RACISM AGAIN?Tim O’Neal Has Been Stripped Of His First Trophy And Terminated By PGAT For supposedly being BLACK 😱 After His Win At The PGAT CHAMPIONSHIP.
Richmond, Virginia — Tim O’Neal defeated Ricardo Gonzalez by two strokes in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic on Sunday, making two birdies on the final three holes and finishing with a 7-under 65 to win for the first time on the PGA Tour Champions.Before making two of his greatest shots—a wedge into 6 feet on the par-5 16th hole and a wedge that landed adjacent to the ball and spun back to 5 feet on the par-5 18th hole—O’Neal held a one-shot lead for the majority of the back nine at The Country Club of Virginia.
Gonzalez had to score eagle on the final hole to qualify for a playoff after missing three birdie opportunities within ten feet in the final stretch. He had to settle for par and a 69 after missing the fairway to the left and hitting a hook into the bunker.For O’Neal, 52, this was a long-awaited moment. His two heartbreaking attempts to join the PGA Tour at Q-School are what made him most famous. The most devastating of them occurred in 2000 when he required bogey on the final hole and made a triple bogey.He won three times on the Latin American circuit and three more on smaller European tours, but he never received a card on the PGA Tour.
Trying not to cry, O’Neal remarked, “It only takes one week, and this was my week.”He had an excellent week to make his breakthrough. He was one of three players who advanced to the second postseason event in Arkansas next week by moving into the top 54 of the Charles Schwab Cup. In order to guarantee his spot among the top 36 players competing in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, O’Neal dropped from No. 55 to No. 13.
O’Neal ended at 13-under 203, with his 65 being the week’s low round.On the sixteenth, Gonzalez, who was playing in the group behind him, hit a wedge to three feet for a guaranteed birdie, putting him ahead by one shot. In order to ensure that he would stay ahead, O’Neal hit it close. Then, he played a flawless wedge into the 18th that virtually sealed the deal.Paul Goydos birdied three of his final four holes for a 70 to tie for fifth place and climb 11 spots to No. 48, while David Brandson shot 67 to finish third and move into the top 54.The seasons of Chris DiMarco, Kirk Triplett, and Angel Cabrera ended as they fell out of the top 54 in the Schwab Cup.