2009 Wyndham Championship Final Round Notes

2009 Wyndham Championship
(The 37th of 37 events in the PGA TOUR Regular Season)

Due to Saturday’s weather delay’s the final-round tee times ran from 11:14 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. with threesomes off split tees.

Jason Bohn, Ryan Moore and Kevin Stadler all finished at 16-under to set up the TOUR’s ninth playoff of the season.

Ryan Moore made birdie on the third playoff hole (par-4 No. 18) to defeat Kevin Stadler, who recorded a bogey. Jason Bohn had a bogey on the first playoff hole (No. 18) to drop out of the three man play off.

This was the 16th playoff in the history of the Wyndham Championship, the last coming in 1998 when Trevor Dodds defeated Scott Verplank.

Ryan Moore was the only player with TOUR playoff experience as he lost to Adam Scott at the 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Championship. Jason Bohn was the only player with a TOUR victory entering the playoff (2005 B.C. Open). Jason Bohn was 0-2 in playoffs on the Nationwide Tour, while Kevin Stadler was 2-0 when he played the Nationwide Tour.

Ryan Moore is the sixth first-time winner on the PGA TOUR this season. There have been no less than 10 first-time winners each of the last five seasons (7 in 2003).

Ryan Moore has now held the 36-hole lead three times in his career. This is the first time he has turned one into a victory. Ryan Moore held the 36-hole lead/co-lead two other times coming into the Wyndham Championship and finished T6 both times at the 2006 84 Lumber Classic and the 2007 Fry’s Electronics Open.

Ryan Moore is the 15thplayer this season in 36 events to turn the 36 hole lead into a victory.

Ryan Moore played in the Wyndham Championship as an amateur in 2004 and finished T24.

Ryan Moore is the 14thfirst-time winner of the Wyndham Championship. He is also the 14thsecond-round leader since 1976 to win the Wyndham Championship.

Ryan Moore’s 264 total is the second lowest 72-hole score in tournament history, behind Carl Pettersson’s 259 last year.

Ryan Moore is the most recent winner of the U.S. Amateur (2004) to pick up a win on the PGA TOUR. David Gossett won the 1999 U.S. Amateur and won the 2001 John Deere Classic. Matt Kuchar won the 1997 U.S. Amateur and then got a win at the 2002 Honda Classic. Tiger Woods (1994-1996), Justin Leonard (1992) and Phil Mickelson (1990) are the only other winners of the U.S. Amateur since 1990 to win on the PGA TOUR.

Kevin Stadler was 2 months and 1 day old (born February 5, 1980) when his father Craig Stadler won the 1980 Greater Greensboro Open on April 6, 1980.

There have been seven different father-son winners on the PGA TOUR. Kevin and Craig Stadler would have made it the eighth. The last to do so was Al and Brent Geiberger, when Brent won the 2004 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.

Prior to today’s playoff loss, Jason Bohn’s last second-place finish was at the 2006 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. His only other second-place finish was at the 2005 Deutsche Bank Championship. His only win was at the 2005 B.C. Open.

Sergio Garcia has now finished in the top 10 in 61 of his 193 (31%) starts on the PGA TOUR. He has been in the top 25 in 104 of those 193 events (54%).

The only other time Sergio Garcia put together back-to-back rounds of 64 or better was at the 2007 TOUR Championship (Round 2 and 3). He did it this week in the second and third rounds.

Sergio Garcia’s 195 total after 54 holes is a career-best, topping his 196 at the 2007 TOUR Championship (4th).

In 124 career TOUR events before this week, Kevin Stadler had two top-5 finishes (2007 Reno-Tahoe Open-T2 and 2008 Puerto Rico Open-T4).

PGA TOUR rookie and Winston-Salem, N.C. native David Mathis turned in his best finish (T17) in his 22ndTOUR event. His previous best finish was T23 at the St. Jude Classic presented by FedEx.

The last time Fred Couples (T5) had four or more top-10 finishes in a season was in 2005 (4). He earned his four top-10 finish of the 2009 season today at the Wyndham Championship.

Next week at The Barclays, Michael Allen will join Fred Funk (2007) as the only Champions Tour players to compete in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.

As the final event in the FedExCup Regular Season, the Wyndham Championship plays a vital role in the race to the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. In the off-season, the field size for the first Playoffs event was decreased from 144 to 125 and the Wyndham Championship served as the final stage for players trying to move or stay inside the top 125 in the FedExCup standings.

The Wyndham Championship has the third lowest stroke average of the season (69.086) behind the 50thBob Hope Classic (68.406) and the Travelers Championship (68.949).

A total of 87 players made the 36-hole cut at 2-under-par. Since more than 70 players made the cut, there was an additional reduction of the field to 70 professional players and ties following the third round. Following that secondary cut, the field was reduced to 70 players. The 17 players eliminated after 54 holes will receive their appropriate share of the official prize money in accordance with their respective positions.