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Wyndham Championship

While We’re Young!

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GREENSBORO – Cameron Young shot 2-under-par 68 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship and wasn’t challenged on his way to his first PGA Tour victory Sunday in North Carolina.

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Young strung together five consecutive early birdies and cruised to a six-stroke triumph at 22-under 258 at Sedgefield Country Club, where he matched the tournament scoring record.

Young, who began the day with a five-stroke advantage and held the 54-hole lead for the first time on the tour, became the 1,000th different winner in the history of the PGA Tour. He was a seven-time runner-up on the tour.

Mac Meissner posted 66 to finish as the runner-up at 16 under. Mark Hubbard (63) and Sweden’s Alex Noren (64) tied for third place at 15 under. Amateur Jackson Koivun (67), a junior golfer at Auburn University, Chris Kirk (68), and defending champion Aaron Rai (68) of England shared fifth place at 14 under.

Playing not far from the Wake Forest campus where he went to college, Young was in control for most of the tournament.

After a bogey on the first hole Sunday, Young put together his string of birdies for what became a nine-stroke advantage. Young then had pars on nine consecutive holes before bogeys on the par-3 16th and par-4 17th. He barely missed a birdie attempt on the last hole.

Colombia’s Nico Echavarria, who was in the final pairing with Young, tumbled from the leaderboard with a disastrous stretch on the back nine. After a bogey at No. 10, he carded double-bogeys on the next two holes. His 75 left him tied for 19th place at 10 under.

Denny McCarthy matched Hubbard’s 63 for the best score Sunday and ended up at 12 under and tied for 11th place.

Rookie Karl Vilips posted his first hole-in-one with a 179-yard shot on the third hole. His 67 put him at 10 under.

The tournament marks the final regular-season event on the tour, with golfers needing to finish in the top 70 of the season standings to advance to the FedEx Cup playoffs beginning Thursday.

Kirk played his way into the tournament by jumping 12 spots since the beginning of the tournament.

Davis Thompson (68) nded at 12 under, missing the top-70 position by one spot. Gary Woodland was on the bubble, but his final-day 70 left him at 9 under for the tournament and sharing 23rd place, so he was projected to finish 72nd.

–Field Level Media

PGA Tour: Dahmen Leads After R-1

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GREENSBORO – First round leader Joel Dahmen (1st/-9) in his 232nd start on TOUR, bidding for his second career PGA TOUR title (2021 Corales Puntacana Championship).

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Dahmen totaled 10 birdies, including three consecutive on Nos. 7-9 to finish his round, against one bogey (par-4 14th). His (61) tied his career low round on TOUR (R2/2020 RSM Classic/finished T50).

It was Dahmen’s best finish in six prior starts at the Wyndham Championship is T42 (2017). It marked his sixth career 18-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke play (0-for-5 to date) and his second outright 18-hole lead this season (Corales Puntacana Championship/finished T2).

Notes:
  • Following the Wyndham Championship, the Top 70 players in the FedExCup standings will qualify for next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship (the first of three events in the FedExCup Playoffs):
  • FedEx St. Jude Championship (Top 70 players following Wyndham Championship)
  • BMW Championship (Top 50 players following FedEx St. Jude Championship)
  • TOUR Championship (Top 30 players following BMW Championship)
  • Leaderboard (link)

Kaito Onishi (neck) and Nate Lashley (foot) WD after the first round of the Wyndham Championship

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Wyndham | Leaderboard After 18 Holes

1 Joel Dahmen 61 (-9)

2 Alex Noren 62 (-8)

T3 Cameron Young 63 (-7)

T3 Aaron Rai 63 (-7)

T3 Nico Echavarria 63 (-7)

T3 Mark Hubbard 63 (-7)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

PGA Tour: Wyndham Preview

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GREENSBORO – The 2025 Wyndham Championship is the 36th and last event of the 36 scheduled events in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup regular season. Since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007, the Wyndham Championship has played host to the FedEx Cup regular season finale (since 2008 at Sedgefield Country Club).

Following the Wyndham Championship, the Top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings will advance to the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Every player ranked from Nos. 60-80 in the FedExCup standings are in the field: Tony Finau (No. 60), Rickie Fowler (No. 61), Davis Riley (No. 62), Kevin Yu (No. 63), Erik van Rooyen (No. 64), Nico Echavarria (No. 65), Emiliano Grillo (No. 66), Cam Davis (No. 67), Patrick Rodgers(No. 68), Byeong Hun An (No. 69), Matti Schmid (No. 70), Nicolai Højgaard (No. 71), Keith Mitchell (No. 72), Chris Kirk (No. 73), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (No. 74), Gary Woodland (No. 75), Kevin Roy (No. 76), Alex Smalley (No. 77), Davis Thompson (No. 78), Eric Cole (No. 79), William Mouw (No. 80).

