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Puerto Rico Open winner Brice Garnett earns PGA Tour status on fourth playoff hole
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Puerto Rico Open winner Brice Garnett earns PGA Tour status on fourth playoff hole

Originally posted on ClutchPoints  |  By Michael Corvo  |  Last updated 3/10/24

Brice Garnett retained his PGA Tour card status for the next three years by sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole to win the 2024 Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Country Club in Rio Grande.

By winning in his first start of the season, Garnett also secured a place in next week’s The PLAYERS Championship.

Garnett (-19) shot a 3-under 69 in the final round, then went to a playoff with Erik Barnes (68), who was making his 22nd career PGA Tour start. On the first hole, the 630-yard par-5 18th, Garnett missed a 12-footer for the win. Barnes drilled a 15-footer on the second go-round, which Barnes matched with a six-footer. After Garnett put the pressure on with his birdie, Barnes was barely off the mark from 12 feet. That was it.

Garnett entered the weekend with one PGA Tour victory — at the 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in the Dominican Republic — and ranked 169th in the Official World Golf Rankings, with 240 previous PGA Tour starts under his belt.

In addition to 300 FedExCup points and $720,000, Garnett earns tour exemption status through 2026.

“It’s huge,” he said. “I was so excited for the opportunity to compete out here again. I get three more years on this tour, some events I get in. There was really a lot of unknowns this year.”

The Puerto Rico Open was newly designated as an Additional Event (or “opposite-field” event), played on the same weekend as the Arnold Palmer Invitational. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler took advantage of a new putter and rolled to a five-shot victory at the Signature Event at Bay Hill Club & Lounge in Orlando.

Victor Perez, Hayden Springer, and Jimmy Stanger tied for third place, at 18-under par.

Garnett has four days to get ready for The PLAYERS Championship TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

This article first appeared on ClutchPoints and was syndicated with permission.

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