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U.S. Senior Open Championship Final-Round Notes U.S. Senior Open Championship Omaha Country Club | Omaha, Nebraska | July 8-11, 2021 Final-Round Notes Sunday, July 11, 2021 Course Setup: Par 70 / 6,711 yards (R4: 73.894; Cumulative: 74.127) Weather: Mostly sunny with highs in the low-80s and winds NNE at 10-15 mph Media Contacts: Brian DePasquale, [email protected] Connor Stange, [email protected], 402-560-3758 Summary: Jim Furyk captured his first PGA TOUR Champions major title and third win of the season at the U.S. Senior Open at Omaha Country Club. After firing 6-under 64 in the second round to take the lead, Furyk never looked back with rounds of 66 and 71 on the weekend to post 7-under. Mike Weir and Retief Goosen shared runner-up honors at 4-under. Player To Par Scores 1. Jim Furyk -7 72-64-66-71 – 273 (-7) T2. Mike Weir -4 70-71-68-67 – 276 (-4) T2. Retief Goosen -4 72-69-66-69 – 276 (-4) 4. Rod Pampling -3 69-72-69-67 – 277 (-3) Quick Links: • Leaderboard • PGATOURmedia.com (transcripts and other resources available for download) Jim Furyk, 72-64-66-71 – 273 (-7) • After playing his first three holes in 3-over, Furyk birdied Nos. 6, 13 and 16 to card 1-over 71. • Furyk, who was T44 after the first round, led after each of the final three rounds. He led by two after 36 holes, led by four after 54 holes and won by three strokes. o It is the highest first-round position by a winner this season on PGA TOUR Champions. The previous highest first-round position by a winner was Darren Clarke (T27, 2020 TimberTech Championship). • Furyk becomes the eighth player to win both the U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open. o Arnold Palmer (1960 U.S. Open; 1981 U.S. Senior Open) o Billy Casper (1959, 1966 U.S. Open; 1983 U.S. Senior Open) o Gary Player (1965 U.S. Open; 1987, 1988 U.S. Senior Open) o Orville Moody (1969 U.S. Open; 1989 U.S. Senior Open) o Lee Trevino (1968, 1971 U.S. Open; 1990 U.S. Senior Open) o Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 U.S. Open; 1991, 1993 U.S. Senior Open) o Hale Irwin (1974, 1979, 1990 U.S. Open; 1998, 2000 U.S. Senior Open) o Jim Furyk (2003 U.S. Open; 2021 U.S. Senior Open) • Furyk becomes the 10th player to win the U.S. Senior Open in his debut, joining Roberto De Vicenzo (1980), Arnold Palmer (1981), Dale Douglass (1986), Lee Trevino (1990), Larry Laoretti (1992), Don Pooley (2002), Peter Jacobsen (2004), Roger Chapman (2012) and Steve Stricker (2019). • Furyk becomes the first three-time winner this season on PGA TOUR Champions. He won each of his first two starts (2020 The Ally Challenge, 2020 PURE Insurance Championship). o A rookie on PGA TOUR Champions this season, Furyk has 10 top-10s in 16 starts, while never finishing outside of the top 20. • Furyk, who held a lead/co-lead entering the final round for the first time on PGA TOUR Champions, is 2-for-3 when playing in the last group of the final round. He won 2020 The Ally Challenge and finished T2 at the 2020 TimberTech Championship while playing in the final group. • Playing in his third major on PGA TOUR Champions, Furyk’s previous finishes were sixth (2021 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship) and T16 (KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship). • Furyk owns 17 PGA TOUR victories and won the FedExCup in 2010. He is the only player in PGA TOUR history with two sub-60 rounds (58, 2016 Travelers Championship, R4; 59, 2013 BMW Championship, R2). Mike Weir, 70-71-68-67 – 276 (-4) • After playing the first 11 holes in 1-over, Weir birdied four of his final seven holes en route to 3-under 67, matching the lowest round of the day (Rod Pampling). • This is Weir’s best finish in a major on PGA TOUR Champions. In three previous starts, his best finish was T5 (2021 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship). • Weir, who won the 2021 Insperity Invitational, earns his fourth runner-up finish of the season. He has 10 top-10s in 20 starts as a rookie, including four of his last five starts. Retief Goosen, 72-69-66-69 – 276 (-4) • After playing his first 11 holes in 1-over, Goosen made two birdies in his last seven holes to shoot 1-under 69. • Goosen was the only player in the field to shoot sub-70 scores in each of the final three rounds. Statistically, he finished T1 in greens in regulation (56 of 72). • This matches Goosen’s best finish of the season on PGA TOUR Champions (2nd, 2021 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai). o It is his fifth top-three finish and 12th top-10 in 26 appearances this season. o Goosen has finished in the top four in three of his last four starts on PGA TOUR Champions. • Goosen, who won the 2019 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, earns his fifth top-five finish in a major on PGA TOUR Champions (10 appearances). • While on the PGA TOUR, Goosen won the U.S. Open in 2001 and 2004. Other Notes • Rod Pampling matched the low round of the day with 3-under 67 to finish fourth at 3-under 277. It is his best finish in a major on PGA TOUR Champions. • 2010 U.S. Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer shot 68-68 on the weekend to post 1-under 279 and finish T5. Langer holds the record for most major wins on PGA TOUR Champions (11). • Kevin Sutherland finished T5 at 1-under 279 for his best finish in a major since the 2015 Regions Tradition (second). Sutherland, who has two wins this season, picks up his fifth top-five in his last eight starts. • Fred Couples finished seventh at even-par 280 for his fifth consecutive top-10 finish. • William Mitchell earned low amateur honors, finishing T46 at 12-over 292. .
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