MAJOR SURPRISE
Vaughan Wins Tour Championship
First Major Title For 14-year Tour Vet
2017 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL SCORES
| PLACE | GOLFER | SCORES | HANDICAP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 3 4 5 | Vaughan Moawad T. Joe Witt Grigorian | 50-48=98 37-46=83 50-53=103 48-55=103 46-44=90 | -34 -18 -34 -32 -18 | 64 65 69 71 72 |
QUICK CHIPS
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Masters ticket punched: Gerry Vaughan won’t be making the trek to Monterey Park next year as his win earned him a qualifying exemption for the 2018 Masters… Trend continues: Since its expansion in 2011 to a long course format, the Tour Championship has produced 7 different winners… New records: Chris Moawad’s 6 pars on the front-9 alone (he rolled off 5 straight to close out the front-9) broke the course record (Nik Freitas, 5 in 2014). Moawad would finish with 8 to tie the Tour Championship record. His front-9 37 also set a new Westchester record, besting his old mark of 38 (2014)… Leaders: Pars (8) Moawad, followed by Witt (4); Bogeys: (8) Grigorian and Vaughan… 10 year anniversary: Gerry Vaughan’s victory gave him 2 wins this season, marking the 2nd time (2007) he has had a 2-win season… It’s the EARLY Bird that gets the worm: Patrick Bird, who has long railed against early start times (Saturday’s was 7:48) overslept and missed the Tour Championship. Bird had been runner up in 2 of the past 3 editions, and heading into Saturday he had finished 2nd in 2 of the past 3 majors… Weekend of firsts: The MGM Tour’s Gerry Vaughan and the PGA Tour’s Brooks Koepka both won their first majors this weekend… All-time low: Saturday’s 5-man field was the worst attended edition of the MGM Tour’s “club” championship… Tweet-tweet: $10 (with just 5 golfers $1 entry was doubled) went unclaimed and will roll-over to the season-ending Griffith Observatory Championship.
