PGA Tour Brunch | Wyndham Wrap-Up
@PGATourBrunch Looks at the Wyndham Championship and FedEx Cup Playoffs
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:
Wyndham Championship | Final Leaderboard
Joohyung Kim 67-64-68-61—260 (-20)
Sungjae Im 63-69-65-68—265 (-15)
John Huh 61-71-66-67—265 (-15)
Ben Griffin 69-69-64-64—266 (-14)
Max McGreevy 68-67-67-65—267 (-13)
Russell Henley 67-65-69-66—267 (-13)
Taylor Moore 69-67-64-67—267 (-13)
Full Leaderboard: (link)
FedEx Cup Points Leaderboard | Top 125 Advance
The 2022 FedExCup Playoffs begin this week with the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
There will be 122 players in the field (Tommy Fleetwood, Lanto Griffin and Daniel Berger are eligible but not in the field). Rickie Fowler (No. 125) is the last man to qualify for the field.
FedEx Cup Standings After Wyndham (PGATourCom)
What They’re Saying
Kim Shoots (61) for Wyn at Wyndham (PGATourCom/Associated Press)
Kim Makes History (PGATourCom)
PGA Tour Rookie Rankings (PGATourCom)
Updated FedEx Cup Points (PGATourCom)
Sporting Goods, Golf Industry News
What’s In Kim’s Golf Bag (Golf Week/USA Today)
Wyndham Championship Prize Money Break-down (Golf Week/USA Today)
Tour Responds to LIV Player Lawsuit (Golf Week/USA Today)
PGA Files Motion vs LIV for FedEx Cup Playoffs (ESPNCom)
On This Day in Golf History
August 8, 1976 - an 18-year old Seve Ballesteros won his first pro title at the Dutch Open. He won by an impressive eight strokes over runner-up Howard Clark of England. Ballesteros went on to win 50 titles on the European Tour and nine on the PGA Tour.- Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
Parting Putt
This Week
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Five Things for FedEx St. Jude’s (PGATourCom)
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