With This Victory on August 23, 2009 at the Wyndham Championship, Ryan Moore earns his first PGA TOUR victory in 112th career start at the age of 26 years, 8 months, 18days.
With this win he earns two-year exemption on the PGA TOUR through 2011.
A spot in the following events in order of play:
2010 SBS Championship
2010 Masters Tournament
2010 PLAYERS Championship
2010 PGA Championship
FEDEXCUP STATUS
With 500 points for victory this week, owns 1,023 points and sits 22nd in FedExCup standings.
WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
Is the 14th first-time winner of the Wyndham Championship. He is also the 14th second-round leader since 1976 to win the Wyndham Championship.
Played in the Wyndham Championship as an amateur in 2004 and finished T24.
Won the 16th playoff in the history of the Wyndham Championship, the last coming in 1998 when Trevor Dodds defeated Scott Verplank.
264 total is the second lowest 72-hole score in tournament history, behind Carl Pettersson’s 259 in 2008.
2009 Wyndham Championship Statistics
Category Number/Percentage Rank
Driving Distance 278.6 20
Driving Accuracy 78.6 percent (44 of 56) T2
Greens in Regulation 80.6 percent (58 of 72) T8
Putts Per Round 117 (29.25) T14
Putting Average (GIR) 1.707 8
2009 NOTES
Held the No. 76 spot in the FedExCup standings entering the week and moved up to No. 22 with first PGA TOUR victory.
Is the second youngest winner on TOUR this season behind Dustin Johnson (24).
CAREER NOTES
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.
Is now 1-1 in playoffs on the PGA TOUR. Lost to Adam Scott in other playoff at the 2008 EDS Byron Nelson Championship.
Has held the 36-hole lead three times in his career, recording his first victory at the Wyndham Championship 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.
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