The Wyndham Championship winner will receive 500 FedExCup points, a two-year exemption on the PGA TOUR and $1,476,000; the winner will also be exempt for The Sentry, THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament and PGA Championship in 2026.

  • This year marks the 86th annual Wyndham Championship, having been included on the PGA TOUR schedule since 1938 (the seventh-longest running TOUR event excluding the majors).

Following the Wyndham Championship, the Top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings will advance to the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Every player ranked from Nos. 60-80 in the FedExCup standings are in the field: Tony Finau (No. 60), Rickie Fowler (No. 61), Davis Riley (No. 62), Kevin Yu (No. 63), Erik van Rooyen (No. 64), Nico Echavarria (No. 65), Emiliano Grillo (No. 66), Cam Davis (No. 67), Patrick Rodgers(No. 68), Byeong Hun An (No. 69), Matti Schmid (No. 70), Nicolai Højgaard (No. 71), Keith Mitchell (No. 72), Chris Kirk (No. 73), Christiaan Bezuidenhout (No. 74), Gary Woodland (No. 75), Kevin Roy (No. 76), Alex Smalley (No. 77), Davis Thompson (No. 78), Eric Cole (No. 79), William Mouw (No. 80).

The Wyndham Championship winner will receive 500 FedExCup points, a two-year exemption on the PGA TOUR and $1,476,000; the winner will also be exempt for The Sentry, THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament and PGA Championship in 2026.

PGA Tour: Glover Wins at Wyndham

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FEDEx CUP Playoffs Begin This Week in Memphis

GREENSBORO – Lucas Glover earned his fifth career PGA TOUR title in his 512th start at the age of 43 years, 8 months, 25 days. He became the third player in the FedEx Cup era (est. 2007) to enter the Wyndham Championship outside the bubble for the FedEx Cup Playoffs and win to get in. Glover joined Davis Love III (2015) and Jim Herman (2020), who were outside the Top 125. Glover had to make the Top 70.

Under the “old” FEDEx CUP Playoffs, Austin Smotherman would’ve qualified at No. 125.

Glover bumped-out PGA Tour rookie Austin Eckroat, who entered the week No. 70 and missed the cut and fell to No. 74.

First and second-round outright leader Russell Henley finished T2, earning his fourth consecutive Top-10 at the Wyndham.

With Australia’s Adam Scott (T7) finishing No. 72 in the FedEx Cup standings, American Matt Kuchar is now the only player that has qualified for the FedEx Cup Playoffs in each season since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007.

Justin Thomas (T12) finished the FedEx Cup Regular Season at No. 71 in the FedEx Cup standings, and the score scrapped a streak of eight consecutive seasons qualifying for the FedEx Cup Playoffs and seven straight appearances in the TOUR Championship.

Wyndham Championship | Final Leaderboard

1st Lucas Glover 66 64 62 68 260 (-20)

T2 Russell Henley 62 66 65 69 262 (-18)

T2 Byeong Hun An 63 67 65 67 262 (-18)

4th Billy Horschel 67 62 63 72 264 (-16)

T5 Webb Simpson 67 69 68 63 267 (-13)

T5 Michael Kim 72 65 62 68 267 (-13)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship

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GREENSBORO – Chances are – for this weekend – you win and you’re in. The Wyndham Championship marks the final regular season event of the PGA Tour’s regular season schedule. After conclusion of play Sunday, the FedEx Cup standings will determine qualification for the players positioned in the Top 70 of FedEx Cup points.

Two players have qualified for the FedEx Cup Playoffs in each season since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007: Matt Kuchar, who enters the week No. 59 in the standings, and Adam Scott (No. 81). Scott needs a minimum of a two-way T-9 to have a chance to move into the Top 70 and a three-way T-3 or better based on the TOUR’s projection.

Justin Thomas sits at No. 79 in the FedEx Cup standings and will make his first start at the Wyndham Championship since 2016 (MC), the site of his PGA TOUR debut in 2009 (T-78) as a 16-year-old. The 15-time PGA Tour winner is in his ninth season as a TOUR member and has never missed the Playoffs. He has advanced to the TOUR Championship in each of the last seven seasons and finished in the top 10 in the standings in the last six, including his FedExCup title in 2017. Thomas has three top-10s (his fewest in a season) in 19 starts and enters the week after consecutive missed cuts (The Open Championship, 3M Open). Thomas needs a solo-18th or better to have a chance to move into the Top 70 and a 3-way T-4 or better to reach the Top 70 based on the TOUR’s projection.

