CRUMP / VARGAS WIN AT HOOTERS
Crump Repeats
First Hooters Win For Vargas in 13 years
FINAL RESULTS
| PLACE | TEAM | SCORE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRUMP / W. VARGAS | 23 = 15 + 8 |
| 2 | BIRD / VAUGHAN | 19 = 11 + 8 |
| 3 | D. VARGAS / T. JOE | 17 = 7 + 10 |
QUICK CHIPS
Wire-to-wire: 1st round leaders Crump/W. Vargas became the 9th team in the 15 editions of the current format to go wire-to-wire, 4th in the last 5 years; their point total (23) was the lowest winning total in 4 years, worst in the 4 editions held at Arroyo Seco, and 2nd worst in the tournament’s 12 “modern era” years… Winning lineage: Clint Crump went back-to-back at the Hooters despite missing last year’s partner Chris Moawad, who won last year with Crump when Moawad’s 2017-winning partner Martin Witt didn’t play. Only 1 team has ever successfully defended their title, but Crump now becomes the 4th golfer to repeat… Nice pair of Hooters: Walter Vargas’s last Hooters win came in his Tour debut, in 2006… Top-3 Guaranteed!: Sunday’s 3-team field was the lowest in tournament history but guaranteed all involved a top-3 finish… Tweet-Tweet: Crump/W.Vargas carded the day’s only birdie, earning them the $18 birdie pot. It was Crump’s 3rd time in the money in his 4 starts this season and Vargas’s 2nd in 3 starts… Love’n him some Hooters: Patrick Bird, who has never missed a Hooters Championship, extended his tournament-record perfect attendance to 16 straight years… Milestone: Gerry Vaughan, a former 2-time Player of the Year, made the 100th start of his career.
