Bill Haas gets the sixth win of his career. (Getty Images)
Bill Haas gets the sixth win of his career. (Getty Images)

Tournament: Humana Challenge
Purse: $5.7 million

Nothing against Bill Haas, but on a Sunday without football, I speaking for golf fans everywhere in saying that a six-golfer playoff would have been the best.

Instead, Haas won the Humana Challenge by shooting a 67 to finish at 22 under, which was one stroke better than a group of Matt Kuchar, Brendan Steele, Steve Wheatcroft, Sung Joon Park and Charley Hoffman.

The playoff almost happened, too. Needing a par on the par-5 18th hole, Haas blocked a drive out to the right and landed it on top of a hill over a sand trap.

He had to hit it like he was swinging at a baseball just to get it back in the fairway before snagging the par he needed and the sixth win of his PGA Tour career. 

"I can't tell you what I was thinking," Haas told Golf Channel's Roger Maltbit, implying that there were a few not-for-print words rolling through his head when he saw the lie on No. 18.

This is Haas' second victory at the Humana Challenge and his family's third (his dad, Jay Haas, won it in 1988).

"I was fighting it," Haas told Maltbie. "I was grinding it out until the end. I was lucky enough to make a couple of putts there."

He made more than a couple as he finished fourth in the field in strokes gained putting on the week and only made two bogeys in 72 holes. 

The win is Haas' sixth since 2010 which means only Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have more.

Here are our grades for the Humana Challenge.

Justin Thomas: A

The social media reaction when Thomas pulled a 2-iron from his bag and hit a sizzler to reach the green in two at No. 14 on Sunday was the same as it would have been (in smaller circles) if Tiger Woods had paraglided over the mountains with Lindsey Vonn and landed in the pond near No. 18 just for fun.

That is to say, it was well-received. 

This is Thomas' second-straight top 10 and third in four events. He's cemented himself as Jordan Spieth's successor on the hype train and might single-handedly murder the ProTracer technology with some of his bombs off the tee.

I am all-in on Thomas. Despite hitting it in the water on No. 16 and blowing his chance at win No. 1, I could not be any more in on him.

Finish: T7

Matt Kuchar: A

When I think about Matt Kuchar's career, I'd like to have the lasting image of him in 44 shades of blue trying to take down the Humana Challenge on a Sunday in the desert.

He was so intense at one point he almost said a cuss word after missing a par putt. 

I actually think Golf Channel caught him semi-smiling a few times, which is basically like him threatening the lives of everyone in the gallery at this point.

Kuchar is the best.

Ryan Palmer: B+

It's tough to give someone who set a new record for lowest score over a 8-hole stretch (10 under) a "B+," but Palmer couldn't capitalize on his Friday 61. 

It was still a good tournament for him even if he should have been at the top of the leaderboard on Sunday.

Finish: T10

Phil Mickelson: B

Mickelson made a tournament-best 26 birdies but didn't putt well and made 11 bogeys to take himself out of the mix.

That didn't dampen Mickelson's spirit, though. A skinnier version of the crowd-pleasing lefty was clearly thrilled just to be back competing again.

"I'm excited about where my game is at," Mickelson said earlier this week. "I just need to be patient during each round and during each week."

To be fair, I think Mickelson is always excited about where his game is at. He did back up earlier claims of looking thinner from an offseason of workouts, however.

Photo via Getty Images

Finish: T24

Other notes

• Someone made me tell them during the final round whether I'd ever heard of Sung Joon Park. I pleaded the fifth.

• Nick Watney, is that you? The former top 30 golfer (as in, like, 18 months ago) finished top 15, and if not for a Saturday 71, would have sniffed the top 10.

• This tournament is always pretty to look at in mid-January when it's freezing everywhere else, but it really lacks punch at the end for some reason -- even with the monster playoff looming.

• I know I laid the Justin Thomas data out thoroughly above, but he's a businessman on the course. His birth certificate says 21, but his on-course demeanor says more like 36. He'll win ... soon.

• Keegan Bradley didn't shoot over 70 all week and finished T48. All of the birdies.

• The ram (bighorn sheep) on the back nine was the best.

• It's officially Tiger Woods Week, by the way.

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