Frankie Capan III logged the best individual finish of his young PGA Tour career on Sunday in Southampton, Bermuda. The Tour rookie finished in a tie for third at the Bermuda Championship, which provided valuable points heading into the finale of the fall season.
Capan, a North Oaks native and the lone Minnesotan on the PGA Tour, shot a 1-under round of 70 in the final round. That was tied for the seventh-best round on the course on a day where wins hovered around 30 miles per hour, with gusts swirling north of 40 MPH.
Adam Schenk finished 12-under par to win the tournament, edging Chandler Phillips by a stroke via a four and a half foot par putt on the 18th hole.
Capan was in a tie for second, just one shot back of Schenk, when on the 16th tee on Sunday. But he bogeyed No. 16 and No. 17 to fall out of contention for the win before making par on the 18th hole.
But his finish moved Capan up 18 spots on the season-long points list to No. 124 heading into next week’s fall finale — the RSM Classic.
Golfers in the top 100 after that event secure their PGA Tour cards for next season. Those in spots No. 101-125 earn conditional status and will probably get eight-to-12 starts on golf’s top tour next year.
So Capan still has work to do, but he’s given himself a chance via improved play this fall. Sunday marked his second top-six finish in his last four events.
He could sure use something similar again next weekend.
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