It might not be on a midnight train, but next month Sean O’Hair will have the pleasure of leaving for Georgia.
He took advantage of a stunning collapse by Stewart Cink and won the PODS Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla.
O’Hair, who closed with a 2-under 69 on Sunday for a 4-under 280 total, won a trip to the Masters.
It was his first victory since the John Deere Classic as a 22-year-old rookie in 2005, which got him into the British Open at St. Andrews. This victory sends him to Augusta National next month, and he will move into the top 40 in the world to qualify for the World Golf Championship at Doral in two weeks.
“This is not going to hurt my confidence,” said O’Hair, a native of Lubbock, Texas. “I’m looking forward to the rest of the year.”
Cink suffered a loss perhaps even more devastating than the Accenture Match Play Championship blowout against Tiger Woods. Cink had a 4-shot lead after two holes Sunday, still had control on the back nine and then dropped 4 shots in a four-hole stretch along the back nine of the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook.
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