2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Broadcast Window & Pre-Tournament Notes

ShotLink Keys to Victory for Patrick Cantlay Patrick Cantlay earned 500 points and moved to the third position in the FedExCup standings with his first career victory on the PGA TOUR at the 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Cantlay recorded his fifth top-15 finish in his last six starts with his win at this event last season.

Strokes Gained Statistics vs. The Field 77.9% of Patrick’s total strokes gained for the week were a result Rank Avg of his tee to green performance at TPC Summerlin. Off-the-Tee 1st +1.256 Approach-the-Green 22nd +0.780 Around-the-Green T38 +0.082

nd Putting 32 +0.602 Total T1 +2.720

Off the Tee Performance 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open For the week, Cantlay ranked T8 in Driving Distance - All Rank Value Drives (305.6 yards) and T5 in Driving Accuracy, hitting SG: Off-the-Tee 1st +1.256 64.29% (36 of 56) fairways en route to victory at the 2017 Driving Distance - All Drives T8 305.6 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Driving Pct. 320+ (All Drives) T9 26.79% Driving Accuracy Pct. T5 64.29%

Best SG: Off-the-Tee Performance PGA TOUR Career Rank Avg. Patrick Cantlay led the field in SG: Off-the-tee, 2017 THE PLAYERS 1st +1.451 outperforming the field by +1.256 strokes per round off the tee, marking the second time Cantlay has led in this 2018 RBC Heritage 2nd +1.379 st category and his third-best performance in SG: Off-the- 2017 Shriners Hospitals 1 +1.256 Tee. th 2018 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invt’l 4 +1.251 2012 Safeway Open 3rd +1.208

Course & Hole Statistics TPC Summerlin Last season, TPC Summerlin had the fourth longest Proximity to the Hole average of any course on the PGA TOUR (41’ 4”). From inside 100 yards, TPC Summerlin had the second longest Proximity to the Hole average when in the rough and third longest average on approaches from this distance when in the fairway.

TPC Summerlin Proximity to Hole Ranks PGA TOUR Last Season Rank Overall Average 4th Longest Approaches Inside 100 Yards (Fairway) 3rd Longest Approaches Inside 100 Yards (Rough) 2nd Longest

Longest Proximity to the Hole Average Longest Prox. to Hole Inside 100 Yards (Fwy) PGA TOUR Last Season PGA TOUR Last Season Avg. Avg. Plantation Course at Kapalua 43' 8" Pebble Beach GL 23' 0" Quail Hollow Club 42' 9" TPC San Antonio - AT&T Oaks 21' 2" Riviera CC 41' 8" TPC Summerlin 20' 5" TPC Summerlin 41' 4" Torrey Pines GC (South) 20' 3" Trinity Forest Club 41' 3" Plantation Course at Kapalua 20' 0"

Longest Prox. to Hole Inside 100 Yards (Rough) PGA TOUR Last Season Avg. Muirfield Village GC 32' 5"

TPC Summerlin 32' 5"

Bay Hill Club & Lodge 31' 3" Club de Golf Chapultepec 29' 6"

Lowest Birdie or Better PCT. Inside 125 Yards PGA TOUR Last Season PCT. 18.08%: Last season, the field at TPC Summerlin made Quail Hollow Club 16.48 birdie or better 18.08% of the time on approach shots from inside 125 yards, marking the second lowest Birdie TPC Summerlin 18.08 or Better percentage from this distance of any course Riviera CC 18.17 (non-majors). Plantation Course at Kapalua 18.69 Club de Golf Chapultepec 18.87 *Non-Majors

Last season, the field managed to salvage par on 53.05% of attempts when missing the green at TPC Summerlin, marking the third-toughest Scrambling course.

TPC Summerlin Around the Green Stats PGA TOUR Last Season Rank The average proximity to the hole on shots from Scrambling 53.05% 3rd Toughest around the green at TPC Summerlin during the 2017 Shriners Hospitals was 9’ 5”, marking the longest Scrambling from Rough 45.09% 4th Toughest Proximity to Hole (ARG) of any a course. Proximity to Hole (ARG) 9’ 5” Longest

Scrambling Leaders 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Last season, Rod Pampling (2016 Shriners % Par or Better Missed GIR champion) led the field in Scrambling, getting up- Rod Pampling 86.36 19 22 and-down on 19 of 22 attempts (86.36%). Tom Hoge 81.48 22 27

Beau Hossler 76.19 16 21 Adam Schenk 72.00 18 25 Graeme McDowell 71.43 15 21 *Field Avg: 53.05%

Broadcast Window Notes 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (featured groups) Webb Simpson (2013 Shriners Hospitals champion) is set to make his eighth start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The 2018 PLAYERS champion finished 11th in the final 2017-18 FedExCup standings on the strength of one win (THE PLAYERS), nine top 10s and 16 top-25 finishes. Since 2011, Webb Simpson is one of seven players to qualify for the TOUR Championship in six or more seasons.

