Golf Channel · Sep 22, 2015
Am Tour: Playoff needed to decide competitive Jones flight; Snead flight a runaway
LA QUINTA, Calif. – It didn't take long for a spectacular finish at the Golf Channel Am Tour National Championship at PGA West, where six flights will crown national Champions.
Michael Baker, from Corona, Calif., held off Jayr Tonido, from Clarskston, Ga., in a one-hole playoff on the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West to win a highly contested Jones flight (handicaps 16.0-19.9).
After entering the day in the final pairing and one shot off the lead, Baker played a steady final round. On the 18th green, he had a three-foot bogey putt to clinch the win.
"The arms were a little shaky," said Baker, who missed the putt and wound up in a playoff with Tonido.