The 2019 Wyndham Championship winner J.T. Poston enters the week off a runner-up finish at last week’s 3M Open. The last time Poston finished runner-up (2022 Travelers Championship), he went on to win the following week at the 2022 John Deere Classic.

Lee Hodges, last week’s winner of the 3M Open withdrew from the Wyndham.

Sam Burns has five Top-10s this season, highlighted by a win at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. The five-time PGA TOUR winner will be making his second start at the Wyndham Championship (T-13/2020) and would move into the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 with a win this week.

After the weekend, the Top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Aug. 10-13 at TPC Southwind in Germantown, Tennessee, near Memphis.

FedEx Cup Playoffs Schedule

FedEx St. Jude Championship – August 7-13

BMW Championship – August 14-20

TOUR Championship – August 21-27

Wyndham Championship | Tournament Facts

COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina

YARDS/PAR: 7,131 yards/Par 70

ARCHITECT: Donald Ross

PRIZE Money/Winner’s Share – Purse: $7,600,000/$1,368,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Joohyung Kim

PAST RESULTS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WyndhamChamp

Kim Earns First PGA Tour Title

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Kim’s Win at the Wyndham Marks End of Regular Season

GREENSBORO – Joohyung “Tom” Kim earned his first PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship, gaining full-time membership on the Tour for 2023 and qualifying for the upcoming FedEx Cup Playoffs. He will enter the Playoffs at No. 34 in the FedEx Cup standings.

At age 20 years, 1 month, 17 days, Kim is the second-youngest winner on the PGA TOUR since World War II, the youngest being Jordan Spieth, 2013 John Deere Classic). Kim is the first player born in the 2000s to win on Tour.

Kim made a quadruple bogey on his first hole of the tournament (No. 1 in R-1). He is the first player on record (since 1983) to make a quadruple bogey on the first hole of an event and go on to win and the fifth to record such a score on any hole and go on to win.

Kim joined the PGA Tour as a Special Temporary Member after The Open Championship and is the first Special Temporary Member to win on Tour since Collin Morikawa at the 2019 Barracuda Championship.

Kim’s front-nine (27) tied the second-lowest nine-hole score in PGA Tour history (15th instance of (27) or lower) and his final round (61) tied the fifth-lowest final-round score by a winner on record (since 1983).

Sungjae Im finished in a two-way tie for second place and moved to No. 10 in the FedExCup standings, earning $1 million through the Comcast Business Tour Top 10.

As has been a bit of a tradition, two players who didn’t enter the week in the Top 125 in the FedExCup standings moved-up to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs:

  • Joohyung “Tom” Kim (entered the week as a Special Temporary Member)
  • Max McGreevy (entered the week at No. 126)

As CBS Sports signed-off the air yesterday so came an end to Sir Nick Faldo’s 16-year stint as the network’s lead golf analyst and commentator. Here is the final segment:

Wu, Im Lead in Rain-Delayed Wyndham

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GREENSBORO – There are delays at the airport, delays on the highways, delays for deliveries and a delay, once again, at the Wyndham Championship.

The cause? Inclement weather and then darkness on the edge of Sedgefield.

Play was suspended for the day at the Wyndham Championship with only 12 of 86 players completing the third round. The third round will resume this morning at 7:30am (ET).

At 12-under thru 11 holes, Sungjae Im and Brandon Wu share the lead at the weather-delayed Wyndham with this weekend marking the third straight season experiencing weather delays at the championship.

Two past recipients of the Rookie of the Year Award sit T-3 or better as Im is (T-1) and John Huh at (T-3). Meanwhile, five players within two shots of the lead are seeking their first PGA TOUR victory: Wu (T-1), Joohyung Kim (T-3), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (T-5), Anirban Lahiri (T-5), Davis Riley (T-5).

Wyndham Leaderboard

Sungjae Im 63-69 (-12 thru 11 holes)

Brandon Wu 64-67 (-12 thru 11 holes)

John Huh 61-71 (-11 thru 11 holes)

Joohyung Kim 67-64 (-11 thru 10 holes)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

PGA Tour: Huh Grabs Lead

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GREENSBORO – John Huh carded a career-low (61) and holds a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Wyndham Championship, the final regular season event of the PGA Tour season.

