Brian Gay Wins Bermuda Championship

The 48-year-old won his first PGA Tour title in almost eight years

Brian Gay Wins Bermuda Championship
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The 48-year-old won his first PGA Tour title in almost eight years

Brian Gay Wins Bermuda Championship

Brian Gay birdied the 1st extra playoff hole to beat Wyndham Clark at the Bermuda Championship.

It is the American's first PGA Tour title in almost eight years and the 48-year-old becomes the oldest winner of a PGA Tour event since Davis Love III at the 2015 Wyndham Championship.

Gay made nine birdies in his final round along with two bogeys to shoot 64 (-7).

He birdied the 72nd hole to reach a playoff after dropping a shot at the par-5 17th.

From the right rough, he wedged it to with 2ft for a tap-in birdie.

Wyndham Clark dropped a shot at the par-3 16th and then had around 10ft for the win on the final hole but his putt slipped by on the right side.

Gay then birdied the 18th hole again, this time in the playoff, after holing from around 12ft and Clark missed from just inside that distance.

It is his first win since the Humana Challenge in January 2013 and his fifth title on the PGA Tour.

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"It's obviously great to be back in the winner's circle, it's been a while," the Texan said.

"Long time, seven years like you said. I was looking forward to coming back to Bermuda. Tied for third here last year, so I had good feelings and thoughts coming back.

"It's a crazy game, you never know what's going to happen. It's been a pretty long slump since the quarantine and been working on trying to get things back together and kind of came together this week.

"I did wonder [if I'd ever win again].

"Like I've been saying since we got done, I've struggled the last few months and been quite miserable on the course at times.

"Everyone around me kept telling me you're still going to win. My wife says you're still going to win, do it again. Just kept at it.

"Crazy game, you never know what's going to happen. And it's really hard to believe right now, but yeah, almost seven and a half years or so, so it's really pretty cool."

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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