Former Dawg Brock Mackenzie Wins National Capital Open in Playoff Action
August 21, 2016 | Men's Golf
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- Brock Mackenzie won the National Capital Open in the longest playoff in the Mackenzie Tour's PGA Tour Canada-era Sunday, beating Spain's Samuel Del Val with a birdie on the seventh extra hole at rainy and windy Hylands Golf Club.
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The 35-year-old Mackenzie, from Yakima, Washington, birdied the final hole of regulation for a 3-under 68 to match Del Val and Canada's Adam Cornelson at 15-under 269. Del Val and Cornelson — eliminated on the third extra hole — each shot 70.
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Mackenzie won with a 12-foot putt on the par-3 third — 7 hours, 44 minutes after he teed off.
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"Winning is hard," Mackenzie said. "It seems like it gets harder and harder on this tour. The quality of guys goes up and up every year on this tour, so I don't take it for granted, that's for sure."
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In the longest playoff on the Canadian Tour, Lee Chill outlasted Chris DiMarco in 11 extra holes in the 1992 Willows Classic.
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Mackenzie earned $31,500 to jump to second on the money list with $70,175 with three events remaining, with the final top five earning Web.com Tour cards. The former University of Washington player also won tour events in 2010 and 2014.
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Cornelson bogeyed the final two holes of regulation.
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"I thought Adam had a stranglehold on it," Mackenzie said. "Unfortunately he made those two bogeys and then all of a sudden the playoff started and chaos ensued."
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The 35-year-old Mackenzie, from Yakima, Washington, birdied the final hole of regulation for a 3-under 68 to match Del Val and Canada's Adam Cornelson at 15-under 269. Del Val and Cornelson — eliminated on the third extra hole — each shot 70.
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Mackenzie won with a 12-foot putt on the par-3 third — 7 hours, 44 minutes after he teed off.
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"Winning is hard," Mackenzie said. "It seems like it gets harder and harder on this tour. The quality of guys goes up and up every year on this tour, so I don't take it for granted, that's for sure."
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In the longest playoff on the Canadian Tour, Lee Chill outlasted Chris DiMarco in 11 extra holes in the 1992 Willows Classic.
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Mackenzie earned $31,500 to jump to second on the money list with $70,175 with three events remaining, with the final top five earning Web.com Tour cards. The former University of Washington player also won tour events in 2010 and 2014.
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Cornelson bogeyed the final two holes of regulation.
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"I thought Adam had a stranglehold on it," Mackenzie said. "Unfortunately he made those two bogeys and then all of a sudden the playoff started and chaos ensued."
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