Sungjae Im (2nd), who won the Shriners Children’s Open earlier this season, needs a two-way T-2 or better to have a chance to finish in the Comcast Business Tour Top 10

There are three past recipients of the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Award at T-5 or better: John Huh (1st), Sungjae Im (2nd) and Aaron Wise (T-5).

Joohyung Kim 3-under (67) became the third player in the ShotLink era (est. 2003) to make a quadruple bogey on the first hole of a round and go on to record an under-par score.

Rickie Fowler opened with a 1-over (71) and is projected to fall out of the Top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings. Fowler, who is fully exempt on TOUR through the 2022-23 season, missed the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time in his career in 2021.

Wyndham Leaderboard After 18 Holes

John Huh 61 (-9)

Sungjae Im 63 (-7)

Peter Malnati 64 (-6)

Brandon Wu 64 (-6)

Nine players 65 (-5)

Full Leaderboard: (link)

 

Regular Season Finale for PGA Tour

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GREENSBORO – The 2022 Wyndham Championship is the final regular season event on the PGA Tour schedule. Next week, the FedEx Cup Playoffs begin when the Top 125 ranked players qualify for play. This week, the Donald Ross-designed course in Greensboro has hosted this event since 2008.

The average winning score over that span is 19 under par. Kevin Kisner and five others went 15 under last year as weather disruptions played a role in the outcome. At the events in the previous five years, it took at least 21 under par to win.

This weekend, four of the world’s Top 25 players are competing in the Wyndham Championship field. The top-ranked is No. 14 Will Zalatoris and then Billy Horschel (15th), Sungjae Im (21st) and Shane Lowry (24th).

The 2021 playoff tied the tour record for most players in sudden-death competition, and Kisner won with a birdie on the second playoff hole.

After the weekend, the Top 125 players in the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Aug. 11-14 at TPC Southwind in Germantown, Tennessee. From there, the Top 70 eligible players will qualify for the following week’s BMWChampionship at Wilmington (Delaware) Country Club, with the Top 30 after the BMW earning spots in the field for the season-ending TOUR Championship at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club.

Wyndham Championship | Tournament Facts

COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina

YARDS/PAR: 7,131 yards/Par 70

ARCHITECT: Donald Ross

PRIZE Money – Purse: $7,300,000/$1,314,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Kevin Kisner

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WyndhamChamp

PGA Tour: First Look at the Wyndham

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Preview of The Wyndham Championship

COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club – (Greensboro, NC)

ARCHITECT: Donald Ross

YARDS/PAR: 7,131 yards/Par 70

PRIZE Money/First Place Winnings: $6,400,000/$1,157,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jim Herman (2020)

PAST RESULTS: (link)

PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)

FEDEx CUP Points Total/Winner: 2,989/500

SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @WyndhamChamp

OFFICIAL SITE: (Wyndham Championship)

TV COVERAGE: Thursday, August 12 and Friday, August 13: Coverage from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel.

On Saturday, August 14, Round 3 coverage 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) on Golf Channel. Then, CBS takes over from 3:00pm to 6:00pm (EDT). On Sunday, August15: Golf Channel opens final round coverage 1:00pm to 3:00pm (EDT) and CBS wraps it up from 3:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT).

PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: Streaming coverage on Thursday and Friday, from 7:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT) on PGA Tour Live. Twitter coverage from 7:00am-8am on Thursday and Friday.

On Saturday and Sunday, PGA Tour Live will stream 8:00am (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT). Twitter will stream 8:00am-9:15am (EDT) on Saturday and 8:30-9:45am (EDT) on Sunday.

PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live radio coverage of the FedEx-St.Jude with Thursday and Friday broadcasts from 12:00pm Noon (EDT) to 6:00pm (EDT). Weekend coverage on Sirius XM Radio begins at 1:00pm (EDT) until 6:00pm (EDT) on Saturday and 1:00pm to 6:30pm (EDT) or conclusion on Sunday. PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92)

How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)

 

The Wyndham Championship: Pre-Tourney Notebook

It’s the final week for PGA Tour pros to play their way to the Top 125 and qualify for the 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs. Nine players have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season. Six of them in the field this week but four are on the bubble to qualify for the Playoffs: Adam Scott (121st), Matt Kuchar (124th), Justin Rose (138th) and Ryan Moore (142nd).

Charles Howell (137th) is not in the field and will miss the FedEx Cup Playoffs for the first time in the FedExCup era.

