What a surprise we had this week at The Greenbrier Classic. We had the two biggest names in the sport (Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson) miss the cut, we had a US Open Champion in Webb Simpson falter down the stretch, and we had two journeymen players fighting for their first win in a playoff.
Very unknown players Ted Potter Jr. and Troy Kelly gave us a duel that many expected to be held by Tiger and Phil. Potter overcame a 4 shot deficit with 4 holes to play to force the playoff with Kelly, whom many thought that was going to claim his first PGA Tour title (Ted shot his second straight 64 to put himself in this position, by the way). Potter and Kelly had to go to 3 playoff holes until Potter drained a birdie putt on the 3rd to snag the trophy.
With the W, Potter receives an invitation to the 2013 Masters Tournament, over $1 million in earnings, and a jump to 51st in the FedEx Cup standings. Not too shabby for a dude who missed 24 straight cuts 8 years ago on the Nationwide tour.
Congratulations, Ted!
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