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2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (6th of 43 events in the 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season) Las Vegas, Nevada November 1-4, 2018 FedExCup points: 500 (winner) TPC Summerlin Par/Yards: 35-36—71/7,255 Purse: $7,000,000 Final-Round Notes – Sunday, November 3, 2018 Weather: Sunny. High of 78. Wind E 5-10 mph. Final-Round Leaderboard Bryson DeChambeau 66-66-65-66—263 (-21) Patrick Cantlay 69-67-63-65—264 (-20) Sam Ryder 66-71-66-62—265 (-19) Rickie Fowler 68-67-69-63—267 (-17) Abraham Ancer 66-66-69-66—267 (-17) Robert Streb 65-66-68-68—267 (-17) Things to Know • Bryson DeChambeau won for the third time in his last five starts • DeChambeau improves to 3-for-3 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead • Patrick Cantlay finished second in his title defense • Sam Ryder posts career-low round for second top-four finish in three starts • Rickie Fowler recorded the lowest final-round score of his career Bryson DeChambeau (Won/-21) With the victory #5 FedExCup #5 OWGR (projected) 3 Starts at Shriners Hospitals for Children Open 1 Win at Shriners Hospitals for Children Open 2 Top-10s at Shriners Hospitals for Children Open 73 PGA TOUR starts 5 PGA TOUR wins 1 Start in 2018-19 1 Win in 2018-19 Wins (5): 2017 John Deere Classic, 2018 the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, 2018 THE NORTHERN TRUST, 2018 Dell Technologies Championship, 2018 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open • Earns fifth career victory at the age of 25 years, 1 month, 19 days • Last five starts: THE NORTHERN TRUST/Won, Dell Technologies Championship/Won, BMW Championship/T19, TOUR Championship/19th, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open/Won • First player to win three times in a five-start stretch since Dustin Johnson won the Genesis Open, WGC-Mexico Championship and WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in consecutive starts • Made a 57-foot, 7-inch putt from off the green for eagle at the par-5 16th to take a one-shot lead over Patrick Cantlay; will not count as an official putt in the record book as it was from off the green, but for reference, the only longer made putt of his career came at the 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (62’6”/No. 17/R3) • Posted just three bogeys during the week • Front- vs. back-nine breakdown: front (5-under), back (16-under with 0 bogeys) • Led the field in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green (+13.550) • Stats for the week: 44 of 56 fairways hit (4th), 60 of 72 greens hit (T4), total putts (115) Patrick Cantlay (2nd/-20) • Finished runner-up as he sought to join Jim Furyk (1999) as the only players to win the event in title defense • Has two starts at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (1-2017, 2-2018) • Second-runner up finish in 67th PGA TOUR start (2017 Valspar Championship) • Moved to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings • Improved in each start this season (T17-Safeway Open, T7-WGC-HSBC Champions, 2-Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) • 264 bettered by five strokes his previous-low 72-hole score (269/2011 Travelers Championship) • Posted 26 birdies for the week, second only to Aaron Wise (27) • Birdies per round: R1 (4), R2 (5), R3 (8), R4 (9/equaling most in a round during his career) • Played first 27 holes in 1-under and final 45 in 19-under Sam Ryder (3rd/-19) • Career-low 62 (previous: 63/2018 Barbasol Championship/R3) • 265 ties career-low 72-hole score (2018 John Deere Classic) • Made 15 birdies and no bogeys over his last 28 holes • Moved to No. 10 in the FedExCup standings • Entered week with one prior start at the event (MC/2017) and two this season (T4/Safeway Open, T43/CIMB Classic) • Fourth top-10 finish in his last eight starts (T2-John Deere Classic, T7-Barbasol Championship, T4-Safeway Open, 3-Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) Rickie Fowler (T4/-17) • Final-round 63 was fourth career 63-or-better and first in the final round (career-low: 62/2011 Waste Management Phoenix Open/R2) • Collects 38th career top-five in 217th start (17.5 %) • Moved to No. 38 in the FedExCup standings • Second top-10 finish in four starts at TPC Summerlin (T7-2009, T22-2010, T25-2015, T4-2018) Miscellaneous Notes • Abraham Ancer finished T4 for his second top-5 finish in three starts this season (T5-CIMB Classic) • Robert Streb’s T4 finish is his second top-10 finish in four starts at TPC Summerlin (T10-2014) • Recently announced 2017-18 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year Aaron Wise (T15) led the field with 27 birdies this week • Peter Uihlein entered the final round tied with Bryson DeChambeau for the 54-hole lead but a 4-over 75 led to a T23 finish Course Statistics Scoring averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 35.432 34.917 70.348 --- R2: 34.882 34.228 69.110 69.741 R3: 34.257 34.311 68.568 69.482 R4: 34.284 34.568 68.851 69.369 Bogey-free rounds R1: Seth Reeves (64), Bryson DeChambeau (66), Lucas Glover (67), Kevin Tway (67) R2: Whee Kim (65), Brian Gay (65), Sungjae Im (65), Chris Kirk (66), Robert Streb (66), Harold Varner III (67), Sangmoon Bae (68) R3: Patrick Cantlay (63), Bryson DeChambeau (65), Chesson Hadley (65), Cameron Champ (66), Bud Cauley (67), Kelly Kraft (67) R4: Sam Ryder (62), Rickie Fowler (63), Brandon Harkins (64), Joaquin Niemann (66), Alex Prugh (69) .