Notable players outside the Top 125 in the FedExCup standings include Rickie Fowler, who has not missed the Playoffs in his previous 11 seasons on Tour, World No. 35 Tommy Fleetwood and 2018 FedExCup championJustin Rose, noted above at No. 138.

The Basics:

Tournament Tee Times begin Thursday at 6:50am (EDT) to 2:27pm (EDT).

Weather: Thursday’s forecast is for 82-degree temperatures, 66% humidity and a 40% chance of rain. Thundershowers likely in the afternoon.

PGATourBrunch will post at 7:00am (EDT) on Thursday.

Next Week: Northern Trust – the first round of FedEx Cup Playoffs (link)

Last Week: WGC-FedEx/St. Jude (link) and Barracuda (link)

Wyndham – Field and Tee Times:

The Field – (link)

Tee Times: (link)

Odds for the Wyndham Championship

(Odds by William Hill)

Webb Simpson 12-1
Hideki Matsuyama 14-1
Louis Oosthuizen 18-1
Patrick Reed 22-1
Brian Harman 28-1
Will Zalatoris 28-1
Jason Kokrak 28-1
Sungjae Im 30-1
Kevin Kisner 33-1
Tommy Fleetwood 33-1
Charl Schwartzel 33-1
Russell Henley 35-1
Matthew Wolff 40-1
Kevin Streelman 40-1
Seamus Power 40-1
Kevin Na 40-1
Si-Woo Kim 40-1
Gary Woodland 40-1
Bubba Watson 40-1
Adam Scott 40-1
Rickie Fowler 45-1
Justin Rose 45-1
Robert Macintyre 45-1
Brandt Snedeker 45-1
Sebastian Munoz 50-1
Branden Grace 50-1
Jhonattan Vegas 50-1
J.T. Poston 50-1
Erik Van Rooyen 50-1
Mito Pereira 50-1
Zach Johnson 55-1
Talor Gooch 55-1
Ryan Moore 60-1
Harold Varner 60-1
Patton Kizzire 66-1
Lucas Glover 66-1
Chez Reavie 66-1
Doug Ghim 66-1
Hank Lebioda 66-1
MacKenzie Hughes 70-1
Ryan Armour 80-1
Luke List 80-1
Doc Redman 80-1
Brendon Todd 80-1
Chris Kirk 80-1
Lanto Griffin 80-1
Rory Sabbatini 80-1
Adam Schenk 80-1
C.T. Pan 80-1
Joel Dahmen 80-1
Keith Mitchell 100-1
Patrick Rodgers 100-1
Kramer Hickok 100-1
Kyle Stanley 100-1
Adam Hadwin 100-1
Matt Jones 100-1
Jim Herman 100-1
Mark Hubbard 100-1
Dylan Frittelli 100-1
Andrew Putnam 100-1
Bo Hoag 100-1
Roger Sloan 100-1
Scott Piercy 100-1
Francesco Molinari 100-1
Tom Lewis 100-1
Brandon Hagy 100-1
Henrik Norlander 125-1
Adam Long 125-1
Scott Stallings 125-1
Matt Kuchar 125-1
Kyoung-Hoon Lee 125-1
Michael Thompson 125-1
Sepp Straka 125-1
Brian Stuard 125-1
Aaron Wise 125-1
Sam Ryder 150-1
Byeong Hun An 150-1
Brice Garnett 150-1
Richy Werenski 150-1
Martin Laird 150-1
Joseph Bramlett 150-1
Jason Dufner 200-1
Camilo Villegas 200-1
Matthew NeSmith 200-1
Nick Taylor 200-1
Wyndham Clark 200-1
Vincent Whaley 200-1
James Hahn 200-1
Russell Knox 200-1
Beau Hossler 200-1
Anirban Lahiri 200-1
Satoshi Kodaira 200-1
Harry Higgs 250-1
Denny McCarthy 250-1
Nate Lashley 250-1
Will Gordon 250-1
Tom Hoge 250-1
Sean O’Hair 250-1
Chesson Hadley 250-1
Bo Van Pelt 250-1
Akshay Bhatia 250-1
Kevin Tway 250-1
Scott Brown 250-1
Chase Seiffert 300-1
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 300-1
Davis Thompson 300-1
Aaron Baddeley 300-1
Mark Anderson 300-1
Alex Smalley 300-1
Vaughn Taylor 300-1
Hudson Swafford 300-1
John Augenstein 300-1
Austin Cook 300-1
J.J. Spaun 300-1
Robby Shelton 300-1
Padraig Harrington 300-1
Tyler Duncan 300-1
Nick Watney 300-1
Cameron Percy 300-1