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Boeing Classic

The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge | Snoqualmie, Washington | August 24-26, 2018

Final-Round Notes

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Course Setup: Par 72 / 7,114 yards (R3 Scoring average: 71.766, Cumulative: 71.161) Weather: Slight chance of rain with a high of 62. Winds out of the south and southwest 6-12 mph. Summary: Scott Parel carded the final six holes on the front nine en route to a 9-under 63 to win the , his first victory on PGA TOUR Champions and first official victory since 2013. Parel entered the final-round trailing by five strokes behind and Ken Tanigawa before setting a new 18-hole and 54-hole career-low to secure the victory at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.

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Player To Par Scores

1 Scott Parel -18 65-70-63—198

2 Kevin Sutherland -15 70-60-71—201

T3 Miguel Angel Jimenez -13 67-69-67—203

T3 Ken Tanigawa -13 66-64-73—203

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Scott Parel, 65-70-63—198 (-18) • Scott Parel opened the final round by setting a new front-nine course-record with a 7-under 29, the result of seven birdies. Parel birdied the final six holes of the front nine before finding two back-to-back on Nos. 16 and 17 to turn in an 18-under 198 for his first victory on PGA TOUR Champions. • Parel’s final-round 9-under 63 and 18-under 198 total marks as a new PGA TOUR Champions career-low.

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• He entered the final round five strokes back from leader Kevin Sutherland, making it the biggest come-from- behind win this season on PGA TOUR Champions (previous: two strokes). • Parel’s last win came in 2013 at the Web.com Tour’s Air Capital Classic where he carded a final-round 64 to win by three strokes over Alex Aragon. • With $315,000 in today’s earnings, Parel now sits No. 8 in the Charles Schwab Cup with $1,024,945.

Kevin Sutherland, 70-60-71—201 (-15) • Kevin Sutherland carded a bogey-free round with 17 pars and finished with a birdie on No. 18 for a 15-under 201 finish, to stand as runner-up for the first time this year and the ninth time in his PGA TOUR Champions career. • Sutherland hit 47 of 54 greens in regulation, best in the field, and moved second-place on Tour at 78.41% (Kenny Perry leads at 78.42%). • Sutherland played his last 36-holes bogey-free. • With $184,800 in today’s earnings, Sutherland moves to No. 12 with $846,839.

Miguel Angel Jimenez, 67-69-67—203 (-13) • Miguel Angel Jimenez carded a bogey-free final-round of 5-under 67 to finish tied for third and earn $138,600 and claim the top spot in the Charles Schwab Cup money list at $1,634,068. • Jimenez was second behind for the past three weeks on the Charles Schwab Cup money list, but now holds the reigns by $46,934. He becomes the sixth player to hold the top spot this season. • This is Jimenez’ ninth top-10 finish of the season.

Ken Tanigawa, 66-64-73—203 (-13) • Ken Tanigawa carded a final-round 1-over 73 to finish at 13-under 203 in a two-way tie for third with Miguel Angel Jimenez. • It was Tanigawa’s lowest 54-hole total in his PGA TOUR champions career (previous: 206/ 2018 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship) and his highest finish on PGA TOUR Champions (previous: T9/ 2018 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship) • With $138,600 in today’s earnings, Tanigawa earned his largest career PGA TOUR Champions paycheck and moved to No. 36 in the Charles Schwab Cup with $388,870. Other Notes • Playing in the final threesome, Scott McCarron carded a final round 72 to finish at 11-under 206 in a two-way tie for sixth-place with Scott Dunlap. It is McCarron’s 10th top-10 of the season. • Tom Pernice Jr. carded a final-round 3-under 69 en route to a 12-under 204 for his third fifth-place finish this season. • Defending champion Jerry Kelly carded rounds of 68-69-70 en route to a 9-under 207 finish to sit T11. • Seattle native, Fred Couples moved 28 places up the leaderboard when he carded eight birdies to shoot 7-under 65 in the final round. Couples exited his eighth appearance at the Boeing Classic T15. • Making his PGA TOUR Champions debut, Darren Clarke carded seven birdies in his final round to finish T24 with a 6-under 210 total. • Making his PGA TOUR Champions debut, Chris DiMarco carded rounds of 74-75-77 for a 73rd-place finish at 10-over 226.

Boeing Classic | August 24-26, 2018