5-year drought ends for Toms
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — David Toms had gone more than five years without winning. He was coming off a gut-wrenching playoff loss just a week ago and went into the final round at Colonial trailing after he squandered a seven-stroke lead.
Everything changed after a shot he called “one of the most perfect” he has ever hit.
Toms made an eagle with a wedge shot from 83 yards on the par-5 11th hole Sunday, pumping both fists over his head after regaining the lead for good over Charlie Wi. Toms went on to a closing 3-under 67 to win at Hogan’s Alley by a stroke at 15 under.
“I hit it absolutely crisp. It hit 4 inches short of the hole, bounced past and came back in,” Toms said. “I couldn’t have drawn it up any better.”
His long-elusive 13th career PGA Tour victory came a week after a playoff loss to K.J. Choi at The Players Championship, when the 44-year-old Toms missed a short par putt on the extra hole for his sixth runner-up finish since last winning in January 2006 at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
Wi, the 39-year-old South Korean who made his 100th cut on the PGA Tour this weekend, started the final round with a one-shot lead that quickly expanded with birdies on the first two holes. He shot 69 and ended with his fourth career runner-up finish without a win
