While the APGA Tour made history Sunday evening, Patrick Newcomb birdied his final hole to capture the Farmers Insurance Invitational at Torrey Pines’ South Course.
For the first time in the tour’s history, Golf Channel televised the final round of the 36-hole season opener, with Damon Hack, Notah Begay III, Doug Smith and Jacques Slade calling the action. The finish certainly was worthy of primetime, as Newcomb, a 31-year-old Murray State product, nuked a 3-wood from 254 yards out into the left greenside bunker at the iconic par-5 closing hole, and he then got up and down, rolling in a 7-footer for birdie to finish a shot clear of runner-up Tim O’Neal.