‘Fearless’ Brandt Snedeker’s 10th tour win and first in 8 years sends him to PGA Championship
It'd been 2,821 days since Brandt Snedeker's last PGA Tour victory until Sunday when a message from his daughter spurred him to win the Myrtle Beach Classic.
Brandt Snedeker received a text message from his daughter Lily on Sunday morning that said three words: “Go play fearless. ” That’s all Lily’s old man needed. Well, that and a little help from someone who was trying to collect his first victory in his 274th PGA Tour start.
Snedeker is now 45. He last won the Wyndham Championship in 2018. That’s 2,821 days ago.
It’s four months shy of eight years. The U. S.
Presidents Cup captain has been through a lot since then, including surgery in December 2022 to treat severe manubrium joint instability in his sternum. But there he was late Sunday at Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach with tears in his eyes. Twice.