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2021 TOUR Championship Broadcast & Pre-Tournament Notes FedExCup Starting Strokes: For the Third consecutive season, the TOUR Championship is weighted by FedExCup Starting Strokes, with the format crowning a single champion; at the conclusion of the TOUR Championship, the player with the lowest score in relation to par over 72 holes combined with his FedExCup Starting Strokes will win the TOUR Championship and be crowned FedExCup champion. The FedExCup points leader after the first two Playoffs events will begin the TOUR Championship at 10-under par. The next four players will start at 8-under through 5-under, respectively. The next five will begin at 4-under, regressing by one stroke per five players until those ranked Nos. 26-30 start at even par. 2021 TOUR Championship FedExCup Starting Strokes Starting Position Starting Strokes 1 Patrick Cantlay -10 2 Tony Finau -8 3 Bryson DeChambeau -7 4 Jon Rahm -6 5 Cameron Smith -5 6 Justin Thomas -4 Harris English -4 Abraham Ancer -4 Jordan Spieth -4 Sam Burns -4 11 Collin Morikawa -3 Sungjae Im -3 Viktor Hovland -3 Louis Oosthuizen -3 Dustin Johnson -3 16 Rory McIlroy -2 Xander Schauffele -2 Jason Kokrak -2 Kevin Na -2 Brooks Koepka -2 21 Corey Conners -1 Hideki Matsuyama -1 Stewart Cink -1 Joaquin Niemann -1 Scottie Scheffler -1 26 Daniel Berger Even Erik van Rooyen Even Sergio Garcia Even Billy Horschel Even Patrick Reed Even 2 Sam Burns and Erik van Rooyen are making their first TOUR Championship appearance 5 Five FedExCup champions have qualified for the 2021 TOUR Championship (Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth & Billy Horschel) 11 total countries represented of the Top 30 in the FedExCup this season, marks the third season in the FedExCup era with more than 10 countries in the Top 30 of the FedExCup standings entering the TOUR Championship (2020: 12, 2021:11, 2008: 11) 100% All Top 30 in the FedExCup earned points in the fall of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR season. 2015 FedExCup champion Jordan Spieth was 166th in the standings after the fall and is currently Ninth 90% Percentage of players in the current top 30 of the FedExCup who have only known the FedExCup era (27 of 30). 30.33 This season the average age of the top 30 entering the TOUR Championship is 30.33, marking the second youngest average age of the Top 30 in the FedExCup entering the Playoff finale Career FedExCup Finishes - Top 30 Entering 2021 TOUR Championship Player Rank 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 st Cantlay, Patrick 1 34 21 20 29 nd Finau, Tony 2 17 7 6 19 45 43 DeChambeau, Bryson 3rd 22 12 3 49 4th Rahm, Jon 4 12 23 5 th Smith, Cameron 5 24 84 12 46 Thomas, Justin 6th 2 3 7 1 12 32 7th English, Harris 12 149 125 118 47 28 32 31 79 th Ancer, Abraham 8 18 21 60 Spieth, Jordan 9th 107 44 31 2 9 1 15 7 10th Burns, Sam 111 94 th Morikawa, Collin 11 6 59 12th Im, Sungjae 11 19 th Hovland, Viktor 13 20 Oosthuizen, Louis 14th 65 21 69 31 38 30 124 7 148 15th Johnson, Dustin 1 29 4 4 2 7 30 13 8 4 5 14 134 th McIlroy, Rory 16 8 1 13 58 1 15 3 50 2 36 th Schauffele, Xander 17 2 2 15 3 th Kokrak, Jason 18 42 14 52 77 33 100 73 62 th Na, Kevin 19 27 61 28 45 28 25 24 52 71 26 26 93 98 20th Koepka, Brooks 104 3 9 10 35 24 st Conners, Corey 21 53 26 130 22nd Matsuyama, Hideki 15 9 13 8 13 16 28 rd Cink, Stewart 23 144 179 73 53 147 102 80 76 139 98 38 28 20 22 th Niemann, Joaquin 24 27 67 Scheffler, Scottie 25th 5 Berger, Daniel 26th 15 131 70 16 26 