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In a final round where low scores were on display, Chris Kirk handled the pressure and ‘owned the moment’ with extraordinary shot making to win the season-opening Sentry. #GolfChannel #GolfCentral #ChrisKirk
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TODAY. HIGH ATOP THE PACIFIC OCEAN. WHAT WAS THE TURNING POINT TODAY? >> FIRST OF ALL, TO YOUR POINT. WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE ENTIRE FIELD AVERAGING SOMETHING 66 IN CHANGE. IT WAS LIKE A THREE POINT CONTEST BETWEEN MICHAEL JORDAN, LARRY BYRD AND STEPH CURRY.

IT WAS A GAME OF ADDITION. HOW HIGH CAN YOU COUNT, HOW LOW CAN YOU GO. BUT BY THE 15th HOLE, 16th HOLE ON THE BACK NINE, IT BECAME CLEAR IT WAS JUST A THREE PLAYER RACE AND IT CAME DOWN TO FOUR SHOTS THAT DECIDED WHO

WON THIS TOURNAMENT AND WHO LEFT HERE WANTING MORE. FIRST, SPIETH WHO WAS PLAYING GREAT GOLF AND SWINGING REALLY WELL. HE WAS 27 OVER. 27 UNDER. STOOD ON THE 16th TEE. HE DIDN’T LIKE THIS TEE SHOT. OKAY. MAYBE IT WASN’T GOOD. BUT IT DIDN’T DESERVE THIS.

ONE OF THE WORST BREAKS YOU’LL EVER SEE. YOU CAN HIT RIGHT THERE AND MOVE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THAT BUNKER. NONETHELESS. >> NOW THEEGALA. HE COMES TO 17 WITH A NICE DRIVE. 28 UNDER PAR. GOT A GOOD LOOK AT BIRDIE. EVERYBODY IS. AND HE FLAIRS THIS ONE

OUT TO THE RIGHT. SO INSTEAD OF PLAYING OFFENSE, HE’S PLAYING DEFENSE. NICE JOB TO SAVE PAR. SO TO THE 18th HOLE, WHICH IS SO GETTABLE. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HIT AS FAR AS HE DOES. AND AGAIN, HE’S GOT A CHANCE TO MAKE BIRDIE FOR SURE. MAYBE EAGLE.

AND HE FLAIRS THIS ONE OUT TO THE RIGHT. SO TWO MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. BIRDIED 17th AND DOESN’T BIRDIE THE VERY GETTABLE 18th HOLE. PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE MAN. CHRIS KIRK. CHRIS KIRK. ICE WATER FLOWING THROUGH HIS VEINS. HE COMES TO 17 AND DID

EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT SAHITH WAS GOING TO DO. JUST OWN THE MOMENT. ONE OF THE PRETTIEST SHOTS YOU’LL EVER HOPE TO SEE. CHRIS MAY CALL THAT THE BEST SHOT HE’S EVER HIT. THAT GOT HIM TO 29 UNDER PAR. CAN’T HARDLY MAKE A MISTAKE ON THE 18th

HOLE THAT’S GOING TO DISRUPT THAT. THAT WAS IT. THOSE FOUR SHOTS. >> HOW ABOUT THE MENTALITY THAT IS NEEDED TO WIN A TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS. I SAID HE STARTS THE ONE-SHOT LEAD. YOU’RE 7 UNDER STANDING ON 17. MOST TOURNAMENTS YOU’D BE WINNING BY SIX,

SEVEN, EIGHT SHOTS. BUT YOU LOOK UP AND YOU’RE TIED. >> EVERY SINGLE HOLE OUT THERE WAS GETTABLE FOR THE MOST PART. YOU LISTEN TO KIRK AND KEVIN JUST TALKING ABOUT LACK OF WIND. EASY HOLE LOCATIONS. AND YOU KNEW WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO OUT THERE.

IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF EXECUTION. EVEN THE 11th HOLE, WHICH IS NORMALLY A VERY DIFFICULT TEE SHOT COMING DOWN THAT HILL. THE 8th HOLE. DIFFICULT TEE SHOT COMING DOWN THAT HILL. THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY JUST CAKED WITH IT. LOOK, THE SCORES WERE GREAT.

BUT AS I SAID AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW THIS MORNING, THIS IS SUCH A LEADER’S GOLF COURSE. IT’S HARD TO MAKE A MISTAKE OFF OF THE TEE. IT’S HARD TO MAKE A MISTAKE COMING INTO THESE GREENS. IT’S USUALLY TO FIND

OUT THE PLAYER WHO’S PLAYING THE BEST AND THEY GET TO SHOW OFF ON SUNDAY AND IT WAS A SHOW OFF PERFORMANCE BY KIRK. >> IT’S PAR 73. ONLY ONE ON THE PGA TOUR. THE SCORING AVERAGE FOR THE FIELD OF 59 TODAY, 66.7. BLEW AWAY THE PREVIOUS

