Arjun Atwal earns first PGA TOUR victory in his 120thcareer start at the age of 37 years, 5 months, 2 days He wil now be fully exempt for the remainder of 2010 and all of 2011 and 2012.
His victory is the 15th first-time winner in the 71-year history of the Wyndham Championship. Is the 14th first-time winner on TOUR this season an it is the fourth first-round leader to win the Wyndham Championship since 1976.
Atwal began the 2010 PGA TOUR season playing on a Minor Medical Exemption out of the Qualifying Tournament/Nationwide Tour category. He had eight events in which he had to earn $586,007 to gain status for the remainder of the season. His eighth start was the RBC Canadian Open, where he failed to earn the needed balance. Therefore, was not eligible to receive FedExCup points at the Wyndham Championship.
He is the first Monday Qualifier to win on TOUR since Fred Wadsworth at the 1986 Southern Open.
Is the first native of India to win on the PGA TOUR. Is also the first native of India to join the PGA TOUR (2004). His previous best TOUR finish was a P2 at the 2005BellSouth Classic where he lost in a five-man playoff to Phil Mickelson.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
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