JON BAKER
Jon Baker Breaks the Stadium Record
An 89 lowers a gross mark that had stood through 21 TEG visits to Girona, and settles the Green Jacket eight clear of David Mullin.
Jon Baker closed out the TEG 12 Green Jacket on the final day at PGA Catalunya - Stadium with a gross 89. It is a new course record, beating the previous mark of 90 across 21 visits to the venue. It is also a personal best there, improving on his own 90. He already led the Green Jacket going into the round. By the close his advantage had grown from five strokes to eight, with the race at the top entirely undisturbed.
The round itself was not serene. Two bogeys in a row were followed by a double bogey at the par-5 7th, one of the easiest holes on the course. A birdie at the 8th stopped the rot. He then settled, playing 14 through 16 without dropping a shot, only for a double bogey at the 17th to end that run precisely as the record came into view. The record survived him anyway. The 89 stands as the best round ever posted on the course.