Most Times Qualifying for TOUR Championship Since 2011 # of Times 8 Justin Rose 7 7 Jason Day 7 Webb Simpson 6 Bubba Watson 6 6

On-the-Green Ranks 2016-17 vs. Last Season 2016-17 Last Season Last season, Webb Simpson ranked sixth in SG: Putting SG: Putting 88th 6th an improvement of 82 positions from the 2016-17 PGA TOUR season (88th). From Inside 10 feet, Simpson 3-Putt Avoidance 71st 5th improved 53 positions ranking fourth in this statistic last th th Putting Inside 10 Feet 57 4 season.

Most Rounds of 63 or Better PGA TOUR Last Season Last season, Webb Simpson recorded five rounds of 63 or better, marking # of Rds the most of any player. Webb Simpson 5

Kevin Na 4

Tommy Fleetwood 4 4

Scrambling Leaders PGA TOUR Last Season % Par or Better Missed GIR Webb Simpson salvaged par 66.93% of the time Webb Simpson 66.93 338 505 when missing the green, marking the best Scrambling percentage of any player in the Johnson Wagner 65.41 261 399 2017-18 PGA TOUR season. Louis Oosthuizen 65.03 199 306 64.64 245 379 En route to winning the 2013 Shriners Hospitals Brian Gay 64.61 398 616 for Children Open, Simpson managed to salvage Rory McIlroy 64.61 230 356 par on eight of 10 attempts (80.0%). *TOUR Avg: 57.70%

Matt Kuchar 2012 PLAYERS champion Matt Kuchar is set to make his fifth start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Kuchar is one of 10 players who have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in all 12 seasons.

Players Qualifying for FedExCup Playoffs in All 12 Seasons 2017-18 FEC Finish Justin Rose WIN Bubba Watson 10th 21st Brandt Snedeker 40th 51st Charles Howell III 53rd Zach Johnson 58th Ryan Moore 71st Matt Kuchar 76th Charley Hoffman 79th

PGA TOUR Career Percentages 35% top 10: Since 2010, Matt Kuchar has recorded a top-10 in 1998 to 2009 2010 to 2018 Events 206 220 35% of his starts (78 of 220) and has made the cut in 91% of his 220 starts. From 1998 to 2009, Kuchar recorded a top-10 Win 1% 2% finish in one out of 10 starts (20 of 206). Top 5 5% 18% Top 10 10% 35% Cuts Made 53% 91%

Rickie Fowler 2015 PLAYERS champion is set to make his fourth start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Since 2009, Rickie Fowler has the lowest scoring average of any player at this course with a minimum of 12 rounds played (67.75). In this span, Fowler averages 4.75 birdies per round and 11 of his 12 rounds played at TPC Summerlin have been under par.

Career Performance at Lowest Scoring Average Shriners Hospitals for Children Open TPC Summerlin Since 2009 Value Avg. Birdie Average 4.75 Rickie Fowler 67.75 Rounds Under Par 11 of 12 Jason Bohn 67.82 Scoring Average 67.75 Tim Herron 68.07 Score to Par -39 Webb Simpson 68.12 68.20 *Min 12 Rds

Most Total SG: Putting TPC Summerlin Since 2009 Total Since 2009, Rickie Fowler has gained +21.72 total strokes on the greens Brian Gay +24.67 at TPC Summerlin, marking the second-most of any player.

Rickie Fowler +21.72

Kevin Na +19.39 Aaron Baddeley +19.15

Kevin Na 2011 Shriners Hospitals winner Kevin Na is set to make his 12th start at this event. Last season, Kevin Na finished 28th in the final FedExCup standings, marking his fourth time since the 2013-14 season qualifying for the TOUR Championship.