PLANTATION COURSE SCORING RECORD. >> IT WAS 67.47. SO NOT QUITE, BUT NEARLY A SHOT LOWER. >> DON’T WANT TO DETRACT FROM THE PLAY WE SAW TODAY BUT IT’S REALLY TIME FOR THEM TO REASSESS WHAT PAR IS ON THIS COURSE. YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT

IT AT 71 OR 70 AND IT SEEMS A BIT MORE LOGICAL, THE SCORES THEY’RE SHOOTING. WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE WEEK AND THE DAY OF CHRIS KIRK, IT WAS CERTAINLY EXTRAORDINARY. WE DUOTGO >>> ON THE DAY, WE DIDN’T SPEND

MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT HOW GOOD THE SHORT GAME WAS. MAYBE THIS ISN’T THAT DIFFICULT OF A SHOT BUT IT WAS SPOT ON. HE LED THE FIELD ON STROKES ON THE GREEN AND IN SCRAMBLING. HE GOT IT UP AND DOWN THE RUN TIME. HE ALSO LED THE FIELD IN TOUCH

MADES FROM 15, 16, 17, AND 19. AND A TOP PERFORMANCE AND MADE HIS SHARE OF 15 TO 32 LIKE THAT ONE AT THE 17. YOU HEARD CEFEN AT THE END OF THE SHOW SAYING HE WOULD WORK ON HIS HIGH DRAWS. HE LED THE FIELD AND MAYBE THIS

STAT IS NOT ON THERE BUT WE WILL PUT IT ON THERE IN REALLY COOL HIGH DRAWS. I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MANY BEAUTIFUL HIGH DRAWS SINCE THE EPIC DAYS OF KENNY PERRY WHEN HE WAS GOING AT IT AT HIS BEST AT COLONIAL. THIS GORGEOUS AT THE NINTH HOLE

AND IT LED TO A BIRDIE. I TALKED ABOUT THE 11th HOLE, THE GUESS WORK WAS TAKEN OUT OF IT TO GET THERE. WORK A SOFT DRAW FOR THE SHORT IRON, NOT A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT SHOT. HE DIDN’T SEE ANYONE HILT HIT A BETTER ONE THAN THIS. TAP IN BIRDIE.

WHEN THE WIND IS NOT BLOWING, A COUPLE OF FAIRWAYS YOU DON’T GET THE GETTY UP DOWN WIND. YOU CAN FIND THE BUNKERS TO THE LEFT THAT FLARE TO THE RIGHT AND THEN YOU HAVE A BLIND SHOT. THAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SWEET SPOT, DOWN THE MIDDLE, 341, PERFECT, STRESS FREE SHOT.

THAT’S ALL IT WAS ABOUT AT THIS POINT, JUST KEEPING IT AWAY FROM THE STRETCH, ONE AFTER THE OTHER. THIS WAS REALLY TOUGH FAIRWAY TO GET AT THE 1th. ANOTHER REALLY COOL HIGH DREW. THIS ONE AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER. JUST BEAUTIFUL TIP, BEAUTIFUL RHYTHM, JUST HITTING THE SHOTS ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

AND THIS WAS THE COOL HIGH DRAW OF THE DAY. STANDING UP THERE FROM 209 YARDS, COMING INTO THE WHOLE. IT IS A BIT UNLUCKY. I HEARD SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THE WIND CAME UP ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR, 10 MILES PER HOUR, MADE HIM PLAY A LITTLE LONGER. THAT WAS IT.

JUST ONE METRONOMIC BEAUTIFUL HIGH DRAW AFTER ANOTHER. >> IN A WORLD IN WHICH GUYS ARE LEAPING AT THE BALL WHEN THEY SWING IT, HIS IS MUCH MORE LANGUID, PRETTY TO WATCH. >> IT IS PRETTY TO WATCH AND SNEAKY BALL. SORT OF TOUR AVERAGE, HE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE HE IS GOING AT IT BUT

173, 174. IT’S NOT 180 BUT 173 AND 174, GOING AT IT WITH THAT UNHURRIED SORT OF TRANSITION IS PRETTY DARN IMPRESSIVE. IT TELLS YOU THAT THE SEEK WAENS IS NICE. I LISTENED TO KEVIN TALKING ABOUT HOW HE IS WORKING ON JUMPING UP THE FALL SPEED, HE GOT ONE AT 167, KIND OF SNEAKY

LONG. >> MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP, THE PLAYERS, THE BIGGER TITLES IN THE GAME, YOU LIKE THEM IN ANY WAY. >> HE HAS HAD 54 HOLE LEAD AT THE PLAYERS PREVIOUS IN HIS CAREER. HE STUMBLED RGS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES HE STUMBLED FOR THE LEAD AND FOR THE MOST PART HE HAS BEEN ROCK SOLID.

AS HE GAINED CONFIDENCE AND FOUND CLARITY, AND FOUGHT THE DEMONS SUCCESSFULLY OFF THE GOLF COURSE, HE HAS BECOME VERY COMPELLING FIGURE AND AN EASY PERSON TO VOTE FOR. HE HAS GOTTEN BET 36 YEARS OF AGE. >> 28. >> EXCUSE ME, 38. HIS PRIME IS BEHIND HI