PGA TOUR Week 2: Wilson Coming off the Island with a Win!

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Published: January 17, 2011

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Mark Wilson, the professional golfer—not Wilson the volleyball from Tom Hanks' Cast Away movie—is coming home from the Hawaiian Islands with the 2011 SONY Open trophy in his possession.

Wilson has now won in each of the last three odd years: 2007 (Honda Classic), 2009 (Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun) and now 2011.

No worries since each win came with a two year exemption to bridge him to his next win.

For the man who cites Ben Hogan as his hero, he too is hawk-like with steely determination whether it counts or does not count.

Though previously exempt for this year, Wilson recorded only his second Top-10 last year at the season's final event at Disney and jumped from outside the Top-125 at No. 140 to inside the number at No. 123.

After all Wilson is the guy who went to 10 straight Q-Schools before that first victory in 2007.

With the first round a complete washout on Thursday, a 36-hole Sunday shootout was necessitated to get the tournament in with the five-round Bob Hope Classic starting on Wednesday.

In fact 57 players made the cut and were at most only seven strokes back starting off on the final day.

At the 1927 Seth Raynor designed Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Mark Wilson, the 36-year-old Chicagoan remained calm and cool and collected the winning paycheck of $990,000.

He went bogey-free for 36 holes on the Sunday finale posting 65-67 to beat 2010 PLAYERS champion Tim Clark and yet-to-win on the PGA TOUR Steve Marino.

Last week was tournament champions' week on Maui with Jonathan Byrd earning a return trip to the 2012 Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

Wilson won the show this week and a trip to Kapalua next year.

The week was billed as the debut of the rookies of the PGA TOUR.

This year's class of rookies numbers 35 and ranks among the youngest in PGA TOUR history.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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