FedExCup Performance Since 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Last Season Weeks Inside Top 125 43 40 42 43 38 Weeks Inside Top 70 43 40 42 28 31 Weeks Inside Top 30 37 30 42 4 11 FEC Finish 24th 25th 28th 45th 28th

Last season, Kevin Na ranked second in One-Putt percentage (43.54%). Na had the third-best increase in One- Putt percentage from the 2016-17 season improving 5.40%.

Biggest Percentage Increase in One-Putt Percentage 2016-17 vs. PGA TOUR Last Season 2016-17 Last Season PCT. Increase Last season, Kevin Na averaged four Ryan Palmer 32.81 39.68 6.87 more one-putts per stroke-play event than in the 2016-17 PGA TOUR Daniel Summerhays 37.12 42.72 5.60 season. Kevin Na 38.14 43.54 5.40 Jonathan Randolph 36.6 41.71 5.11 Billy Horschel 33.79 37.74 3.95

Tony Finau is set to make his fifth start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Finau is coming off a second- place finish after losing in a playoff to at last week’s 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions. The last player to lose in a playoff one week, then won a tournament the next was in 2015 (Houston Open/Lost, Masters/Won).

Last Four Players to Lose a Playoff the Week Before and Win the Following Week Year Prior Event Event Won Jordan Spieth 2015 Houston Open Masters

Jimmy Walker 2015 Sony Open Sentry TOC

Kyle Stanley 2012 Farmers Insurance Waste Management David Toms 2011 THE PLAYERS Charles Schwab Challenge

Tony Finau enters this week seventh in the FedExCup standings and has spent 65 total weeks inside the top 30 of the FedExCup standings since the start of the 2016-17 season. This marks the most weeks ranked inside the top 30 of any player in this timeframe. Since the start of the 2016-17 PGA TOUR season no player has more top- 10s without a win than Tony Finau. Finau has recorded 20 top-10s in this stretch, seven more than Matt Kuchar (13).

Most Top 10s without a Win Most Weeks Ranked Inside Top 30 FEC Standings Since Start of 2016-17 Season Without a Win Since Start of 2016-17 Season # of Top 10s # of Weeks Tony Finau 20 Tony Finau 65 Matt Kuchar 13 Luke List 58 Charles Howell III 10 Chez Reavie 48 Rafa Cabrera Bello 10 Charles Howell III 47 Tommy Fleetwood 10 Chesson Hadley 44

Ryan Moore Ryan Moore (2012 champion) is set to make his 13th start at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Since 2012, Moore is a combined 55-under par, tied with Webb Simpson for the second-best score to par of any player at TPC Summerlin in this span. In this timeframe, Moore has record 15 rounds in the 60s at this course, tied for the most sub-70 rounds of any player.

Most Under Par Most Rounds in the 60s Shriners Hospitals Since 2012 Shriners Hospitals Since 2012 Score to Par # of Rds Jason Bohn -64 Ryan Moore 15 Ryan Moore -55 Jason Bohn 15 Webb Simpson -55 Scott Piercy 15 Scott Piercy -47 Webb Simpson 14 Alex Cejka -46

Moore Keys to Victory: 2012 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Moore picked up his second career victory at the 2012 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and was solid in nearly all facets of his game. On the greens, Ryan Moore outperformed the field by +9.881 total strokes and ranked second in SG: Putting en route to victory at the 2012 Shriners Hospitals. This marked Moore’s career-best total SG: Putting performance in the ShotLink era.

Most Total SG: Putting in an Event PGA TOUR Career Total Finish 2012 Shriners Hospitals +9.881 WON 2013 Waste Management Phoenix Open +9.347 4th 2010 Quicken Loans National +8.584 2nd

2005 THE NORTHERN TRUST +7.971 T51

2010 Waste Management Phoenix Open +7.598 T14

Most Greens Hit in Regulation on Back 9 by a Winner in ShotLink Era (Four-Round Event) Year Event Player Greens Hit Ryan Moore hit 35 of 36 greens in regulation 2012 Shriners Hospitals Ryan Moore 35 on the back 9 en route to his 2012 Shriners Hospitals victory, marking the most greens hit 2017 U.S. Open Brooks Koepka 34 in regulation on the back 9 by a winner in the 2003 Sentry TOC Ernie Els 34 ShotLink era (four-round event).

Jordan Spieth Jordan Spieth is making his first appearance at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Spieth is coming off his lowest finish in the FedExCup standings in his career. Spieth failed to make the TOUR Championship for the first time in his career finishing 31st in the final FedExCup standings.

