David Toms pulls in a brilliant final round at Players Championship to finish in top-ten
One of the brilliant performers on the final day of the Players Championship was the formidable David Toms, who pulled in a miraculous seven-under, 65 to eventually finish in top-ten on the leaderboard.
Winner of the 2001 PGA Championship, Toms worked his way diligently on top of the leaderboard but had to realise the painful fact that he has not performed well in the previous rounds to stay away from contention.
He said, "I was so far back. I was just trying to have a decent finish. So, there's no reason why I shouldn't shoot at a flag. What's the difference between 44th and 34th? That's the way I was playing out there and I just happened to play a great round of
golf”.
Toms has been playing at the TPC Sawgrass for the past 20 years and boosts of an exceptional record after posting a runner up finish last year where he lost the Playoff of to K. J Choi.
The final round on Sunday turned out to be Toms’ best performance ever on the course and beacons towards a resurging Toms ready to claim top rank on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
He added, "You would take par on every hole no matter what's going on out there, because, at the end of the day, you would be in pretty good position”.
Winner of 17 professional events with 13 of them coming on the PGA Tour, Toms has an exceptional record in the major events in his career.
He won the 2001 PGA Championship taking over the grizzled Phil Mickelson by one stroke.
He has three top-ten finishes in the Masters, another two top-ten in the US Open, one joint fourth in the Open Championship and three top-ten on the PGA Championship.
Turning professional in the year, 1989, Toms has played predominantly on the PGA, seldom making trips off the coast.
He graduated from Louisiana State University and posted a brilliant amateur run before turning professional.
The American had a good season in the years 1999, 2001 and 2003 where he won no fewer than two events in each calendar year.
He spent around 175 weeks on the top-ten on the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) from the years 2001-2006.
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