Kevin Na Of Southern Highlands Wins Shriners Open Title In Playoff
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell
Kevin Na — the local guy from Southern Highlands — celebrated his second Shriners Hospitals for Children Open title with a playoff win over Patrick Cantlay at TPC Summerlin Sunday.
It was a nice crowd of golf fans who soaked up the mid-80s day in Summerlin, as Na took home the $1.26 million winner’s share of the $7 million in prize money. The 36-year-old Na also took home this event championship in 2011 when Justin Timberlake tried to help promote the golf tourney.
Na said it was special to win in his hometown and in front of his family with the parents, wife and baby all in attendance.
“I know this golf course very well. I used to live around here before I moved to Southern Highlands,” Na said to the media. He enjoyed the local crowds rooting him on Sunday.
The PGA event will release attendance numbers Monday. Tournament director Patrick Lindsey thought 75,000 in attendance was a possibility after 55,000 last year.
The Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Hospitals for Children, the nonprofit that is the event’s title sponsor, has to decide whether to renew the deal because it expires in 2020.
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