Vegas Baby! PGA Tour Rookie Jhonattan Vegas Hits the Jackpot at The Hope

In his second start as a PGA Tour Member and fifth career start on tour 2011 PGA Tour Rookie Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas hit the jackpot in a three-man playoff victory at the 2011 Bob Hope Classic earning him fully exempt status through the 2013 PGA Tour season and 500 FedExCup points!  In the 52 year history of this event Vegas is the first ever Rookie to win!  Tied for the lead at -27 three twenty-somethings battled it out in overtime on the Palmer Private at PGA West in La Quinta, Ca.  (Woodland and Vegas are 26 and Hass 28).  Defending champ Bill Haas was three shots behind fourth-round co-leaders Gary Woodland and Vegas before catching them and heading into a playoff.  Hass was eliminated on the first playoff hole #18 with a score of -27 and Vegas then defeated Gary Woodland on the second playoff  hole #10 with a par 4.  Btw Vegas (a 2010 Nationwide Tour graduate) finished up T57 last week at the Sony Open in Hawaii and has the honor of being the first ever Venezuelan PGA Tour Member.