Round 4: Mayakoba Golf Classic
February 26 2012
7:19 pm
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John Huh defeated Robert Allenby in a playoff to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
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5:21 pm
Allenby slips, heads to playoff
Robert Allenby double-bogeyed the 72nd hole at the Mayakoba Golf Classic to fall to 15 under and into a playoff with rookie John Huh, who closed with a 63.
Chris Stroud had a shot to catch the duo at 15 under, but he also double-bogeyed the hole.
Matt Every and Colt Knost will tie for third after finishing 11 under. Overnight leader Daniel Summerhays shot a 73 and fell back into a tie for fifth.
FOLLOW THE PLAYOFF: Mayakoba Golf Classic
4:33 pm
Allenby closing in on victory
The only thing standing in Robert Allenby’s way at the Mayakoba Golf Classic? A couple of closing bogeys … or Chris Stroud.
Allenby is on the 17th fairway with a two-shot lead after playing the first 16 holes in 8 under. At 15 under, he’s two shots ahead of Stroud, who is playing the 15th.
Rookie John Huh fired a 63 and is in the clubhouse at 13 under. He is assured his second top-10 finish in five starts.
Allenby is seeking his fifth PGA TOUR win, but first in 10 years. Stroud is winless in 143 starts.
Round 3: Mayakoba Golf Classic
February 25 2012
8:54 pm
Mayakoba: Round 3 update
Daniel Summerhays shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over Chris Stroud in the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
The 28-year-old, who won the Nationwide Tour’s 2007 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational as an amateur for his biggest career victory, is seeking his first PGA TOUR win.
"Tomorrow, I’m just going to try and do the same things I’ve been doing all week," Summerhays said. "I’m going to try and hit the driver really well again. My swing feels really good, so I’m picking out good targets. I’m judging the wind correctly and I’m managing it well. … I’m really looking forward to the opportunity tomorrow to take the lead into the final round of a PGA Tour event and see how I perform. "
Stroud had a 68. He and Summerhays are the only players with three rounds in the 60s on the Greg Norman-designed course.
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4:06 pm
Allen, 53, gets his shot at history
If Sam Snead’s longtime record as the oldest TOUR winner is to be broken, it is likely to happen at the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
There’s just something about El Camaleon that brings out the best in players around or over 50 years of age.
Fred Funk won the Mayakoba Golf Classic at age 50 in 2007, and 53-year-old John Cook finished only three shots behind winner Johnson Wagner in 2011. Both Funk and Cook were back in 2012 — Funk made the cut; Cook didn’t.
But all eyes at Mayakoba are on Michael Allen, who turned 53 just last month. Allen has played over 300 times on the PGA TOUR without winning, although he does have three second-place finishes, most recently in 2010 at the Viking Classic.
Even at his age, winning on the PGA TOUR is something Allen wants to accomplish before its too late. And this week’s Mayakoba Golf Classic is his best shot at doing that.
Allen is working on one of the best rounds on Saturday at El Camaleon. He bogeyed the par-4 15th to drop four shots back, but he’s still 4 under on the day on a good day for scoring in Mexico.
Should Allen go low and win on Sunday, he would best Snead’s record by a few months:
| Player | Age | Tournament |
| Sam Snead | 52 years, 10 months | 1965 Greater Greensboro Open |
| Art Wall | 51 years, 7 months | 1975 Greater Milwaukee Open |
| Jim Barnes | 51 years, 3 months | 1937 Long Island Open |
| John Barnum | 51 years, 1 month | 1962 Cajun Classic |
| Fred Funk | 50 years, 8 months | 2007 Mayakoba Golf Classic |
3:58 pm
Update: Field is chasing Summerhays
Daniel Summerhays is looking for a little security this week in Mexico.
The 2010 Nationwide Tour graduate who had to go through q-school last year to retain full status on TOUR is currenty 11 under and leading the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun.
Summerhays, a 36-hole co-leader who is 3 under for his round, has a two-shot lead over Will Claxton at El Camaleon.
Chris Stroud is three back at 8 under while Charles Howell III, Matt Every, John Huh and Greg Owen check in four back at 7 under.
