Byrd soars to play-off win but Garrigus still smiling

LOSING out in a playoff for the Tournament of Champions did not remove the smile from Robert Garrigus’s face after a week in which he recorded four successive scores in the sixties.

Garrigus had been tied for the lead going into Sunday’s final round at the Kapalua Resort but he ended a breezy afternoon being pipped to the title by compatriot Jonathan Byrd at the second extra hole.

“It was a great week,” a beaming Garrigus told reporters after effectively handing Byrd the tournament when he three-putted for bogey at the par-four first. “I mean, I shot six under today and was in a playoff.