Sep Stroka became the first Austrian golf pro to win a tournament on the US PGA Tour. The 28-year-old won the Honda Classic at the Palm Beach Garden in Florida on Sunday (local time) and won $ 1.44 million (approximately 28 1.28 million) in prize money.
Vienna holds American passport: Chef Stroka wins “The Honda Classic” at Palm Beach Garden.
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Stroka won with a total of 270 shots and finished with one shot in front of Ireland’s Shane Lori. Born in Vienna and an American citizen, Stroka played a round of 66 in the Bar 70 curriculum on the final day. Third was American Kurt Kidayama with 272 strokes.
Following his premiere victory, Stroka could now start the Masters Augusta and PGA Championship and the exclusive Champions Tournament next January in Hawaii. “It’s insane. It’s my lifelong dream to go to Augusta in one more month. It’s more surreal,” Straga said.
In Germany’s view, the match did not go as planned. Stephen Jagger of Munich was 48th, while Martin Gamer lost the match after a gap of three and a half months.
US PGA Tour at Palm Beach Garden ($ 8.0m, bar 70), final score
1. Sep Stroka (Austria) 270 strokes (71 + 64 + 69 + 66); 2. Shane Lori (Ireland) 271 (70 + 67 + 67 + 67); 3. Kurt Kitayama (USA) 272 (64 + 69 + 71 + 68); 4. Daniel Berger (USA) 273 (65 + 65 + 69 + 74); 5. Alex Noran (Sweden) 276 (69 + 69 + 70 + 68); Gary Woodland (US) 276 (69 + 69 + 71 + 67); 7. Chris Kirk (USA) 277 (65 + 68 + 71 + 73); Matthias Swab (Austria) 277 (67 + 72 + 70 + 68); 9. Sam Ryder (USA) 278 (71 + 68 + 69 + 70); Brian Stuart (US) 278 (70 + 70 + 69 + 69); John Hoo (USA) 278 (72 + 65 + 71 + 70); Adam Svensson (Canada) 278 (69 + 65 + 71 + 73); Lee Hodges (USA) 278 (71 + 66 + 71 + 70); Keith Mitchell (USA) 278 (71 + 70 + 69 + 68); … 48 Stephen Jaeger (Munich) 284 (68 + 73 + 75 + 68); Martin Gamer (Medman) 145 (78 + 67)
World Rankings:
1st (1) John Rahm (Spain) 8.8936 average points; 2. (2) Colin Morikawa (USA) 8.3804; 3rd (3) Patrick Cantley (US) 7.3900; 4. (4) Victor Howland (Norway) 7.1498; 5. (5) Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 6.0757; 6. (6) Scottie Scheffler (USA) 5.9517; 7. (7) Justin Thomas (USA) 5.9200; 8. (8) Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.9062; 9. (9) Dustin Johnson (USA) 5.7232; 10. (11) Cameron Smith (Australia) 5.3478; … 139. (136) Martin Gamer (Medman) 1.1852; 162. (160) Stephen Jaeger (Munich) 1.0515
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