Harrison Frazar of the USA picked up his first PGA Tour victory in the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis. In his 355th event on the circuit, he beat Robert Karlsson of Sweden in a sudden-death playoff.
Frazar, who has been playing this year on a medical exemption, had been considering giving up the professional game and had planned to find a new job at the end of this season. Now he has playing rights for two years and will have a start at next year's US Masters.
"It just shows you how sometimes when you let your guard down or let your expectations soften, you can free yourself up," he said. "It was a whirlwind there."
"It's one of those days where I think most of us had a lot of fun out there," he said. "Congratulations to him on a great win. He played great in the last round after sort of being injured and stuff like that. He played really well." Camilo Villegas of Colombia played an excellent closing round of 64 to end the week tied for third with Retief Goosen, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III and Ryuji Imada.
1 Harrison Frazar (USA) 71 65 64 67 267 $1,008,000 2 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 66 65 68 68 267 $604,800 T3 Retief Goosen (RSA) 68 71 64 69 272 $252,560 T3 Tim Herron (USA) 73 65 69 65 272 $252,560 T3 Charles Howell III (USA) 72 67 67 66 272 $252,560 T3 Ryuji Imada (Jap) 70 68 68 66 272 $252,560 T3 Camilo Villegas (Col) 69 69 70 64 272 $252,560 T8 Stephen Ames (Can) 69 68 68 68 273 $162,400 T8 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 69 67 68 273 $162,400 T8 Cameron Tringale (USA) 71 68 66 68 273 $162,400
