Kelly wins Shaw Classic in one-hole playoff with Huston

CALGARY — A slight case of nerves didn’t stop Jerry Kelly from draining a four-foot putt to win the Shaw Charity Classic on Sunday.

Kelly holed the clutch birdie putt on the par-5, 585-yard finishing hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club to beat John Huston in a one-hole playoff to take home the winner’s share of $352,500.

“I just like to think of those nerves as adrenalin and when I get that adrenalin going, I can breathe and control it … but if you don’t have it, I’m a pretty good two-handicap on all the other days except for tournament days,” said Kelly, 55, a former hockey player from Madison, Wisc. “Drop the puck and let’s go.”

After Kelly and Huston finished the 54-hole tournament tied for the lead with a three-round total of 9-under 201, the pair went back to the 18th tee for the playoff.

“Basically, the adrenalin came down on me a little bit and I had to eat something real quick just to get a little sugar rush and get back into it,” said Kelly, who bombed a lengthy drive into the fairway and then put the ball on the green in two shots. “I definitely had to put something back before I teed off. You could tell after that drop-kick drive, I did the right thing.”

Kelly then missed a lengthy eagle putt, while Huston was on the green in three. After Huston missed his birdie putt to the right, Kelly made his to become just the second player in 10 years to win the tournament in a playoff. The other was back in 2014 when Fred Couples beat Billy Andrade.

“I’m very happy about the outcome, but I always appreciate playing against these guys, they’re great,” said Kelly, who leapfrogged past Padraig Harrington and into second spot in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup standings behind Steven Alker.

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