Richy Werenski entered the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
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Not all ma-cuts are equal.
On Friday at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Richy Werenski showed us why.
As the PGA Tour player stood on the 17th hole (his eighth hole) on Friday in Bermuda, he was completely out of it. After another bogey on the 16th, Werenski was three over for the day, five over for the tournament, and Seven behind the proposed cutting line.
Worse, Werenski knew the forecast for the day called for storms during the last two hours of his cycle. Rain can – and often does – reign terror at the Port Royal Golf Course during the PGA Tour. The oceanfront setup is virtually immune to Bermuda’s strong offshore winds, leaving room for all kinds of competitive chaos.
In Werenski’s case, it was more Bad news, as he needed to birdie almost every hole on the way to even a dream about making a weekend in Bermuda.
There was a chance to cut, sure, but it was disappearing faster than mid-November daylight.
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Two and a half hours later, Richy Werenski stood on the edge of the 9th green at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship clutching a miracle.
He made birdies on six of his last 10 holes, including four in a row starting on 17 and ending on the second hole. He climbed from seven shots off the line to stand in for a weekend berth – and payday – in Bermuda.
But as he parried his third shot on the par-4 9th, he knew he needed more than the ability to find the bottom of the hole.
The wind lifted to howl now on the 9th beach, and the sun had long since disappeared from the horizon. Rain poured down from the clouds, battering players and caddies alike. Werenski didn’t just need to judge the trend of green and grain and grade, he again what is needed is to tell about Mother Nature.
Finally, he approached the chip and threw his stick into the ground.
The ball took off in the air, bounced off the rack with a soft touch. Werenski watched as the ball rolled toward the hole, the flag moving back toward him, getting closer and closer to the hole. Just when it looked like the wind might blow it off course, the ball hit the flagstick and landed right in the middle.
Werenski birdied the ninth, making seven shots in 11 holes to make the cut and pull off one of the PGA Tour’s most impressive comebacks in recent memory.
It was an amazing ending for Werenski, but he didn’t stop there. He went out it’s hot and on Saturday, he made six birdies and no bogeys to push himself to 8 under and T32.
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