Akshay Bhatia at home at Wyndham after winning 'freeing' 1st title

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Akshay Bhatia may still have a ways to go to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs, but the precocious 21-year-old has one monkey off his back.

Bhatia won the Barracuda Championship, the alternate event opposite The Open Championship last month, for his first win on the PGA Tour. He was playing on aspecial temporary membership at the time, and the win earned him full exemption on