PGA rookie earns victory in playoff
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — In the span of a few days in West Virginia, Ted Potter Jr.’s summer went from missed cuts to memorable.
Coming off five straight tournaments in which he failed to advance to weekend play, the PGA Tour rookie won the Greenbrier Classic in a three-hole playoff over Troy Kelly on Sunday.
And now Potter can start planning.
There’s a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour. A trip to this month’s British Open and next year’s Masters. And likely plans for the tour playoffs after he went from 173rd to 51st on the FedEx Cup list.
“Just (an) amazing feeling right now,” Potter said. “Just knowing I’ve got a couple more years out here to have full exemption, to be able to play what I want to play in and be able to schedule my own tournaments and where I want to play. Stuff like that’s going to be nice. So looking forward to that.”