The round of the day goes to Brian Harman. The rookie and 2011 q-school graduate carded a 6-under 65 and is in the clubhouse, five behind Summerhays.
Round 2: Mayakoba Golf Classic
February 24 2012
11:04 pm
Mayakoba: Round 2 update
Three players are tied for the lead at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, including Daniel Summerhays, Will Claxton and Greg Owen. Chris Stroud sits one stroke back at 7 under.
Summerhays fired a 6-under 65 to grab his share of the second-round lead. He made seven birdies on Friday.
“It’s funny, you know, you start out Friday, and you got your goals ‑‑ you know, you gotta make the cut, first of all, to have a chance on the weekend, made a couple birdies early on,” Summerhays said. “I hit it to an inch on the third hole, so I started with a couple birdies, and it kind of just set me at ease there.”
Defending champion Johnson Wagner is tied for 43rd, while notables Greg Norman, the El Camaleon course designer, and Mike Weir missed the cut.
10:09 pm
Watch: Round 2 highlights
Round 2 recap: Mayakoba Golf Classic
In the second round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic, Daniel Summerhays, Will Claxton, and Greg Owen are tied for the lead at 8-under par.
7:00 pm
Taylor records rare albatross
By Laury Livsey, PGA TOUR Staff
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — When Greg Norman designed the El Camaleon Golf Club in 2005, the World Golf Hall of Famer took advantage of a natural cave on the property and incorporated what the Mexicans call the cenote into his design. In the middle of what plays as the seventh hole during the Mayakoba Golf Classic but is the opening hole for members and guests the rest of the year, the cave comes complete with stalagtites, a pool of water and plenty of iguanas. The cave goes underneath the seventh green, with adventuresome spelunkers — Norman has been one of them — emerging on the other side near the eighth green.
Vaughn Taylor made history on the hole Friday when he made the first double eagle in the six-year history of the Mayakoba Golf Classic. More importantly, at least to Taylor, it was his first double eagle and the 108th on the PGA TOUR since the TOUR began tracking them in 1970.
Following a second-round 69 to go with his even-par 71 in the opening round, Taylor is tied for 20th, six strokes behind the trio of leaders.
“I do like [the hole]. With the cave there in the middle of the fairway, it’s kind of a different hole, and reachable par‑5s are always fun,” he said.
This is Taylor’s third time playing in the tournament along the Riviera Maya, and the nine-year pro has taken advantage of the hole. In the 2007 and 2009 tournaments, when it was the event’s opening hole, he recorded four birdies and four pars there. His 5-wood from 263 yards Friday was the best he’s had there, though.
“There’s a ridge behind the hole, so I didn’t know if it went in or it went over the ridge. I thought it went in and my caddie thought it went in, though” Taylor added.
Near the green, Taylor’s wife, Leot, and playing partner Michael Thompson’s wife, Rachel, began screaming as the ball rolled in the hole. “It was kind of a delayed scream I guess, and I couldn’t really hear them,” Taylor added.
“And then I bogeyed the next hole, which was kind of a letdown. I wish I had kept the momentum going.”
3:45 pm
Owen, Claxton grab early lead
The second round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic is cruising along with Greg Owen and Will Claxton currently sharing the lead at 8 under after shooting 67 and 68, respectively, on Friday.
There’s a long way to go in the round and of course the tournament — Charles Howell III is just two back and on the back nine — but a win for either would be huge.
Both guys got their cards for this season by tying for 18th at q-school. Owen has managed four starts this season with a tie for ninth at Pebble Beach his best result, while Claxton has made three starts, missing the cut in two of them.
The top-10 by Owen was his first on the PGA TOUR since 2009, while Claxton has one top-25 in just a handful of starts after spending 2010 on the NGA Hooters Tour and making just one start on TOUR in 2011.
Other notables to keep an eye on through the second round: Kevin Stadler (T6 at 5 under), Matt Every and Billy Mayfair (both T9 and 4 under), and Robert Allenby, who is also 4 under and on the back nine.
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