he could not believe the result.

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