Weekley misses 3-footer, forcing 4-man playoff in Honda Classic

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, March, 2007

Only 3 feet separated Boo Weekley from everything he has spent the last decade chasing. A PGA Tour victory, the big winner's check, a 2-year exemption, all of them a mere short putt away.

He pulled his putter back in the fading light on the 72nd hole of the Honda Classic, struck the ball and waited for the cheers to rain down.

They never came.

And he had to wait until this morning to get a shot at redeeming himself.

Courtesy of Weekley's miss on the final hole of regulation, he, Camilo Villegas, Mark Wilson and Jose Coceres - who all finished at 5-under 275 - went into a four-man playoff last night, one that they couldn't finish before darkness fell on PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

"I was shaking," Weekley said about the par putt....