Back-to-back fall winner
Smotherman wins Bermuda playoff, books U.S. Open spot
Austin Smotherman won the rain-shortened Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Monday morning, beating Seamus Power with a par on the third playoff hole.
Austin Smotherman won the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Monday morning, outlasting Seamus Power of Ireland with a par on the third playoff hole, per the ESPN report. Rain shortened the event. The win is Smotherman's second straight in a FedEx Cup Fall event, and it earns him a berth in the U.S. Open. Read the full report.
Winning in consecutive fall starts is hard to do on any schedule. The fall events carry fewer marquee names than the main season, but a win still counts as a PGA Tour title, and in this case it comes with a major championship spot. For Smotherman, the U.S. Open invitation is the most tangible reward from the back-to-back run.
Two straight wins, and a U.S. Open berth.
Power takes the other side of it. He pushed Smotherman to extra holes and lost on the third playoff hole, when Smotherman made the par that decided it.
Watch whether Smotherman can stretch the streak to three in his next start. A third straight fall win would be a rare run, and it would keep his name near the top of the conversation as the new season takes shape.