Lee Westwood and Bryson DeChambeau will play today’s final group together for the second consecutive week. In the Shotlink era, the only other time this has happened in consecutive stroke-play events was Adam Scott and Vijay Singh (2006 TOUR Championship, 2007 Sentry Tournament of Champions)
Tournament Notes
Lee Westwood is seeking to win in his 15th start at THE PLAYERS, which would match the most prior starts by a first-time winner in tournament history. Westwood would also become the tournament’s second-oldest winner (age on Sunday: 47 years, 10 months, 18 days).
In 2005, Fred Funk won THE PLAYERS at the age of 48 years, 9 months and 14 days,
Westwood owns 42 worldwide victories (most recent: 2020 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA) and two PGA TOUR titles: 1998 Zurich Classic of New Orleans; 2010 FedEx St. Jude Classic.
Bryson DeChambeau, (2nd, at -11) and the FedExCup leader, made a 12-foot putt for par on the 18th to remain at 11-under; posts a 5-under 67, matching his tournament-low score (2018/R-2). He went 30 consecutive holes without a bogey before making bogey on the par-4 14th hole.
Justin Thomas recorded the tournament-low round with an 8-under (64), his sixth round in the 60s at THE PLAYERS in 22nd round. His Saturday round marked the seventh time Thomas made four or more consecutive birdies to start a round on Tour. It was the second time he did so at THE PLAYERS (2015/R-3).