October 13-16 The McGladrey Classic
THE YEAR AHEAD 2011
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THE MCGLADREY CLASSIC PLAYER
1 HEATH SLOCUM 2 BILL HAAS
T3 ROBERT ALLENBY T3 ARJUN ATWAL T3 DAVID TOMS T6 JOE DURANT
T6 CHARLES HOWELL III T6 BO VAN PELT T9 ARON PRICE T9 JEFF QUINNEY T9 JOHN SENDEN
ROUNDS & TOTAL 66 66 66 68 266 67 69 65 66 267 68 68 66 66 268 70 65 67 66 268 64 66 70 68 268 65 66 68 70 269 70 65 72 62 269 68 69 66 66 269 66 69 66 69 270 67 67 68 68 270 69 65 67 69 270
LEADERBOARD EARNINGS
$720.000 $432,000 $208,000 $208,000 $208,000 $134,000 $134,000 $134,000 $108,000 $108,000 $108,000
I did at The Barclays,” said Slocum. “The only difference is the attention because of the people that are there—the media. That was New Jersey, with New York right there, and this is Sea Island. But they’re both fantastic. Any tournament you enter, you want to win. And when you do, there’s just no other feeling like it.”
TROUBLE STARTED AT THE TURN Slocum seemed to have the tournament well in hand after he made four birdies in five holes on the front side. But then things began to slip away. He hit what he thought was a nearly perfect approach to No. 9 and watched as the ball drifted into a swale behind the green, which resulted in a bogey. He saw another bogey result from a weak tee ball on the par-3 12th when he failed to get up and down. But just when it looked like the tournament was about
to fall through his fingers, he pulled a rabbit out of his hat on 16. “That’s the tournament winner,” he said. “I could have
three-putted just as easily, far more times than you’re going to make it. When that went in, that was huge. I was glad to see that go in.” Put another big putt in the memory bank, but where
does victory number four rank in the great scheme of things? “I’ll be honest, I don’t know,” Slocum said. “I’ve never
really thought about how many or which kind of which tournaments I’d win. It’s been a goal every single year to win, every single year, and I haven’t done that out here. But you know, I think, more importantly, I think that I’m hoping that I’m starting to climb a few of those little steps, trying to get myself into contention more often. So you know, if I play well on Sunday, I can win. Can I get myself into contention in some of the majors, some of the bigger events and pull those out? All these are just learning experiences. I mean I’ve failed miserably in some that I’ve led and been around the lead, and I’ve pulled a few of them out. So I’m trying to create as many good memories and actually getting the job done, getting in the winner’s circle when I have a chance. And like I said, I’m holding onto memories from 2001. So all those positive things can only help down the road.” ■
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“ANY
TOURNAMENT YOU ENTER, YOU WANT
TO WIN. AND
WHEN YOU DO, THERE’S JUST NO OTHER
FEELING LIKE IT.”
– Heath Slocum
Course Insight:
Sea Island Resort (Seaside Course)
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Heath Slocum’s victory at Sea Island was his
fourth career win
on the PGA TOUR and his first victory since The Barclays in 2009.
Most Victories: Heath Slocum (1)
The 18th fairway at Sea Island’s Seaside Course in Sea Island, Georgia, just north of Florida.
“The Seaside Course was redone by Tom Fazio,” said Davis Love III, the tournament host and a long-time resident of the area. “It was an old, classic Colt and Alison nine holes, and Tom turned in another nine holes that matched that style. Even though it’s a seaside-links course, it’s a little bit of the Tom Fazio style with some Colt and Alison influences. If the wind blows, it’s very tough. If the wind doesn’t blow and the greens are soft, the PGA TOUR players will have their way with any golf course. Is it the hardest course on TOUR? No. But just being hard doesn’t make it the best. I think it’ll be challenging. We’re hoping for some fast greens and, since the greens roll off a lot, there will be a variety of shots around the greens. I think it’s a fun golf course to play. You can shoot 65 one day and it could seem easy, and you could shoot 72 the next day and it could seem very, very hard.”
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