J.J. Henry won the Barracuda Championship for the second time in four years on Sunday, beating Kyle Reifers with a 15-foot eagle putt from the fringe on the second hole of a playoff.
After Henry holed the left-to-right breaking putt on the par-five 18th, Reifers missed a 10-footer.
“I knew obviously playing here that it’s kind of coming down the mountain, if you will, from the front of that green. I knew there was a good chance the ball would get to the hole if I got it on line and that’s exactly what I did. It went right in the middle of the hole,” Henry said. “I don’t know how athletic I looked when I jumped up for joy, but it’s a heck of a feeling when you make a putt like that. When you do it to win on the PGA Tour [it] is even that much more special.”
The 40-year-old Henry also won the 2012 tournament. His other PGA Tour title came in 2006 in his home state of Connecticut.
“I just love being here,” Henry said. “The people are great. It’s just a beautiful spot to be this time of year to play golf. I think I figured out how to play out here in the altitude. A lot of math this week. Adding, subtracting, elevation change and such.”
Henry jumped from 150th to 76th in the FedEx Cup standings and got a spot at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin on Thursday.
Reifers had three back-nine eagles in a 22-point round to match Henry at 47 points at Montreux Golf and Country Club in the PGA Tour’s only modified Stableford event.
Henry closed with a birdie for a six-point round.
Players received eight points for double-eagle, five for eagle, two for birdie, zero for par, minus-one for bogey and minus-three for double-bogey or worse.
On 18 on the first extra hole, Reifers made a 12-foot birdie putt after Henry chipped to within one-and-a-half feet to set up his birdie.
Reifers eagled three of the final six holes in regulation, making a 12-foot putt on the par-five 13th, holing out from 90 yards on the par-four 14th and closing with a 15-footer on 18.
“Just disappointed,” Reifers said.
He is winless in 90 career starts on the PGA Tour.
Patrick Rodgers was a point back after an 11-point round.
Andres Gonzales was fourth at 43 points after a 10-point round, while David Toms was another point back after scoring two points.
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