Around sports: Gomez bests Snedeker in Sony Open playoff

Mason, who earned a spot in the tournament via the Sony Open Qualifier this past Monday, earned a pay day of $18,661.50.

The Argentine, 37, carded a birdie on the second extra hole to see off the American, after shooting a final round 62 to finish on 20-under par.

Zac Blair, who shared the lead with Snedeker after the third round, closed with a 67 after finished alone in third place at 261.

After opening in 65-65-64, Blair co-lead thru 54 holes with playing partner Snedeker. But the BYU product in his sophomore season on the PGA Tour also bogeyed the 14th hole to fall back into a tie for the lead at 18-under overall going into the final three.

Money didn’t come easily.

Zach Johnson drives on the first tee during the second round of the Sony Open golf tournament, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, in Honolulu.

Gomez was delighted with the emotional win. “You have to learn no matter what, because you have to win”.

Singh, who turns 53 next month and could have become the PGA Tour’s oldest victor in history, shot 73 and was 11 shots behind.

“Obviously disappointed”, said Snedeker, a seven-time victor on the PGA Tour.

Snedeker missed birdie putts of 10 feet and 12 feet on the last two holes for 66.

“I felt good all week long and was about to put on a great round today”, Gomez said through a translator.

Although he didn’t win, Brandt Snedeker can take some satisfaction from the fact that he didn’t have his top weapon working and still made it to a playoff. His putt stayed just above the hole.

“I sort of let (the bogeys) go away and kept going”.

Family is everything in Resistencia, especially in the golf world. His putt was tracking but died at the last second and stayed out. He went to the Australian PGA Championship and opened with an 84.

I always remember I won a Tar Heel Tour event in Greensboro and I had to be in Memphis the next day for my U.S. Open sectional qualifying.

“I’m really, really happy”. “I work hard to be able to win, but I know that by winning I will be able to reach that”.

“To go out and play the way I did on Sunday at the RSM with a three-shot lead was a huge confidence builder”, Kisner said.

Zac Blair. Baby-faced assassin.

It was more like frustration for Snedeker.

Blair drilled a 3-wood into the par-5 closing hole at Waialae to just more than 40 feet, lagged it short but pulled the short birdie putt. “He had a 10’4” chance for eagle at the par-5 last to join the playoff, but missed right.

“It’s frustrating because I couldn’t make putts to win the golf tournament”, Snedeker said.

Gomez landed his shot on the par-4 12th to nine feet and made the putt.

But not too bad. That’s just over $1 million for two weeks in Hawaii, and optimism about the rest of the year.

He holed a ten foot birdie putt on the 17th hole and on the 18th made a 20-foot birdie for a round of 62 to finish at 20-under 260.