2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree (37Th of 50 Events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)
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2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree (37th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) Ridgeland, South Carolina June 10-13, 2021 FedExCup Points: 500 (winner) Congaree Golf Club Par/Yards: 36-35—71/7,655 Purse: $7,300,000 ($1,314,000 winner) Final-Round Notes – Sunday, June 13, 2021 Weather: Partly clouDy. HiGh of 84. WinD NE 5-10 mph. Final Leaderboard Garrick Higgo 68-69-68-68—273 (-11) Hudson Swafford 68-70-70-66—274 (-10) Doc Redman 65-72-70-67—274 (-10) Jhonattan Vegas 66-72-69-67—274 (-10) Tyrrell Hatton 71-68-67-68—274 (-10) Bo Van Pelt 69-71-66-68—274 (-10) Chesson Hadley 65-66-68-75—274 (-10) Things to Know • 22-year-old Garrick Higgo wins the Palmetto Championship at Congaree by one stroke, earning his first PGA TOUR title in his second career start • Higgo, a three-time winner on the European Tour, is immediately eligible for PGA TOUR membership through the 2022-23 season and the 2021 FedExCup Playoffs • Higgo is the first player to win in one of his first two career PGA TOUR starts since Jim Benepe won the 1988 BMW Championship in his TOUR debut • Chesson Hadley bogeys the final three holes and finishes T2, becoming the first player to fail to convert a 54-hole lead of four strokes or more on the PGA TOUR since Justin Thomas at the 2019 Genesis Invitational Garrick Higgo (Winner/-11) Category Entering the week Age 22 (May 12, 1999) FedExCup No. 80* OWGR No. 39 Career PGA TOUR starts 2 Career PGA TOUR wins 1 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 1 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 2 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 1 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 1 * if Higgo accepts PGA TOUR membership, he will be No. 80 in the FedExCup standings • First PGA TOUR title in second career start at the age of 22 years, 1 month, 1 day • Immediately eligible for PGA TOUR membership through the 2022-23 season • If he accepts membership, is eligible for the 2021 FedExCup Playoffs and would move to No. 80 in the FedExCup standings • Last player to win in first or second career PGA TOUR start: Jim Benepe, 1988 BMW Championship (debut) • Last non-member to win on the PGA TOUR: Matthew Wolff, 2019 3M Open • Youngest winner on the PGA TOUR since Sungjae Im at the 2020 Honda Classic (21 years, 11 months) • Entered the final round trailing by six strokes, the largest 54-hole deficit overcome by a winner since Bubba Watson won the 2018 Travelers Championship (6) • Second left-handed player to win on TOUR this season (first: Phil Mickelson, PGA Championship) • Second player from South Africa to win on TOUR this season (first: Branden Grace, Puerto Rico Open); last season with multiple winners from South Africa: 2015-16 (Charl Schwartzel/Valspar Championship, Grace/RBC Heritage) Additional Player Notes • After entering the final round with a four-stroke lead, Chesson Hadley bogeys the final three holes and finishes T2, becoming the first player to fail to convert a 54-hole lead of four strokes or more on the PGA TOUR since Justin Thomas at the 2019 Genesis Invitational (4) • With a T2, Bo Van Pelt earns his best result on the PGA TOUR since a solo-second at the 2012 Quicken Loans National (career win No. 74 for Tiger Woods) • With his top-10 result, David Lipsky (T8) is exempt for the Travelers Championship in two weeks Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 13th (4.378) Par-5 2nd (4.712) R2: Par-4 13th (4.426) Par-5 2nd (4.777)/Par-4 15th (3.777) R3: Par-4 9th (4.324) Par-4 15th (3.515) R4: Par-4 9th (4.382) Par-5 4th (4.279) Total: Par-4 13th (4.361) Par-5 2nd (4.732) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 36.378 35.481 71.859 - R2: 37.081 35.946 73.027 72.428 R3: 35.706 34.785 70.471 72.070 R4: 35.191 34.765 69.956 71.743 Bogey-free rounds R1 (5): Dustin Johnson (65), Chez Reavie (67), Patrick Rodgers (67), Jonathan Byrd (68), Josh Teater (68) R2 (0): None R3 (1): Beau Hossler (68) R4 (5): Will Gordon (64), Matt Fitzpatrick (66), Hank Lebioda (67), Joseph Bramlett (68), Tommy Fleetwood (68) .