11 van Rooyen, Erik 27th Garcia, Sergio 28th 135 72 128 21 32 53 13 22 17 44 109 38 3 9 Horschel, Billy 29th 30 43 5 42 50 66 1 16 143 Reed, Patrick 30th 8 9 22 22 3 12 21 54 FedExCup Champions Returning to TOUR Championship in Field This Week Season After Winning FedExCup This Season Year (Won) Year of FEC Win Finish Justin Thomas 6th 2017 Dustin Johnson 2020 ?? Jordan Spieth 9th 2015 Rory McIlroy 2019 8th Dustin Johnson 15th 2020 Justin Rose 2018 26th Rory McIlroy 16th 2016 & 2019 Justin Thomas 2017 7th Billy Horschel 29th 2014 Jordan Spieth 2015 9th th Brandt Snedeker 2012 12 Dustin Johnson: 15th in FedExCup entering this week Youngest Average Age Top 30 of FedExCup Longest Active Streaks of Entering TOUR Championship Last 14 Seasons Qualifying for TOUR Championship Avg Age # of Seasons Last Season 29.33 Dustin Johnson 13 This Season 30.33 Hideki Matsuyama 8 2013-14 30.80 Patrick Reed 8 2016-17 30.80 Justin Thomas 6 2017-18 31.03 Tony Finau 5 2014-15 31.37 Jon Rahm 5 2015-16 31.57 Xander Schauffele 5 *includes this season Patrick Cantlay (1st / -10): Five-time PGA TOUR winner Patrick Cantlay has led the FedExCup in 10 weeks this season and move to the No. 1 spot in the FedExCup with his victory last week at the 2021 BMW Championship. +14.58 Patrick Cantlay outperformed the field by +14.58 total strokes on the greens, marking the best recorded SG: Putting performance on TOUR since 2004 21 Total putts made from outside 10 feet at Caves Valley Golf Club, marking the first player in the ShotLink era to make more than 20 putts outside 10 feet in an event 537’ 5” Total feet of putts made en route to victory, marking the third most by a winner on TOUR in the ShotLink era Best SG: Putting Total Performance PGA TOUR Since 2004 Total Evt Finish Patrick Cantlay 2021 BMW Championship +14.58 WON Kevin Na 2019 Shriners Children’s Open +14.18 WON Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2019 AT&T Byron Nelson +14.05 T5 Brice Garnett 2021 Travelers Championship +13.90 T5 Martin Laird 2008 Wyndham Championship +13.80 T4 On the Greens vs. the Field Most Putts Made Outside 10’ Most Weeks Ranked #1 2021 BMW Championship 2021 BMW Championship FedExCup Standings This Season Cantlay Field Total Total Strokes Gained: Putting* +3.644 - - - Patrick Cantlay* 21 Bryson DeChambeau 20 One-Putt Percentage 52.78% 41.93 Bryson DeChambeau 16 Patrick Cantlay 10 Putts Per Round 26.50 28.44 Hudson Swafford 12 Dustin Johnson 7 Putting from - 10-15' 81.82% 32.75 Jon Rahm 12 Collin Morikawa 4 Putting from - 15-20' 41.67% 19.74 Dustin Johnson 12 *ShotLink era Record Putts Made Outside 10’* 21 7.3 Avg Feet of Putts made* 134' 4" 77' 6" *Led Field Most Feet of Putts Made PGA TOUR Winners in ShotLink era (4-Rd Events) Total Kevin Na 2019 Shriners Children’s Open 558’ 11” Russell Henley 2017 Houston Open 541’ 10” Patrick Cantlay 2021 BMW Championship 537’ 5” Tony Finau (2nd / -8): Two-time PGA TOUR winner Tony Finau has six top-17 finishes in his last seven starts in the FedExCup Playoffs 1,975 Snapped a winless drought of 1,975 days since his previous TOUR win with a victory at the 2021 NORTHERN TRUST (previous win: 2016 Puerto Rico Open) 5th Finau ranks fifth on Approaches from 125-150 yards, averaging 19’ 0” in proximity to the hole 22 total hole outs this season, his most in a season on TOUR and T-3rd most this season Most Hole Outs in a Season Last 7 Starts Most Hole Outs PGA TOUR Career FedExCup Playoffs PGA TOUR This Season Total Evt Finish Total This Season 22 2021 BMW Championship T15 Troy Merritt 24 2017-18 15 2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST WON K.H. Lee 24 2014-15 15 2020 TOUR Championship 17th Tony Finau 22 2019-20 13 2020 BMW Championship 5th Jordan Spieth 22 2018-19 13 2020 THE NORTHERN TRUST CUT *TOUR Avg: 7 2019 TOUR Championship 7th 2019 BMW Championship 4th Bryson DeChambeau (3rd / -7): Bryson DeChambeau leads in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee during the FedExCup Playoffs this season, outperforming the TOUR by +1.651 strokes per round in the first two events. 