2020 PNC Championship Pre-Tournament Notes the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes December 19-20, 2020 Par/Yards

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2020 PNC Championship Pre-Tournament Notes the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes December 19-20, 2020 Par/Yards 2020 PNC Championship Pre-Tournament Notes The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes December 19-20, 2020 Par/Yards: 36-36—72/6,853 Purse: $1,085,000 ($200,000/1st) Final-Round Notes – Sunday, December 20, 2020 Weather: Partly cloudy with a high of 73. Wind S 10-15 mph. Final Leaderboard Team Thomas 62-57—119 (-25) Team Singh 60-60—120 (-24) Team O’Meara 62-59—121 (-23) Team Trevino 62-59—121 (-23) Things to know • Justin and Mike Thomas become the fourth team to win the PNC Championship in their first start • Team Thomas becomes the first team to win the PNC Championship with a father playing as partner • Vijay and Qass Singh reel off nine straight birdies to finish second in 14th PNC Championship start • Making their PNC Championship debut, Tiger and Charlie Woods post back-to-back 10-under 62s • Defending champion Bernhard Langer finishes T12 at 17-under 127 with daughter, Jackie • A member of each of the 20 teams held at least one major or PLAYERS Championship title Justin Thomas (Mike/Father) 119/-25 • Making his PNC Championship debut, World No. 3 Justin Thomas and father, Mike, birdied 10 of their first 11 holes en route to a 15-under 57 • Birdies came at Nos. 1-7, 9-11, 13-16 and 18 • With the win, Team Thomas becomes the fourth to win in their first PNC Championship start; Raymond Floyd (1995), Stewart Cink (2013) and Angel Cabrera (2017) • Team Thomas becomes the first team to win the PNC Championship with a father playing as partner • With the win, the team collects $200,000 • Justin Thomas is the winner of 13 PGA TOUR titles, including the 2017 PGA Championship Vijay Singh (Qass/Son) 120/-24 • Following a par at the first hole, World Golf Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh, playing with son, Qass, made nine straight birdies on Nos. 2-10 en route to a second consecutive 12-under 60 • Team Singh was making a 14th start in the PNC Championship, dating to 2003 • In 13 previous starts before this week, T2s in 2006 and 2013 marked Team Singh’s best finish • Singh is the winner of 34 PGA TOUR titles, including the 1998, 2004 PGA Championship and 2000 Masters Tournament Tiger Woods (Charlie/Son) 124/-20 • Tiger Woods, 44, and 11-year-old son, Charlie, offset one bogey with eagles at Nos. 5 and 14 (both par-5s) and birdies at Nos. 3, 7, 10, 13, 16 and 18 to post a second consecutive 10-under 62 • Team Woods was one of four teams making their PNC Championship debut, joining Bubba Watson, Justin Thomas and Mark Calcavecchia • Charlie Woods becomes the youngest to compete in PNC Championship history; Stefan Langer (12/2002), Javier Ballesteros (12/2002) and Thomas Lehman (12/2007) • Woods is the winner of 82 PGA TOUR titles, including 15 major championship victories Miscellaneous Notes • Lee Trevino, 81, the only player to have competed in all 23 PNC Championships, followed birdies on 10 of his first 13 holes with an eagle at the par-5 14th en route to a 13-under 59 and tournament best T3 finish; Trevino was playing with son, Daniel • Making his second start in the PNC Championship (T9/2018), 18-hole leaders Matt Kuchar and 13-year- old son, Cameron, shot an 8-under 64 Sunday to finish T5; Kuchar qualified for the 2020 PNC Championship by virtue of his 2012 PLAYERS Championship title, one of nine career PGA TOUR victories • Making his first start in the PNC Championship, 2012 and 2014 Masters Tournament winner Bubba Watson and father-in-law Wayne Ball posted scores of 65-67—132 (-12) • In his bid for a record-tying fifth PNC Championship title (Raymond Floyd), defending PNC Championship winner Bernhard Langer posted a final-round 8-under 64 to finish T12 at 17-under 127 playing with daughter, Jackie; was second a record-tying fifth PNC Championship title (Raymond Floyd) • Gary Player, the oldest competitor in this week’s PNC Championship field at 85, followed a 6-under 66 Saturday with a 9-under 63 in Sunday’s final round to finish at 15-under 129 with grandson, James; Player was making his sixth start in the event .
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