Filed under: PGA
If Rocco Mediate's victory in the Frys.com Open Sunday doesn't make your windmill spin, then you really, really don't appreciate golf. Mediate, a 47-year-old good guy with a chronically bad back and a permanent smile, didn't just win the PGA Tour's event at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif., he made it compelling.On the way to a 15-under finish and one-stroke margin over Bo Van Pelt and Alex Prugh, Mediate holed out for eagle for the fourth straight day, on Sunday hitting a pitching wedge from 116 yards that spun back into the cup on the par-4 17th.
Mediate had no explanation. Actually, his initial response was a question: "What's going on?''
The answer: something special.
Mediate got started on Thursday with a hole-in-one on the 191-yard par-3 third hole. On Friday he holed a 160-yard second shot, and on Saturday made 3 on the par-5 15th by holding a 111-yard wedge. It helped him build a 3-shot lead to take into Sunday's final round, and for a player ranked 182nd on the money list and looking at no exempt status promised for next year, it was an opportunity not to be wasted.
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