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Big Break Indian Wells - Finale Host Analysis (9:41)
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Hosts Stephanie Sparks and Tom Abbott break down the final match between David and Kent in this web-exclusive from Big Break Indian Wells.
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-Another Big Break comes to an end. We crown our
15th Big Break champion. It is David Byrne from Canada.
Let's talk about how get got there. He was in
the final against Kent Eger and it was a 3
stage final. The first stage was a money match with
5 holes, the money increasing for each hole until we
got to the 5th hole cleaning out the putt. The
story Stephanie I think came down to putts. -It defintely
did. That was pretty much the thing throughout this this
entire finale but we definitely have to point out that
David got off to a very quick start winning the
first 2 holes. -Yeah right. -Go. -Go. -Go. -Go. -[unk]
a drink. -That's a missed putt from Kent. -That is
2 in a row. -And it's quickly handed David $3,000.
-They both tied the 3rd hole, but on that 4th
hole again we saw a mistake made by Kent with
his putter. -He rattled. -[unk] at that point in that
long low land. I didn't feel that focused, I don't
know why but that was before. -And one thing to
keep in mind in the first stage is that if
they a tie a hole that money will then carry
over to the next hole. -But David cleaned up with
the first 4 holes and it was Kent who took
the money on that 5th hole. So they were pretty
level pegging going in to the 2nd stage which where
the stakes got higher, each hole was worth from 5
to $25,000. No carry overs and this is where things
started to get interesting. They got off their flying start
both hitting the green on the short par 4 and
making birdies but then we saw some putt thrown on
the second half. -You know what David, you gotta get
up and down somehow from this and maybe he'll miss
his putt. -Got it on the green and I was
like well you know what just make this putt and
I'm like okay just go, just hit it, what do
you have to lose you know. Kent's making a birdie
or a par, you have to make this. -How are
they so slew. God. -It's really simple the choke is
only that big just put the ball in the hole.
Just do it. -I suppose he's vying on very valuable
par 4. -So disappointing for David but Kent now 2
putts for the win. - I made a guess that
it was, that it didn't go in, that I can
backhand it in. -So that hands Kent $5,000 and we
have our first blood in the second stage of the
finale. -It was huge to win that hole and take
chief lead because from thereon the [unk] I just have,
I was in great shape. -So Kent pulled $6900 ahead.
-And then half the par 5 in birdies they half
the par 3 in half. Both players had chances on
the birdies on par 3 and then on the par
4 17. -Kent. He didn't do that. -Then he's pulled
down way left. -Gosh, that was headed left. -That was
my worst shot on the Big Break. -I've never seen
him hit that shot. -Never. -And it's the pressure man,
it's intense. -Now all Kent has to do here is
to tie the hole. He will then force David to
go all in for sudden death play off. -I clipped
it. Gosh darn it. I clipped it. With all that
pressure situation, and to me use your pressure situation for
your focus. - Look at this touch. -[unk]. -He did
a really good job of hitting a pretty good shot
under all the circumstances. -David has a putt for $25,000.
-$25,000, one putt. -When you get opportunites like that you
have to take advantage of them. -Once he missed the
putt, I pretty much had the putt to win the
Big Break at that point. -Kent now has the putt
to continue his $6,900 lead and that will mean that
in the first playoff hole David must win the hole
to continue on in Big Break Indian Wells, if he
harms or if he losses, Kent is the winner. -I
don't know what to feel on those man. It's pretty
undescribable. -It's a head in your hands moment for Kent.
He's just throwing away his lead. -Once I stood by
the hole, I was like wow. -David now has $56,550
to his credit. -And Kent drops down to $13,450. We
now had a sudden death where Kent must win this
hole in order to stay alive. -So Kent has to
go all in in the first sudden death hole, all
his money on the table. David risking his 13450 of
his money and it look like we were gonna have
a half but then again, we are always wrong after
on the show [unk]. -Well i just don't know what
to say today to the man from Canada. -Well he
was in a position where he had to win this
hole, all the pressure was on him. All, David needed
to do was tie the hole to win this Big
Break and once again, it came down to about a
5 foot putt. Kent now has his putt to win
the hole and force this match into at least 1
extra hole. -You know what he gotta do? He got
to know more options. -Yeah he just got to deliver.
He got to deliver the goods. -Baby, get it baby.
-It was another missed putt for Kent and what a
nightmare he has had in this finale. He is just
falling apart with the putt before him. -I called how
it is and bottom line is that I could see
why people think I choked, and I did. -But I
didn't think it was gonna happen to Kent. I really
saw him as the better player between Kent and David,
has more experience and he's played in the U.S. Open
Championship. He's played in quite a few Canadian Tour Events,
he's won twice in the Canadian Tour and 5 times
in the Mini Tour. So you know Kent has a
lot of experience. David has only just turned professional, he
hasn't had the experience of playing for money but at
the end of the day you gotta get the ball
in the hole. David fails to get the ball in
the hole for some good birdie ranges but he took
care but he took care of business around the hole.
Kent just didn't have a clue [unk]. -Well you know
what David proved today that he was steady enough, he
didn't make the major mistakes and that's all he needed
to do, to win this Big Break. -Okay. I got
3 or 3 1/2 feet to win the Big Break.
-[unk]. -I realized how much my mom has done for
me. When I was younger I used to bring a
flash light with me to hit golf balls when my
mom was working 'til 11 at night. All of those
little things you know creep in your mind when you
think of all your hard work that my mom and
I put forward to get me to where I am.
-[unk] -Good job buddy. -Thanks, man. -Congrats. -I appreciate it.
-Yeah. -Thank you. -The underdog won here, and you have
to be very happy and pleased for him. He's a
young true gentleman and I think this is gonna at
least vault him forward with a lot of confidence in
his career. -That's some good play right there man. -That's
the beginning of your career. -Lot's of cash, never seen
that much before so we're just pretty happy 'cause for
a while there I think Kent was ever gonna make
a mistake you know and I just kept on hitting
in shifts you know, [unk] shot, [unk] shot and fair
to moderate, and quite often fair to moderate the putt
and it just wouldn't go in. So the kind of
last you know, pretty, pretty crazy. You know driving 20
hours down here, down to the audition and yes it
was all worth it. I came here to start my
life so I'm pretty sure I just did it. -David
Byrne came to Indian Wells with not a lot on
his pocket. He walked away with 70 grand of prize
package courtesy of Dicks, Adams and the Indian Wells Golf
Resort and he is playing in the 2012 Zurich Classic
of New Orleans. We started with 11 hopefuls, we got
to know some really interesting characters but at the end
of the day David Byrne wins Big Break Indian Wells.
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