Final-Round Notes – Sunday, August 8, 2021
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 93. Wind SW 10-15 mph.
Final-Round Leaderboard
*Abraham Ancer 67-62-67-68—264 (-16)
Sam Burns 66-64-70-64—264 (-16)
Hideki Matsuyama 68-69-64-63—264 (-16)
Harris English 62-65-65-73—265 (-15)
*won with a birdie on the second hole of sudden death
Things to Know
- Abraham Ancer overcomes a 4-stroke deficit in the final round to become the fourth player from Mexico to win on the PGA TOUR; wins his first event in his first playoff on TOUR
- Ancer becomes the seventh player to make a World Golf Championships his first career PGA TOUR victory
- With a win, Hideki Matsuyama would have overcome a 9-shot deficit, the largest come-from-behind win on the final day since 2004
- Sam Burns uses eight final-round birdies in bid to become the season’s seventh multiple winner, settles for second with Hideki Matsuyama
- After holding a two-stroke lead after each of the first three rounds, Harris English cards 5-over 40 on the inward nine
- Playing in the final pairing, Bryson DeChambeau records three bogeys and a double bogey on the back nine to close in 6-over 41
Abraham Ancer | |
Age | 30 (2/27/1991) |
Country | U.S./Mexico |
FedExCup | 6 |
OWGR | 10th (projected) |
WGC-FESJI starts | 2 |
WGC-FESJI wins | 1 |
WGC-FESJI top-10s | 1 |
PGA TOUR starts | 121 |
PGA TOUR wins | 1 |
PGA TOUR top-10s | 20 |
Starts in 2020-21 | 24 |
Wins in 2020-21 | 1 |
Top-10s in 2020-21 | 7 |
- Beginning the final round four strokes off the lead at 14-under 196, Mexico’s Abraham Ancer used a 2-under 68 to earn a spot in his first TOUR playoff
- Birdie on the second hole of sudden death, the par-4 18th, secured his victory over Sam Burns and Hideki Matsuyama
- Claims his first career PGA TOUR title at the age of 30 years, 5 months, 12 days in his 121st start
- With the win, collects 550 FedExCup points and moves to No. 6 in the standings
- With the win, is projected to move from No. 20 to inside the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- From Guadalajara, becomes the fourth player from Mexico to win on TOUR (Victor Regalado/1974 Pleasant Valley Classic, 1978 John Deere Classic; Cesar Sanudo/1970 Azalea Open Invitational; Carlos Ortiz/2020 Vivint Houston Open)
- With the win, becomes the eighth player to earn his first victory at a World Golf Championships event and first since Russell Knox at the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions
- Win marks his seventh top-10 finish of the season; has amassed four top-5 finishes in his last eight starts on TOUR
- With the win, earns a spot in the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions
- Was one of 19 players in this week’s field who competed in the Olympics; finished T14 at Kasumigaseki Country Club
Additional Player Notes
- In his first start at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Sam Burns (P2/-16) offset a double bogey at the par-4 16th with eight birdies to close with a 6-under 64; claimed his first career PGA TOUR victory earlier this season at the Valspar Championship
- 2017 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational winner (Firestone Country Club) Hideki Matsuyama (P2/-16) followed a 6-under 64 in round three with a bogey-free 7-under 63 in the final round, highlighted by birdies on four of his last seven holes
- After holding two-stroke leads through each of the first three rounds, Harris English (4th/-15) recorded double bogeys on Nos. 11 and 14 – both par-3s – en route to a 3-over 73; with a win, the 2013 FedEx St. Jude Classic winner at TPC Southwind would have become the season’s first three-time winner
- Daniel Berger (T5/-14), who claimed his first two (of four) career TOUR titles at the 2016 and 2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind, birdied his last two holes to close with a 4-under 66
- Seeking his fourth career PGA TOUR title and second of the season (Zurich Classic of New Orleans partnering with Marc Leishman), Cam Smith (T5/-14) closed with a 2-over 72 after making a double-bogey-six on the 72nd hole to lose a spot in the playoff; prior to this week, his best career finish in a WGC stroke-play event was T6/2019 WGC-Workday Championship; finished the week with 93 total putts, one shy of the all-time PGA TOUR record of 92 (David Frost, 2005 RBC Heritage); was one of 19 players in the field this week who competed in the Olympics; finished T10 at Kasumigaseki Country Club
- In search of his first top-10 finish since the Wells Fargo Championship in May (T9), Bryson DeChambeau (T8/-12) posted a 6-over 41 on his inward nine that included a triple bogey at the par-3 11th; with a victory, would have become the season’s first three-time winner
- Following an opening-round 2-over 72, Rory McIlroy posted three scores of 4-under 66 to finish T12 at 10-under 270
- Webb Simpson (T15/-8) birdied his first three holes en route to a 6-under 64, tying his low score of the season; in last two starts in the event, followed a runner-up in 2019 with a T12 in 2020
- After hitting four balls in the water, Si Woo Kim (65th/+13) took a 13 on the 155-yard par-3 11th, marking the highest score recorded at TPC Southwind; it marks the highest score on TOUR in a non-major since 2012 when Charlie Wi made a 13 on the fifth hole in the final round of the 2012 Valspar Championship; marks the highest score on a par-3 on TOUR (non-majors) since 1983
- Garrick Higgo withdrew before the final round (illness)
Course Statistics
Toughest Hole Easiest Hole
R1: Par-3 14th (3.227) Par-5 16th (4.182)
R2: Par-4 5th (4.348) Par-5 16th (4.439)
R3: Par-4 5th/Par-4 18th (4.227) Par-5 16th (4.167)
R4: Par-3 11th (3.600)
Week: Par-4 5th (4.217)
Scoring Averages
Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative
R1: 34.076 34.318 68.394 ---
R2: 34.167 34.030 68.197 68.295
R3: 34.773 33.924 68.697 68.429
R4: 34.723 36.200 70.923 69.053
Bogey-free rounds
R1 (2): Carlos Ortiz (64), Ian Poulter (64)
R2 (5): Cam Smith (62), Abraham Ancer (62), Sam Burns (64), Louis Oosthuizen (64), Adam Scott (66)
R3 (4): Harris English (65), Paul Casey (65), Daniel Berger (67), Martin Laird (69)
R4 (2): Hideki Matsuyama (63), Collin Morikawa (69)
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