With a shortage of daylight, and a bunched up leaderboard, the new CIMB Classic had to go a Monday finish. Ryan Moore and Gary Woodland found themselves a top the stacked field when Sunday came to an end. On Monday in the playoff, Ryan Moore made a quick birdie on the 18th hole (first playoff hole) to defeat Woodland. This is Moore's third career win on the PGA Tour, and is slowly becoming one of the best players in the world.
Moore had a great amateur career winning the US Amateur, the Western Amateur, and the US Pub Links all in 2004, as well as the NCAA Individual title that year. This capped an astounding senior year of college for Moore, and he turned pro in 2005. He turned pro right after his made cut in the US Open, and the played the next week as a professional. Moore had finished low amateur earlier that year at The Masters with a T-13 finish. He also won the Haskins Award that year for the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the nation. Moore has struggled through out his career with wrist issues having to have surgery on it, and missing many tournaments because of it. But Moore has fought through the health issues, and is becoming a star.
With many players around the top, Moore slowly climbed up the leaderboard on Saturday, and was in contention all day Sunday. Another player who was in contention from the very start was Kiradech Aphibarnrat. "Aphi" is not a PGA Tour member, but has shown us a lot in 2013 proving he can play with just about anyone in the world. It is hard not to root for him, and he is fun to watch. Too bad he didn't get a win this week, but Moore and Woodland are very likeable players on the Tour as well.
The CIMB brought a lot of excitement to the early 2014 PGA Tour season,a nd brought out a lot of the stars. This tournament seemed to get a lot of popularity this year, and will get a lot more after what happened this year. For Moore, it is a great week, for others like Woodland and Aphi, close but no cigar, but it is still a good way to start the season.
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