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NTO wrap: Haas clutch in Tinseltown (2:43)
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Golfchannel.com senior writer Jason Sobel joins Win McMurry to share what we learned over the weekend at the Northern Trust Open.
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-Hi, and welcome to this GolfChannel.com Extra. I'm Win McMurry
joined by Jason Sobel and we had an exciting finish
at Riviera this weekend. Jason, three-man playoff, quite a fun
tournament. It's always beautiful to watch there at Riviera. So
what are the 3 things that you learned from the
tournament this year? -Well, the first thing, Win, is that
it takes guts to win these tournaments and maybe we
knew that already, but 2 major champions on the final
hole of regulation, a very tough hole, one that only
had yielded a few birdies during the day, making big
putts to force a playoff and then Bill Haas, the
guy who won the FedEx Cup last year, making a
huge 43-foot putt on the second hole of the playoff
to continue on it. That just shows me that these
guys have what it takes to win these big events.
That's what separates the really good players, the guys who
come through in the clutch from the guys who can't.
The second thing I learned is that Sergio Garcia can
putt. And we didn't know this at this time last
year. He was a very good ball striker, always has
been tee the green, but he showed once again with
the 7-under 64 on Sunday that he can roll the
rock, and that's gonna prove very good for him going
through this entire season. The third thing is that Riviera
is a fantastic course. I think we knew this already,
but 7-under, winning the tournament, guys going up, guys going
down, making birdies, making bogeys, I thought it was a
fantastic venue, really as it is every year though. -Yes,
it is. All right. So does the Bill Haas have
the game to win a major championship? -I think he
does. I think Bill Haas has now proven that when
the chips are down, when the pressure is on, whatever
kind of cliche you wanna use, Bill Haas can come
through in the clutch. He's just that good. He's a
very good ball striker. He would get that swing and
that is a swing that holds up under pressure, and
with that belly putter, he seems to make more than
he misses. So I think Bill Haas has a very
bright major championship future ahead of him. -All right. Well,
how about Riviera Country Club, does it? -You know, it's
a great question. Yes and no. I think that Riviera
can host another major championship, the last one hosted was
1995, the PGA championship. That said, can it just stand
alone also? Can't we have some great courses that only
host annual PGA Tour events? You know, I understand having
to go to some of these tournaments where they host
a regular event in February and then say a US
Open or a PGA Championship later in the year and
the course looks different. It plays differently, but sometimes it's
just okay to have one tournament there a year. It
doesn't necessarily have to host a major to be a
great course like it is right now. -That certainly is
a great one. All right. Thanks so much, Jason. Thank
you for joining us right here on GolfChannel.com.
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