{"id":10583,"date":"2011-10-02T19:10:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T19:10:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-10-02T19:10:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T19:10:27","slug":"Korean-born-Na-claims-first-PGA-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10583","title":{"rendered":"Korean-born Na claims first PGA title"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korean-born American Kevin Na won his first US PGA Tour title of an eight-year career, firing a six-under par 65 on Sunday to win the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Na<\/strong>, playing only a 10-minute drive from his home, had been winless in 210 US PGA events before claiming the $756,000 top prize from the $4.4 million event by finishing 72 holes on 23-under 261, two strokes atop American Nick Watney.<\/p>\n

“Oh wow,” Na said. “I went through a lot. I had nightmares finishing second. I used to tell my mother, ‘As hard as I work, when am I going to get my first win?’ Other people believed in me more than myself.”<\/p>\n

Deadlocked with Watney at 20-under with four holes remaining, Na responded with three birdies in a row. Na curled in a 42-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th to seize a two-stroke edge and matched Watney’s par at 18 for the crown.<\/p>\n

Na<\/strong>, a three-time career PGA runner-up who was most recently second-placed at last year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, had been third on the list of money winners without a tour title at more than $10.2 million.<\/p>\n

Americans Tommy Gainey and Paul Goydos shared third on 266, one stroke ahead of compatriots Spencer Levin and Tim Herron, Canada’s David Hearn, Sweden’s Carl Pettersson and Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas.<\/p>\n

Here it looks like Kevin Na misses the ball but apparently in golf, if you swing the club wrong to begin with and you stop yourself, it doesn’t count as a stroke!<\/strong>
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