TOOWOOMBA, Australia – Tim Hart needed a bogey on the final hole to shoot 59 for what would have been a two-shot victory on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He lost the magic number — and the tournament.
Hart hit a shot out of bounds and made triple bogey Sunday on the par-4 closing hole at City Golf Club, giving him a 9-under 61. It was still enough to get into a playoff, but David Klein of Germany made birdie on the first extra hole to win the Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship.
Hart, who started the final round seven shots behind, was 9 under on the back nine alone and didn't know where he stood on the leaderboard. He chose driver on No. 18 and hooked his tee shot out of bounds, then drove the next one into trees.
"Mate, it's easy to be disappointed, but if someone had said I'd be in a playoff for the title when starting the day 20th, I would have grabbed it," he said. "Even on the 18th tee, I wasn't trying to think too much about breaking 60. I just wanted to stay aggressive because I hadn't seen a leaderboard.
"If I'd known I was three or four shots in front, maybe the 2-iron comes out."
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