PGA Tour: Hahn Defeats Castro in Playoff to Win Wells Fargo Championship

James Hahn won a playoff at the Wells Fargo Championship despite entering off a string of eight straight missed cuts. So he and his caddie, Mark Urbanek, sat down at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and had a heart-to-heart. They both knew Hahn was a better player than that. He needed to believe in himself again. That's how quickly things can change. The victory was Hahn's second on the PGA TOUR and boosted him from 120th to 26th in the FedExCup entering this week's PLAYERS Championship. "The mind is a powerful thing and it was going bad for a while," Hahn recalled. "Just didn't have the confidence, didn't believe in myself. I felt like I was putting in the work but wasn't getting any reward for it, so it made me not want to put in as much work because it's not gratifying. "You're playing bad and you're missing cuts and there's nothing funny about that." As a result, he jumped from No. 134 in the world rankings to No. 55, a new career high. Hahn's second career win also took him to No. 18 on the U.S. Ryder Cup points list, ahead of the likes of Kevin Na, Jimmy Walker and Ryan Moore. Roberto Castro, who lost to Hahn in the playoff at Quail Hollow, moved up 160 spots to No. 122 in the latest world rankings. Zach Johnson didn't play last week, and as a result he dropped to No. 7 in the Ryder Cup race - passed by Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson, both of whom finished T-4 in Charlotte. Mickelson's result, which came after a Sunday 66, helped him jump three spots to No. 17 in the world rankings. What does the future hold for the young Hahn with three majors, the FedEx Cup, the Olympics and Ryder Cup looming on the horizon? Share your comments with the Pro Golf Tour: http://progolftournaments.blogspot.com/