WYATT SINKS 15-FOOT PUTT TO WIN
TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Defeats Crump In Sudden Death Playoff
Victory Is His 2nd In 2 Career Starts
2020 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL SCORES (par-61)
PLACE | GOLFER | SCORES | HANDICAP | NET |
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1 2 3 T4 T4 6 7 8 9 | Wyatt Crump W. Vargas Vaughan Quiroz Witt Bird T. Joe Stolz | 40-30=70 45-41=86 43-42=85 47-49=96 48-41=89 48-54=102 49-54=103 56-60=116 52-69=121 | -18 -34 -27 -34 -27 -38 -34 -34 -34 | 52* 52 58 62 62 64 69 82 87 |
QUICK CHIPS:
Tourny first: Saturday’s sudden death finish was the first playoff in Tour Championship history… Crazy 8’s: The MGM Tour returned to action 8 (Covid-induced) months after its last tournament, the Charly Classic. Eric Stolz made his MGM Tour return, coming out of retirement 8 years after last playing… 2 up 2 down: Luke Wyatt became the first Tour rookie to win his first 2 starts… Leaders: Pars (6) Wyatt, followed by Quiroz (5); bogeys (11) W. Vargas, followed by Crump (7)… Records fall: Wyatt’s impressive 70-gross shattered the previous course record held by Armen Grigorian (77, 2016). His back-9 30 bettered the previous record (34) set by Chris Moawad in 2013. His 2 birdies also set a new course record. Walter Vargas set a new course record for bogeys (11)… Major accomplishment: Wyatt joins Chris Moawad as the only golfers to win their debut in a major… Masters-bound: Wyatt’s Tour Championship victory earns him a spot in next year’s Masters. Tweet-Tweet: And if Wyatt’s day couldn’t get any better, he took home the $9 birdie pot, adding an additional birdie for good measure… Covid-bump(?): 9 golfers emerged from Covid exile making 2020’s Tour Championship field the largest in 5 years (most since 13 golfers started in 2014)… Milestone: Walter Vargas’s next tournament will be the 100th of his career.