Career FedExCup Finishes Rank The 2015 FedExCup champion has qualified for the TOUR Championship in five of his six seasons on TOUR. Spieth is one of only eight players who have Last Season 31st qualified for the TOUR Championship in five of the last six PGA TOUR nd 2016-17 2 seasons. 2015-16 9th 2014-15 Won 2013-14 15th

2013 7th

Best Finish in Tournament Debuts PGA TOUR Career Jordan Spieth has finished inside of the top two in six (17%) of Finish his 35 events that he played for the first time on TOUR. Spieth’s 2017 Won lone win came at the 2017 Travelers Championship, winning in nd his first start at that event. 2013 Wyndham Championship 2 2014 Sentry TOC 2nd 2014 T2 2013 TOUR Championship T2 2013 Puerto Rico Open T2

Cameron Champ Cameron Champ won in his ninth start on the PGA TOUR becoming the fifth straight first-time winner of the Sanderson Farms Championship. Champ earned 300 FedExCup points to move into the sixth position in the FedExCup standings.

Cameron Champ ranked second in both Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee & Putting for the week, becoming the 22nd winner on TOUR (since 2004 where ShotLink lasers were used) to rank inside the top two in both categories en route to victory.

Cameron Champ led the field in Driving Distance (All-Drives) averaging 308 yards off the tee. Champ hit eight drives 340 yards or longer becoming the 42nd winner on TOUR to hit eight or more drives 340 yards or longer in an event in the ShotLink era (Since 2003). His eight drives 340 yards or longer were three more than Tom Lovelady who had the second most with five.

Longest Driving Distance (All Drives) by a Total Drives 340 Yards or Longer Winner at Sanderson Farms Championship (Since 2003) 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship Rank All Drives # of Drives 2018 Cameron Champ 1st 308.0 Cameron Champ 8 2010 Bill Haas 3rd 301.9 Tom Lovelady 5 2016 Cody Gribble 18th 294.6 Cameron Tringale 2 2014 Nick Taylor 13th 289.2 Seth Reeves 2

2003 John Huston 17th 283.8

In the final round, Cameron Champ made 114’ 7” of putts made marking his most feet of putts made in a round on TOUR. His 114’ 7” of putts made included his longest putt of the week on the 16th hole making a 38’ putt for birdie. His 38’ putt was his second longest putt made of his young PGA TOUR career (longest 45’ 9” at 2018 Genesis Open).

Off the Tee & On the Green Performance vs. 2018 Sanderson Farms Field C. Champ Field Avg. Cameron Champ made a total of 28 SG: Off-the-Tee +1.420 (2nd) --- birdies for the week, marking the most of st any player by six. Champ converted over % Yardage Covered by Tee Shot 67.5% (1 ) 61.1% 50% of his birdies when hitting a green in Avg. Dist. To Hole After Tee Shot 151.5 Yds (1st) 179.3 regulation. Champ missed only eight SG: Putting +2.272 (2nd) --- putts from 15 feet and in going 66 of 74 Putting Inside 10 Feet 93.9% (2nd) 86.8% (89%) for the week. For the week, Champ Putting From 10-15 Feet 50.0% (T9) 31.6% averaged nearly 30 yards closer to the hole after his tee shots. Birdie or Better Conversion % 50.9% (1st) 28.9%

Aaron Wise Aaron Wise is set to make his first start of the 2018-19 PGA TOUR season. The 2018 Rookie of the Year finished 24th in the final 2018 FedExCup standings.

Rookies to Qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs Last Season FEC Finish Aaron Wise was one of eight PGA TOUR rookies who qualified for the Aaron Wise 24th 2018 FedExCup Playoffs and the only Rookie to qualify for the TOUR th Austin Cook 38th Championship. Wise became the 12 Rookie to qualify for the TOUR Championship in the FedExCup era. Keith Mitchell 67th

th Peter Uihlein 64 Satoshi Kodaira 94th Brandon Harkins 103rd Tyler Duncan 113th Sam Ryder 101st

Last season, Aaron Wise was one of 10 players who held a Final Round Scoring Average of 69.00 or lower.

