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Choi claims Players in sudden-death playoff
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 05 - 2011

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida: South Korea's K.J Choi beat American David Toms in a sudden-death playoff to win the Players Championship at Sawgrass Sunday and become the first Asian to win golf's unofficial “fifth major”.
Choi sealed the biggest win of his career with a regulation par on the first playoff hole after Toms, a former US PGA champion, three-putted for a bogey.
“For some reason I felt so comfortable out there,” said Choi.
“The swing that I have right now just doesn't break down under pressure situations. I was able to be precise and aggressive and keep my rhythm together and that is what brought this performance.”
The pair had finished the tournament tied at 13-under par after closing with rounds of 70 where they both played consistent and solid golf while their challengers fell by the wayside.
Choi, 40, snatched the outright lead with a birdie on the par-3 17th only for Toms to respond by draining a long birdie putt on the final hole, to a huge roar, forcing the playoff, the first Choi has faced on the PGA tour.
But the 44-year-old Toms missed a par putt from three and a half feet on the first playoff hole, the par-3 17th, then watched as the Houston-based Choi calmy drained his par to secure his eighth win on the PGA Tour and his first in more than three years.
Toms, who won the US PGA Championship in 2001 but has not won in 124 starts since Hawaii in 2006, was left looking for positives from his near miss.
“It is disappointing but I hung in there,” he said.
American, Paul Goydos, shot his third 69 of the week to finish third, two shots behind Choi and Toms – his secoind top three finish at the Players in the past four years.
Two of the brightest young talents on either side of the Atlantic, American Nick Watney and Britain's Luke Donald, tied for fourth, three shots off the lead.


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