VARGAS OVERTAKES BIRD
With his 2nd win of the season Doug Vargas finds himself the season’s new #1 player. It has been 2 years since he was last ranked #1. Vargas’s latest victory, the 12th of his career, places him in a tie for 2nd on the MGM Tour’s all-time wins list; he also moved into 2nd on the Tour’s all-time match play wins list (18-6). The two wins this season marks the 4th time in Vargas’s career that he’s recorded a multiple win season.
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With Patrick Bird and Doug Vargas collecting 4 wins between them this season, the two, along with John Frost, are the only golfers this season who’ve made the cut for the Tournament of Champions in December.
Milestones
3 golfers reached milestones at the MGM Match Play Invitational. Charter member Patrick Bird played his 70th career tournament, while Travois Gordón and John Mann played in their 60th and 50th tournaments respectively.
APRIL UPDATE
CUR PREV PLAYER EVENTS POINTS WINS
# OF TOP-3's BEHIND LEAD
1 2 D. VARGAS 3 49.56 2 2
2 1 Bird 4 46.15
2 3 -3.41
3 T10 Fidler 3 30.08 2 -19.48
4 3 Moawad 3
29.75 2 -19.81
5 7 Crump 4 28.08 2 -21.48
6 T10 Vaughan 3 25.08 2 -24.48
7 4 Frost 3 21.65 1 2 -27.91
T8 5 Gordón 3 17.15
1 -32.41
T8 9 W. Vargas 2 17.15 1 -32.41
10 6 T. Joe 4 14.54 1 -35.02
11 8 Mann 2 13 1 -36.56
12 12 Witt 4 9.06 -40.5
13 13 Clemente 2 8.08 1 -41.48
14 14 Grigorian 2 6 -43.56
15 15 Quiroz 2 4.04
-45.52