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Kisner Wins Nationwide Tour's Mylan Classic
September 06, 2010 | Men's Golf
Sept. 6, 2010
CANONSBURG, Pa. --- Kevin Kisner rolled in a four-foot par putt on the final hole of the Nationwide Tour’s Mylan Classic on Sunday to close out a bogey-free 67 – but he didn't know he was suddenly leading the tournament.
The former Georgia Bulldog finished at 13-under 271 and didn't know that 54-hole leader Geoffrey Sisk had stumbled to a double-bogey on the 17th right behind him to flip-flop the lead.
When Sisk failed to birdie the 72nd hole at Southpointe Golf Club, Kisner stepped into the winner's circle for the first time in his short career.
"I didn't know I was going to win even when I made that last putt," he said. "I was kind of in shock. I thought I might have been one short or maybe could get into a playoff. My whole world turned upside down there in a minute.
"I played solid all day. I made a lot of the four and five-footers that you need to make," said Kisner after hitting 15 of 18 greens. "I just stayed in my own game. I was as calm as I've ever been in that situation, which is odd considering this was probably the biggest stage I've ever been on. I didn't look at a board all day."
After three straight 3-under 68s, Kisner's four-birdie effort Sunday was all he needed to collect the $108,000 winner's check that vaulted him from No. 50 to No. 14 on the money list. The 25 leading money winners at the end of the season will earn their PGA TOUR cards for the 2011 season.
"This game is so much about winning and you have to beat 155 great players in order to have a chance," said Kisner, who is in his first full season on Tour. "This is pretty special."
Kisner's win gives Bulldogs back-to-back wins on the Nationwide Tour. Chris Kirk, a college teammate of Kisner, won last week's Knoxville News Sentinel Open. The two helped the Bulldogs win the 2005 NCAA Championship. The last time two players from the same university won in consecutive weeks on the Nationwide Tour was in 2004 when three Georgia players captured tournaments in successive weeks -- Franklin Langham won the Fort Smith Classic, Ryuji Imada won the BMW Charity Pro-Am and Justin Bolli won the Chattanooga Classic.
The Nationwide Tour continues with the Utah Championship in Salt Lake City Wednesday through Sunday.
