Bradley & Steele win Franklin Templeton Shootout

Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele of the USA closed with a 13-under-par 59 to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout by three shots from Rory Sabbatini of South Africa and Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas.

Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele win Franklin Templeton shootout
Fergus Bisset
By Fergus Bisset
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Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele of the USA closed with a 13-under-par 59 to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout by three shots from Rory Sabbatini of South Africa and Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas.

The youngsters became the first PGA Tour rookies to win the event hosted by Greg Norman at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

"We played well," Bradley said. "We got off to a slow start, kind of like we did all three days, but we played this last stretch of holes really well."

Bradley and Steele began the final round one shot clear of Nick Price and Mark Calcavecchia after Saturday's better-ball. On Sunday, playing a scramble format, they were unstoppable. They made seven straight birdies from the 6th then followed that with an eagle and another birdie on the 14th and 15th.

Senior Tour players Price and Calcavecchia birdied the final hole to finish in a tie for second with Rory Sabbatini and Jhonattan Vegas.

"They played really well together," said Price of Bradley and Steele. "They didn't make any mistakes.

Franklin Templeton Shootout Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Florida Dec 9-11, purse $3,000,000, par 72

1   Keegan Bradley (USA)      -9   -10   -13   -32   $375,000     Brendan Steele (USA)                                    $375,000 T2   Rory Sabbatini (RSA)      -5   -12   -12   -29   $187,500      Jhonattan Vegas (Ven)                   $187,500 T2   Mark Calcavecchia (USA)   -9   -9   -11   -29   $187,500               Nick Price (Zim)                    $187,500 T4   Charles Howell III (USA)   -4   -10   -14   -28  $102,500     Justin Leonard (USA)                                   $102,500 T4   Jerry Kelly (USA)         -8   -7   -13   -28     $102,500      Steve Stricker (USA)                                   $102,500 T6   Rickie Fowler (USA)      -7   -9   -10   -26     $81,875       Camilo Villegas (Col)                 $81,875 T6   Stewart Cink (USA)      -2   -10   -14   -26  $81,875       Bo Van Pelt (USA)                                     $81,875 T6   Chad Campbell (USA)      -4   -9   -13   -26   $81,875       Chris DiMarco (USA)                                   $81,875 T6   Kenny Perry (USA)      -5   -10   -11   -26     $81,875       Scott Stallings (USA)                                  $81,875

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly. 

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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