Kevin Tway Earns First Tour Win In Terrific Fashion

Kevin Tway birdied his last five holes (including three in the playoff) to secure his first Tour win at the Safeway Open. The son of 1986 PGA Champion and POY Bob Tway, beat Brandt Snedeker and Ryan Moore in extra holes. By the way, his caddie is Marc Sambol, the son of restauranteur Bob Sambol (of Bob’s Steak and Chop House fame).

Golfweek’s Dan Kilbridge has the details of a win that took longer than Kevin probably predicted.

Snedeker held a five-shot lead with 11 holes to play but made four bogeys over his final nine holes to fall into a three-way playoff with Tway and Ryan Moore at Silverado Resort and Spa’s North Course in Napa, Calif.

Tway birdied his final two holes to get to 14-under 274 on the week and birdied all three playoff holes, capping the comeback with a 10.5 footer at the par-4 10th hole to ice the win. Tway’s father, Bob Tway, is an eight-time Tour winner and also secured his first victory in a playoff 32 years ago at Torrey Pines.

The big man can move a golf ball too.

Kevin Tway reaches green from 241 with a … 6 iron 😳

— Rick Arnett (@ArnettRick) October 8, 2018

“I think he’s probably crying, to be honest,” Kevin said. “He’s pretty proud of me. It’s been a long ride but this is why you work hard right here.”

Coming into the week Tway had just six top-10 finishes over 90 career starts, but he looked every bit the savvy, experienced veteran as Snedeker fumbled to salvage things down stretch.

Tway is heading straight to Malaysia for the CIMB Classic and said talking to caddie Marc Sambol about the overnight flight helped keep him from feeling too much pressure throughout the round.

“He always told me I had the talent and I don’t think I believed him until now,” Kevin said. “It feels great.”