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2020 Wyndham Championship (The Final of 33 Events in the 2019-20 Regular Season) 2020 Wyndham Championship (The final of 33 events in the 2019-20 Regular Season) Greensboro, N.C. August 13-16, 2020 FedExCup Points: 500 (winner) Sedgefield Country Club Par/Yards: 70/7,131 Purse: $6,400,00 ($1,152,000/winner) Final-Round Notes – Sunday, August 16, 2020 Weather: Mostly cloudy with a high of 78. Wind NNE 10-15 mph. Final Leaderboard Jim Herman 66-69-61-63—259 (-21) Billy Horschel 66-64-65-65—260 (-20) Kevin Kisner 69-64-65-64—262 (-18) Webb Simpson 66-66-65-65—262 (-18) Doc Redman 67-64-63-68—262 (-18) Si Woo Kim 65-65-62-70—262 (-18) Things To Know • Jim Herman capitalizes on career-low 61 in round three to claim third PGA TOUR title and second in as many seasons • Herman moves from 192nd in the FedExCup standings and into the Playoffs at No. 54 • 2014 FedExCup champion Billy Horschel posts back-to-back 65s to claim sixth career runner-up finish • Webb Simpson closes with back-to-back 65s to claim fourth-consecutive top-three Wyndham Championship finish • Players who moved into the top 125 in the FedExCup standings: Jim Herman, Zach Johnson and Shane Lowry • Players who fell out of the top 125 in the FedExCup standings: Fabian Gomez, Russell Knox and Charl Schwartzel • No one moved into or out of the Wyndham Rewards Top 10; Justin Thomas claims the $2 million top payout • Jim Herman and Si Woo Kim, the two players in the top 10 and ties, not otherwise eligible, earn spots into the U.S. Open • Preferred lies were utilized in all four rounds due to wet conditions (Following the Wyndham Championship) Category Jim Herman Age 42 (11/5/1977) FedExCup 54 OWGR Projection Top 90 PGA TOUR starts 195 PGA TOUR wins 3 PGA TOUR top-10s 10 Wyndham starts 5 Top-10s at Wyndham 1 Starts in 2019-20 19 Top-10s in 2019-20 1 Jim Herman (1st/-21) • Offset a lone bogey with six birdies and an eagle (par-5 fifth) to claim his third career PGA TOUR title in his 195th start at the age of 42 years, 9 months, 11 days • Joins Tiger Woods as players over the age of 40 to win on the PGA TOUR this season; Woods won the 2019 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP at 43 • His weekend total of 124 equals the lowest final 36-hole score by a winner in PGA TOUR history (Stuart Appleby/2010 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier) • Moves from 192nd to 54th in the FedExCup standings, largest improvement at the Wyndham Championship (since 2009) • Marks his fourth occasion to advance to the FedExCup Playoffs and first since 2017 • Is projected to move inside the top 90 in the Official World Golf Ranking, from 318th • Played the par-5 fifth hole this week in 6-under (birdie-eagle-birdie-eagle) • Sank over 100 feet of putts in rounds two (100’10”), three (105’5”) and four (156’5”); ranked third in Strokes Gained: Putting for the week (6.234); 444’0” of total distance for the week is a career-best • PGA TOUR wins; 2016 Houston Open, 2019 Barbasol Championship, 2020 Wyndham Championship Billy Horschel (2nd/-20) • Was seeking his sixth TOUR win in 250th start and first since the 2018 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (teamed with Scott Piercy); last individual title came at the 2017 AT&T Byron Nelson • Marks his sixth career runner-up finish and sixth top-10 finish of the 2019-20 season in his 19th start • 2014 FedExCup champion’s final-round 5-under 65 marks his 23rd consecutive round of par or better at Sedgefield CC Miscellaneous Notes • With back-to-back 65s on the weekend, 2011 Wyndham Championship winner Webb Simpson finishes T3 at 18-under 