NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Monday at the Deutsche Bank Championship was filled with pressure shots and plenty of nervous moments, typical of any PGA Tour event that goes to a playoff. And that was before Webb Simpson beat Chez Reavie on the second extra hole.
Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy and Chris Stroud — far removed from the lead — might have felt it even more.
All three of them were outside the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings, on the verge of being eliminated from the chase for a $10 million prize. All three of them came up with clutch shots — an eagle for Stroud, birdies for Els and Ogilvy — to just squeeze in and advance to the third playoff event outside Chicago.