1st Leads the 2021 FedExCup Playoffs in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and Driving Distance (All Drives) 4th Fourth consecutive season qualifying for the TOUR Championship Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee Leaders Driving Distance (All Drives) Leaders 2021 FedExCup Playoffs 2021 FedExCup Playoffs Average Rds All Drives Bryson DeChambeau +1.651 8 Bryson DeChambeau 319.4 Doug Ghim +1.313 4 Matthew Wolff 308.4 C.T. Pan +1.061 2 Jhonattan Vegas 307.3 Tyler McCumber +0.861 2 Brandon Hagy 303.5 Rory McIlroy +0.833 8 Justin Thomas 302.6 *Playoffs Avg: 291.6 yds FedExCup Finishes Last 3 Seasons Rank Last Season 22nd 2018-19 12th rd 2017-18 3 *Enters Week 3rd in FedExCup Jon Rahm (4th / -6): Jon Rahm has qualified for the TOUR Championship for the fifth consecutive season, marking one of seven players who have qualified for the TOUR Championship in at least each of the last five seasons. 7 Total players with an active streak of five or more seasons qualifying for the TOUR Championship 72.9% Rahm has the best Greens in Regulation percentage of any player in the Playoffs with 30 or more career rounds (72.9%) 75% Jon Rahm is on pace for his best Greens in Regulation percentage during a FedExCup Playoffs of his career.
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    2021 PGA Championship (34th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season) Kiawah Island, South Carolina May 20-23, 2021 FedExCup Points: 600 (winner) Ocean Course at Kiawah Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,876 Purse: TBD Third-Round Notes – Saturday, May 22, 2021 Weather: Partly clouDy. High of 79. WinD E 8-13 mph. Third-Round Leaderboard Phil Mickelson 70-69-70—209 (-7) Brooks Koepka 69-71-70—210 (-6) Louis Oosthuizen 71-68-72—211 (-5) Kevin Streelman 70-72-70—212 (-4) Christian Bezuidenhout 71-70-72—213 (-3) Branden Grace 70-71-72—213 (-3) Things to Know • Five-time major champion and 2005 PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson holds a one-stroke lead and is looking to become the first player to win a men’s major championship after turning 50 years old • Mickelson is the fourth player to hold the 54-hole lead/co-lead in a major at age 50 or older during the modern era (1934-present) • Mickelson is 3-for-5 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in major championships (21-for-36 in 72-hole PGA TOUR events) • 2018 and 2019 PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka is one stroke back of Mickelson; last player to win the same major at least three times in a four-year stretch: Tom Watson, The Open Championship (1980, 1982, 1983) • Sunday’s final pairing includes two players that have combined for nine major championship titles (Mickelson/5, Koepka/4) Third-Round Lead Notes 13 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win the PGA Championship since 2000 Tiger Woods/2000, David Toms/2001, Shaun Micheel/2003, Vijay Singh/2004, Phil Mickelson/2005, Tiger Woods/2006, Woods/2007,