262 to claim his fourth-consecutive top-three finish at the Wyndham Championship (3rd/2017, T2/2018, 2nd/2019) • Seeking to become the third North Carolinian to win the Wyndham Championship in the last six years (Davis Love III/2015, J.T. Poston/2019), Chapel Hill native Doc Redman finishes T3 • Kevin Kisner (T3/-18) made eight birdies to close with 64; marks his third top-10 finish in the event in his sixth start • 2016 Wyndham Championship winner and this week’s 54-hole leader Si Woo Kim closed with even-par 70 to finish T3 • Zach Johnson, recipient of the 2020 Payne Stewart Award presented by Southern Company, closed with a 5-under 65 to finish T7 in his fifth Wyndham Championship • A day after his 30th birthday, first-round co-leader Harold Varner III closed with a bogey-free 5-under 65 to finish T7; marks his first top-10 finish of the season in his 21st start • 2013 Wyndham Championship winner, Patrick Reed (T9/-16), played the par-5 15th hole in 7-under (B-E-E-E). Since 2008, the only other player to make three eagles on the same hole during a Wyndham Championship was Cameron Percy (2018/5th hole) • With his hole-in-one at No. 16 in the final round, C.T. Pan (T69/-3) earned one million Wyndham Rewards points for one of the Wyndham Championship Fore! Good signature Birdies for Backpacks organizations who provide meals to students in underserved communities to help combat childhood food insecurity Wyndham Championship and the FedExCup • The Wyndham Championship was the final chance for players outside No. 125 to qualify for FedExCup Playoffs, and for those inside to improve their position • Five of 13 winners of the Wyndham Championship during the FedExCup era have advanced to the season-ending TOUR Championship (most recent: Si Woo Kim, 2016) Players who moved into top 125 From To Player Wyndham 192 54 Jim Herman 1st 129 104 Zach Johnson T7 131 122 Shane Lowry T23 Players who fell out of top 125 From To Player Wyndham 122 126 Fabian Gomez MC 124 127 Russell Knox T72 125 128 Charl Schwartzel MC Wyndham Rewards Top 10 The top 10 in the FedExCup after this week share a $10 million bonus through the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 program: Pos. Player Points Wins Top-10s Starts Bonus 1 Justin Thomas 2,458 3 9 15 $2 million 2 Collin Morikawa 1,902 2 6 18 $1.5 million 3 Webb Simpson 1,878 2 6 12 $1.2 million 4 Bryson DeChambeau 1,657 1 9 14 $1.1 million 5 Sungjae Im 1,633 1 6 23 $1.0 million 6 Patrick Reed 1,426 1 6 17 $850,000 7 Daniel Berger 1,347 1 6 14 $700,000 8 Rory McIlroy 1,327 1 6 12 $600,000 9 Brendon Todd 1,316 2 3 22 $550,000 10 Jon Rahm 1,295 1 5 12 $500,000 Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 10th (4.256) Par-5 5th (4.462) R2: Par-4 14th (4.329) Par-5 5th (4.395) R3: Par-4 14th (4.286) Par-5 5th (4.494) R4: Par-4 14th (4.351) Par-5 5th (4.429) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 34.128 35.199 69.327 --- R2: 33.750 34.954 68.704 69.015 R3: 33.610 34.195 67.805 68.777 R4: 33.987 34.805 68.792 68.779 Bogey-free rounds R1 (6): Harold Varner III (62), Patrick Reed (65), Troy Merritt (67), Sebastian Munoz (67), Doc Redman (67), Matthias Schwab (67) R2 (10): Jason Kokrak (63), Chris Baker (63), Russell Knox (64), Doc Redman (64), Mark Hubbard (65), Peter Uihlein (65), Jason Dufner (65), Dylan Frittelli (65), Joaquin Niemann (66), Matt Jones (67) R3 (8): Jim Herman (61), Russell Henley (63), Mark Hubbard (64), Sam Burns (65), Sungjae Im (66), Dylan Frittelli (66), Seamus Power (67), Patrick Rodgers (67) R4 (4): Cameron Davis (65), Zach Johnson (65), Harold Varner III (65), Will Gordon (69) .
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