[Photo: Stuart Franklin]
With his DP World Tour fate in someone else’s hands, Eddie Pepperell could only watch on Sunday as Sean Crocker delivered an all-time dagger with an epic finish to keep his tour card. But Pepperell quickly picked himself up and fired off a classy – and funny – tweet.
Let’s start by backing up a bit. Last week’s Genesis Championship was the last event to try to get into – or, in Pepperell’s case, stay in – the top 100 of the DP World Tour season standings. But Pepperell, citing a neck injury and exhaustion, chose not to make the trek to South Korea.
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It was an interesting decision given that he was 99th in the Race to Dubai standings. But it looked like a stroke of genius when he still had the final spot late on Sunday. However, that’s when Crocker came up incredibly clutch with a back-nine 29(!!) including four consecutive birdies to close to finish T-34 and leap Pepperell for that final spot. Here’s how that looked:
And shortly afterwards, Pepperell, who was on the other side of this situation last year, had this to say:
Well said, Eddie. Justin Rose was certainly impressed by how you handled the situation.
And, yes, a (nice) bourbon – or three – on Crocker sounds very fair.
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