PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Boo Weekley and Brandt Snedeker , PGA pros who came up together from the Nationwide Tour, teamed up to win the 18th annual ADT Skills Challenge Monday at The Breakers resort. They pocketed $157,000 each, defeating the PGA Tour teams of Kenny Perry/J.B. Holmes, Fred Couples/Hunter Mahan and Fred Funk/Nick Price.
Weekley and Snedeker won three of the first six skills and then clinched the title by knocking off Perry and Holmes on the "ADT Reverse Scramble" playoff hole, which was worth $200,000 in prize money. The unusual format allows the opposing team to select which shot its rivals must play, adding pressure to each swing of the club.
"We brother-in-lawed it pretty well," offered Weekley, who handpicked Snedeker as his partner for the one-day, $800,000 PGA Tour-sanctioned event . "We know each other really well and that was important. The 'Reverse Scramble' is tough."
"The 'Reverse Scramble' is a terrific format," added Snedeker. "But if you don't hit a good shot, you let yourself down and you really let your partner down, because then he has to deal with it. It's funny, because this way, playing the worse shot, it's like we're handicap golfers again."
Perry and Holmes won the opening skill, the Long Drive, behind Holmes' blast of 314 yards. Funk/Price won the Mid Iron and then Weekley and Snedeker took control, copping the Bunker Shot, the Chip Shot and the Trouble Shot in a row. Funk also won the Short Iron skill before the teams lined up for the "Reverse Scramble" and its $200,000 in weighted prize money.
Perry and Holmes finished second with $191,000 in prize money with Funk/Price third ($155,000) and Mahan/Couples fourth ($140,000).
Summary
Final Standings of the $800,000 ADT Skills Challenge at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL:
Long Drive - J. B. Homes, 314 yards
Mid Iron - Fred Funk, 8' 10" from the hole
Greenside Bunker - Boo Weekley, holed out
Chip Shot - Brandt Snedeker, holed out
Trouble Shot - Brandt Snedeker, 1' 1" from the hole
Short iron - Fred Funk, 3' 1" from the hole
Reverse Scramble - Boo Weekley/Brandt Snedeker
Prize money:
Weekley/Snedeker -- $314,000
Perry/Holmes -- $191,000
Funk/Price -- $155,000
Mahan/Couples -- $140,000
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