Top 10 finishes for Baddeley and Endycott in Bermuda
Harrison Endycott – an impressive start to his PGA Tour career – file photo
Aaron Baddeley has finished 6th and Sydney PGA Tour rookie Harrison Endycott has finished 10th at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Bermuda.
Playing the event courtesy of Monday qualifying earlier in the week, as he had done at his previous start, Baddeley began the final round tied for 3rd place and two shots behind Ireland’s Seamus Power. A double bogey at his second hole and a roller coaster closing nine in which he produced three birdies and three bogeys saw him finish just three behind the eventual winner, Power.
Baddeley, will however, courtesy of his top ten finish, gain a start at the next PGA Tour event the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba in Mexico.
“I feel like I played pretty well. It was difficult again today,” said Baddeley. “I mean, just that double, the wind, got the wind wrong, went too far. I actually thought I stumped it, I thought I hit it close and it just flew like seven yards too far. But it was a tough day. I hit the ball really nicely overall, but disappointing just to finish with a par and a bogey.
“Yeah, but overall good week, first top-10 on Tour in a couple years, three years, two years. Like I said
yesterday, I feel like that’s where the game’s at, the game’s trending. No, the game’s not trending, the game’s there. It’s just a matter of getting starts. Great to have another start next week, ball-striker’s golf course, so I’m looking forward to that.”
So, too, will be Endycott who by finishing inside the top ten has moved out of alternate status for the event and earns place in the field for his fifth PGA Tour event.
This week’s 10th place was Endycott’s best finish in four starts but his 12th place on debut and now this impressive effort will be a great boost of confidence for the 26 year old graduate from the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour.
The finish will also provide a healthy cheque for Endycott to assist in the early stages of his PGA Tour career. In just four events to date he has earnings of US334,000 to his name including the US$177,000 this week.
Birdies at his final two holes assisted Endycott’s cause in no small way and gave further evidence of an attitude that will stand him in good stead as his career progresses.
