PGA Results: 2013 Wells Fargo Championship

The week of playoffs... PGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship Quail Hollow Golf Club, Charlotte, North Carolina Interesting week on the PGA Tour.  We had flashes of some big names atop the leaderboard.  Rory McIlory was in contention early on, finishing in a tie for 10th.  Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney shared the 54 hole lead at the end of the day Saturday.  Which one of them would brave Sunday's hard rain and claim the victory?  Neither. Derek Ernst, a relative unknown, was a 4th alternate.  He was about to head to a Web.com event when he was notified that his 4th alternate spot was good enough to make it into the field.  Ernst took great advantage on Sunday, firing a 70 which leapfrogged him past Mickelson (73) and Watney (76).  At the end of regulation the rookie Ernst would be tied with David Lynn.  Lynn's errant drive set him on a path to bogey on the final hole to match Ernst's par. With the win Derek Ernst has a world of possibilities which have opened up.  The most immediate was his entry into this week's Players Championship.  Down the road berths into the Tournament of Champions and the Masters in 2014 will follow.  Big week for the rookie. LPGA Tour Kingsmill Championship Kingsmill Resort River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia Another professional tour goes into a playoff.  The LPGA's Kingsmill Championship ended with two players tied at the top, Suzann Pettersen and Cristie Kerr. The playoff lasted two holes.  On the 2nd playoff hole, the 18th, Kerr only needed a par to seal the victory.

"I just made so many putts out there to save par and kind of save any momentum, and I started hitting it a little bit better late in the round just in time to make a ‑‑ catch up a couple shots.  Yeah, really hard fought, really hard fought.  I'm very happy." ~Cristie Kerr

Champions Tour Insperity Championship The Tournament Course at The Woodlands, Woodlands, Texas What a fun week for the seniors and especially the fans.  For a now rare occurrence, the "big three" appeared in competition and in the same group.  Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus played in a side event to the Insperity, the "Greats of Golf." The regulation tournament was somewhat historic as well.  A great fit to Sunday being Cinco de Mayo, Mexican golfer Esteban Toledo became the first Mexican golfer to win on the Champions Tour.  You guessed it, the victory for Toledo came in a playoff.  This time the playoff was three holes, Toledo polishing off Mike Goodes.