Former Baylor School and University of Georgia golfer Keith Mitchell had some work to do in order to reach the third of four legs in the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Work completed.
The PGA Tour rookie shot a 2-under-par 69 Monday afternoon at the Dell Technologies Championship near Boston to complete the tournament with a 9-under 275, which resulted in a 20th-place finish. Mitchell entered the 100-player field ranked 78th in the FedEx Cup standings and needed to be in the top 70 to advance to this week’s BMW Championship near Philadelphia, and his placement resulted in a jump to 66th.
“After being tied for 70th Friday, I knew I had to string together three amazing rounds,” Mitchell said Monday night. “I knew I was hitting the ball well enough to score, and I just needed a few putts to drop. I tweaked the way I was gripping my putter and found out my driver was cracked, so I put a new head in play, and all the pieces fell together.
“It shouldn’t have come down to the last few holes to make the top 20, because I felt like I played good enough to finish much higher.”