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ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE said Gay. “A lot of it is mental, gaining
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Gay, a two-time All-America and two-time courses. I think I’m a different player than
Southeastern Conference champion, I was way back in my career.”
Bernhard Langer
was the last player
squashed any hopes of a wall-to-wall All qualities shared by previous winners to win the Masters
drama that is usually a hallmark of this at Harbour Town like Arnold Palmer (the
Tournament (1985)
and then win the
event by going birdie-eagle right out of winner of the inaugural event in 1969,
Verizon Heritage
the box in the final round to increase his which is always a good way to kick
the following week.
The only other
lead to six. Given that he is one of the off a tournament), Jack Nicklaus, Billy
players to win
TOUR’s most accurate drivers, playing Casper, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd,
the Masters and
then win again the
on a course that prizes quality above Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros, Ben
following week
all else, tournament officials could have Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo,
were Gary Player
brought the tartan blazer out to the 18th José-Maria Olazabal, Vijay Singh and
(1978) and Jimmy
Demaret (1950).
green then and there. Hubert Green. ■
“It was just an unbelievable day,” said
Gay, 37, who earned a first-place check
for $1.026 million—easily his richest
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payday to date—and rocketed from 29th
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