ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Robert Streb hasn't seen many early indications of a happy ending throughout his career.
That included his first PGA Tour victory.
He started the McGladrey Classic with a tee shot he hooked into a bush, leading to a double bogey, and spent the next two days worried only about making the cut. Five shots behind going into the final round Sunday, he drove into a bunker on the opening hole and made bogey. Even after he made five birdies to get back in the mix, he three-putted the 13th for bogey to fall four shots behind with five holes to play.
"And at that point I was like, 'Well, I'll just see how many birdies I can try to make on the way in,'" Streb said. "And I got on a pretty nice little run."
Streb ran off four straight birdies, closed with a 7-under 63, and then waited 90 minutes to see if it would hold up. He got into a three-way playoff at Sea Island with Brendon de Jonge and Will MacKenzie, and won on the second extra hole with the most significant shot of his young career.
He hit 8-iron at the par-3 17th that covered the flag and settled 4 feet behind the hole for his 10th birdie of the day.
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