David Frost wins the US Champions Tour’s AT&T Championship in the playoffs
The European Senior Tour stars stole the show at the US Champions Tour’s AT&T Championship, when David Frost and Bernhard Langer contended for the crown in the sudden-death playoffs, on Sunday, October 28, 2012.
Both the players started off their final round campaigns six strokes behind the overnight leader Mark Calcavecchia.
Meanwhile, when Calcavecchia faltered for a two-over par score in the final round, Langer and Frost fired rounds of 66 and reached the top of the leaderboard.
Frost carded a total of two birdies on the front nine and added another four shots on the back nine of the course.
Meanwhile, Langer also cheated Frost’s scorecard and recorded the same number of birdies on, both, the front and the back nine of the course.
At the end of the day, they were tied for the top spot with an eight-under par score. As a result, the tournament entered into the playoffs, where Frost showed his dominance on the second extra hole.
After recording pars on the first extra hole, both the players moved to the 18th tee for the third time during the final day.
Langer was unlucky to find the greenside rough on his second hole. Meanwhile, Frost took advantage by landing the ball on the green.
Therefore, Langer desperately needed a birdie-chip in order to remain in contention for the title. However, the ball did not find the cup and Frost took home his second Champions Tour title of the season after recording a birdie putt.
According to Langer, Frost was really lucky to save pars on different holes. According to him, Frost hit some poor shots during the final round, but got away with them in the end because of his great putting technique.
"He had some unbelievable up-and-downs today," Langer said. "The par he made on 14 was unbelievable. He had three or four other ones. The putter was hot. He hit a few loose shots but always got away with it".
Despite losing in the playoffs, Langer still leads the Charles Schwab Cup standings by 211 points over Tom Lehman.
Only the top-three players in the standings - Langer, Lehman and Roger Chapman – can now win the Charles Schwab Cup, when they tee off at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
"It all depends on the scenario next week," Langer said, "and there are lots of scenarios. I haven't done the math”.
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