RSM Classic: Maverick McNealy picks up his first PGA Tour win with one-shot victory in Georgia after late birdie

RSM Classic: Maverick McNealy picks up his first PGA Tour win with one-shot victory in Georgia after late birdie | Golf News

November 25, 2024:

Maverick McNealy earned his first victory on the PGA Tour as he finished with a final-round 68 to edge out a trio of players by one shot at the RSM Classic in St Simons Island, Georgia.

The 29-year-old sank a 5ft 5in putt on the 18th hole to finish at 16-under 266, just ahead of Luke Clanton (66), Nico Echavarria of Colombia (65) and Daniel Berger (67).

The victory came in his 134th start as a professional, and it sends him to Maui to start the year at The Sentry and to The Masters in April for the first time.

Berger missed a 20-foot birdie attempt on the 18th alongside Echavarria and Clanton, who both missed par putts from inside eight feet on the final hole that created the four-way tie.

Clanton was a shot away from joining Nick Dunlap as amateur winners on the PGA Tour this year. He tugged his approach to the 18th into a bunker, blasted out nicely to seven feet and stooped over in disbelief when he missed his par putt and had to settle for a 66.

“It’s going to be a tough one to definitely take, for sure, after bogeying the last,” Clanton said. “But I think it’s proven to me that out here I can win, so I’ll be training for that.”

Henrik Norlander, who was No 126 in the FedExCup last year, had a 63-68 weekend and joined Berger as the two players who moved into the top 125.

JT Poston posted the round of the day with a seven-under 63, joining Lee Hodges (67) and Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes (68) in a tie for fifth at 14-under 268.

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Vince Whaley, who shared the lead with McNealy entering the final round, finished joint-eighth after shooting 71 on Sunday.

Michael Thorbjornsen (69) and Patrick Fishburn (69) also tied for eighth at 13-under 269.

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