He lost the Cognizant Classic but didn't leave PGA National empty-handed

He lost the Cognizant Classic but didn't leave PGA National empty-handed

Austin Smotherman had a chance to win his first PGA Tour event. He lost the Cognizant Classic but didn't leave PGA National empty-handed. The post He lost the Cognizant Classic but didn’t leave PGA National empty-handed appeared first on Golf.

He lost the Cognizant Classic but didn’t leave PGA National empty-handed - Irish Golfer Magazine

Austin Smotherman tapped in his three-foot birdie putt on Sunday and exhaled. With the Florida sun fading over PGA National, the 31-year-old smiled, shook hands with playing competitor Shane Lowry and walked off the green with the look of a man who had just won his first PGA Tour event. Except he hadn’t. Smotherman brilliantly navigated his way around a treacherous PGA National through three rounds. He entered Sunday tied for the lead, and said …