Leading the Rocket Mortgage Classic since the end of the second round, Akshay Bhatia cracked at 18 this Sunday, giving Cameron Davis (-18) a double in this same tournament, the Australian having already won in Detroit in 2021.
At the finish, it was the Australian who won a second title on the PGA Tour, the second on this tournament after his initial success in 2021. However, he did not make a crazy card (70, four birdies, two bogeys) but he was able to avoid the trap on this 18 when he was in the small rough at the edge of the green. The approach-putt combo allowed him to land the moon. An unlikely scenario: “I don’t know what to say. Considering where I was a few weeks ago, at rock bottom, it’s incredible. I’m very emotive. A therapist helped me a lot to enjoy myself again, to relax, to get out of what I was going through.”
