2020 Puerto Rico Open (The 19Th of 49 Events in the PGA TOUR Season)
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2020 Puerto Rico Open (The 19th of 49 events in the PGA TOUR season) Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Feb. 20-23, 2020 Purse: $3,000,000 ($540,000/winner) Grand Reserve Country Club Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,506 FedExCup: 300 points (winner) Final-Round Notes – Sunday, February 23, 2020 Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 84. Wind ENE 5-10 mph. Final Leaderboard Viktor Hovland 68-66-64-70—268 (-20) Josh Teater 66-68-66-69—269 (-19) Kyle Stanley 64-70-71-68—273 (-15) Sam Ryder 70-65-69-69—273 (-15) Emiliano Grillo 66-68-69-70—273 (-15) Things to Know • Rookie Viktor Hovland earns his first PGA TOUR victory in his 17th career start at age 22 years, 5 months, 5 days • Hovland, a native of Oslo, becomes the first PGA TOUR winner from Norway • Hovland is the first rookie to win on TOUR in 2019-20, snapping a streak of 18 events to start the season without a win by a rookie (longest since 2009) • Last six 22-year-old TOUR winners: Hovland, Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama • Among select tournaments for which Hovland qualifies are 2020 THE PLAYERS Championship and 2020 PGA Championship • Jhonattan Vegas made a career-high 11 birdies in the final round and shot a 62 to set the course record Viktor Hovland (Winner/-20) With the victory Age 22 (9/18/1997) Starts at Puerto Rico Open 1 Wins at Puerto Rico Open 1 PGA TOUR starts 17 PGA TOUR wins 1 Starts in 2019-20 7 Wins in 2019-20 1 Top-10s in 2019-20 2 • Wins his first PGA TOUR title in his 17th career start at the age of 22 years, 5 months, 5 days • Earns 300 FedExCup points, having entered the week No. 131 in the FedExCup standings and No. 102 in the Official World Golf Ranking; updated ranks are dependent on the results of the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship • First player from Norway to win on the PGA TOUR (native of Oslo) • First rookie to win on TOUR in 2019-20, snapping a streak of 18 events to start the season without a win by a rookie (longest since 2009 when no rookies won all season) • Fourth rookie to win the Puerto Rico Open since 2010 (Derek Lamely/2010, Chesson Hadley/2014, Martin Trainer/2019, Hovland/2020) • Fourth past U.S. Amateur champion to win on the PGA TOUR before turning 23, joining Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and David Gossett • Fifth player since 2003 and second of the season to make a triple bogey or worse in the final round (most recent: Kevin Na, 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) • Successfully converted the first 36-hole and 54-hole lead/co-lead of his career to victory • Fully exempt on the PGA TOUR through the 2021-22 season and is qualified for several select events, including 2020 THE PLAYERS Championship and 2020 PGA Championship • The last six players to win on TOUR at age 22: Hovland (2020 Puerto Rico Open), Collin Morikawa (2019 Barracuda Championship), Jon Rahm (2017 Farmers Insurance Open), Jordan Spieth (three wins at 22), Justin Thomas (2015 CIMB Classic) and Hideki Matsuyama (2014 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide) Miscellaneous Notes • Josh Teater (-19) finishes solo-second, his career-best result on the PGA TOUR (previous: T2/2013 Farmers Insurance Open) • 18-hole leader and 36-hole co-leader Kyle Stanley (T3/-15) records his best finish on TOUR since a runner-up at the 2018 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational • Jhonattan Vegas (T9/-13) broke the tournament and course record with a final-round 62; Vegas made a career- high 11 birdies, becoming the third player on the PGA TOUR in 2019-20 to make 11 birdies in a round (Kevin Chappell/R2/A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, Ryan Palmer/R2/Farmers Insurance Open) Bogey-free rounds: R1 (7): Emiliano Grillo (66), Henrik Norlander (66), Chris Couch (66), Julian Etulain (67), Robby Shelton (68), Tim Wilkinson (69), Matthew NeSmith (70) R2 (13): David Lingmerth (65), Sam Ryder (65), Sangmoon Bae (67), Tyler McCumber (68), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (69), Martin Laird (69), Andrew Loupe (69), Parker McLachlin (69), D.J. Trahan (69), George McNeill (69), Alex Cejka (70), Carlos Franco (70), Ted Potter, Jr. (70) R3 (9): Martin Laird (63), Viktor Hovland (64), Michael NeSmith (66), Josh Teater (66), Doug Ghim (67), Tyler McCumber (67), Roger Sloan (68), Bill Haas (69), Roberto Castro (70) R4 (7): Nelson Ledesma (65), Roberto Castro (66), Derek Ernst (67), Beau Hossler (67), Shawn Stefani (67), Alex Cejka (68), Brice Garnett (70) Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1 35.667 35.583 71.250 R2 35.168 35.756 70.924 71.088 R3 34.681 35.087 69.768 70.792 R4 34.957 35.014 69.971 70.642 .