Greg Chalmers Became the 5th Australian to pay dirt in 8 events on the Nationwide Tour when he survived a playoff bogey to achievement the Henrico County Open.

Greg Chalmers defeated Henrik Bjornstad on the 2nd playoff gap at the Henrico County Open. They finished enactment play at The Dominion Club in suburban Richmond tied at 14 under par 274. Chalmers 3 putted for bogey from 75 feet on the 2nd additional hole. Bjornstad pulled his tee gunfire on the par 3 into the h2o and missed the putt that would chalk up forced another hole. Chalmers is the 2nd player in the tour's 19-year anecdote to kill a playoff with a bogey. All however one of the preceding 126 playoffs ended either with an eagle, birdie or par.

"It feels in truth worthy to sweep this early in the year," said Chalmers. "I've been playing authentic beefy up to this point. I felt this bounteous of conquest was fair-minded encircling the corner for me and it's cordial to in fact turn that corner."

Both Bjornstad and Chalmers finished under 70s on The Dominion Club course. Neal Lancaster finished 3rd, when his birdie putt on the ending hole stopped a rare inches absent from the cup. Six players tied for 4th, including Bryan DeCorso and Matt Hansen, leaving Bjornstad and Chalmers to compete in the tournament's 3rd consecutive playoff and the 5th in the former 9 years.

They returned to the tee at the 18th hole, where they everyone specious par. Bjornstad got on the infant in 2 shots and settled for par when his birdie putt missed. Chalmers laid up on the par 5 and 2 putted for par. Chalmers had 3 straight birdies, reaching 15 under par. He missed a hardly any birdie chances which prevented him from getting in the lead. A bogey at Amount 16 dropped him back to 14 under, where he stayed.

Hansen stayed in the vanguard at 15 under with 3 holes remaining. However, he bogeyed the par 4 16th, falling into a tie. His 2nd shot on the par 5 closing hole fell short in the irrigate and, resulting in a twofold bogey. "I though I could hit a 3 iron very than 198 yards," said Hansen. "If it's 5 yards to the left it's on land. There testament be other chances."

Lyle, Chalmer and Porter nowadays occupy the inceptive 3 places on the bucks record with Cost 5th and Coles 10th. The victory was reward $90,000 for Chalmers, bumping him to Cipher 2 with $161,154. The top 25 at the extreme of the year will earn 2009 PGA Tour cards.

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