Scoring Stats vs. TOUR Average Final Round Scoring Average Leaders PGA TOUR Last Season PGA TOUR Last Season TOUR Avg Wise Stat Avg. Brooks Koepka 68.27 th SG: Total +0.733 (40 ) - - - Hideki Matsuyama 68.38 th Scoring Average 70.247 (34 ) 71.104 Dustin Johnson 68.44 th Birdie Average 4.11 (12 ) 3.55 Phil Mickelson 68.65 Final Rd Scoring Avg. 69.00 (T8) 70.77 68.65 Back 9 Scoring Avg. 34.91 (T11) 35.57 Conrad Shindler 68.75 rd Par 4 Birdie or Better % 20.54% (3 ) 16.32 Jason Kokrak 68.80 th Birdie or Better PCT. 23.23% (13 ) 20.21 Aaron Wise 69.00 Francesco Molinari 69.00 Kyle Thompson 69.00

Patrick Cantlay Defending Shriners Hospitals for Children Open champion Patrick Cantlay is set to make his 67th career start on TOUR. Cantlay finished a career best 20th in the FedExCup standings last season. Patrick Cantlay has spent 44 of his last 50 weeks on TOUR inside the top-30 of the FedExCup standings (88%).

2017 Shriners Hospitals win: Cantlay’s performance on the back 9 was phenomenal playing the back 9 in 8- under par, hit 23 of 28 fairways and outperformed the field by +3.70 in SG: Off-the-Tee. Patrick equaled his career best consecutive birdies streak of four birdies twice en route to victory (Rd 1 & Rd 4).

Patrick Cantlay Front 9 vs. Back 9 Patrick Cantlay Best Consecutive 2017 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Birdie Streaks PGA TOUR Career Front Back Year & Event Rd Holes Score to Par -1 -8 2018 THE NORTHERN TRUST 2 12 - 15 Birdies or Better 7 13 2017 Shriners Hospitals 4 11 - 14 SG: Off-the-Tee +1.33 +3.70 2017 Shriners Hospitals 1 13 - 16 Fairways Hit 13 of 28 23 of 28 2013 CareerBuilder 1 2 - 5

Bryson DeChambeau Bryson DeChambeau finished a career best third in the 2018 FedExCup standings. DeChambeau has recorded four wins in his last 33 starts on TOUR. Bryson’s performance in the FedExCup playoffs was fantastic, recording two wins and was the only player with 80 total birdies made in the FedExCup Playoffs. DeChambeau made 80 total birdies leading the TOUR in the 2018 FedExCup Playoffs.

Scoring Performance Most Total Birdies FedExCup Playoffs This Season 2018 FedExCup Playoffs Value Rank Total Score to Par -47 1st Bryson DeChambeau 80 Birdie Average 5.00 1st Dustin Johnson 77 Total Birdies 80 1st Tommy Fleetwood 76 Birdie or Better PCT. 28.82 1st Hideki Matsuyama 74 Scoring Average 68.56 2nd Tony Finau 73

Most Under Par in Single Season FedExCup Playoffs All-Time Score to Par Last season, Bryson DeChambeau was a combined 47- 2007 Tiger Woods -59 under par in the FedExCup Playoffs (best of any player). 2015 Jason Day -49 Bryson’s score to par performance in the 2018 FedExCup Playoffs was the t-4th best single season performance in 2007 Steve Stricker -48 the FedExCup Playoffs. 2017 Jordan Spieth -47 2018 Bryson DeChambeau -47

Kevin Tway Winner of the Safeway Open a few weeks ago, Kevin Tway currently ranks 4th in the FedExCup standings. Since the start of the wrap-around schedule in the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season, the best FedExCup finish by a Safeway Open champion was seventh by Jimmy Walker who won the 2013 Safeway Open.

Safeway Open Champions FedExCup Finishes Since 2013 Year Past Champion FEC Finish 2017 Brendan Steele 56th 2016 Brendan Steele 33rd th 2015 Emiliano Grillo 11 2014 Sangmoon Bae 26th th 2013 Jimmy Walker 7 Kevin Tway had his career best Scrambling performance on TOUR successfully salvaging par 80% of the time on missed greens. Tway was 16 of 20 when faced with a Scrambling opportunity t-leading the field in Scrambling at the 2018 Safeway Open. Career Best Scrambling on TOUR Rank Success/Attempts % 2018 Safeway Open T1 16 of 20 80.00 2018 Corales Puntacana Resort 12 19 of 25 76.00 2017 Valero Texas Open 3 18 of 24 75.00 2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic 15 20 of 28 71.43