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Click here for the latest field at Muirfield Village Golf Club as of May 26. Winner – Memorial Tournament Matt Kuchar David Lingmerth Hideki Matsuyama William McGirt Winner – The Players Championship (Last 4 Yrs Plus Year of Win) Jason Day Rickie Fowler Si Woo Kim Winner – The Masters Tournament (Last 4 Yrs Plus Year of Win) Adam Scott Jordan Spieth Bubba Watson Winner – U.S. Open (Last 5 Years) Dustin Johnson Justin Rose Webb Simpson Winner – PGA Championship (Last 5 Years) Jason Dufner Winner – The Open Championship (Last 5 Years) Zach Johnson Phil Mickelson Winner – THE TOUR Championship (Last 3 years) Billy Horschel Winner – World Golf Championships Event – Bridgestone Inv. (3yr) Shane Lowry Winner – HSBC Champions – Last 3 years Russell Knox Winner – Arnold Palmer Invitational (Last 3 Years) Matt Every Marc Leishman Winner – Tournament Winner in the Past Year Aaron Baddeley Jonas Blixt Greg Chalmers Kevin Chappell Adam Hadwin Brian Harman Mackenzie Hughes Billy Hurley III Ryan Moore Rod Pampling Pat Perez D.A. Points Jon Rahm Patrick Reed Cameron Smith Brendan Steele Hudson Swafford Justin Thomas Last Named U.S. Ryder Cup Team J.B. Holmes Brooks Koepka Last Named European Ryder Cup Team Rafa Cabrera Bello Last Named U.S.Presidents Cup Team Bill Haas Chris Kirk Last Named International Presidents Cup Team Steven Bowditch Anirban Lahiri Danny Lee Charl Schwartzel Winner – Prior Year U.S. Amateur Championship Curtis Luck Winner – Prior Year British Amateur Championship Scott Gregory Money List Leaders from International Tours Brett Coletta Matthew Griffin Yuta Ikeda Peter Uihlein Sponsors Exemption – Web.com Tour Finals Ryan Armour Grayson Murray Sponsors Exemption – Members not otherwise exempt K.J. Choi Brendon de Jonge Retief Goosen Sam Saunders Vijay Singh Sponsors Exemption – Unrestricted Padraig Harrington Ryo Ishikawa Soren Kjeldsen Hunter Mahan Carl Pettersson Ryan Ruffels Top 50 – World Golf Ranking – Graduate Decline System Tommy Fleetwood Emiliano Grillo Gary Woodland Kevin Kisner Ross Fisher Top 70 on Prior Season’s FedEx Points List Roberto Castro Sean O’Hair Jason Kokrak Scott Piercy James Hahn Fabian Gomez Jim Herman Smylie Kaufman Charley Hoffman Tony Finau Harris English Jamie Lovemark David Hearn Luke Donald Kevin Streelman Brian Stuard Kyle Reifers Vaughn Taylor Daniel Summerhays Ben Martin Top 70 Current Season’s FedExCup Points List Sung Kang Luke List Lucas Glover Kyle Stanley Keegan Bradley Patrick Cantlay Ollie Schniederjans Bud Cauley Kelly Kraft Scott Brown Martin Laird Kevin Tway J.J. Spaun Michael Kim Nick Taylor Current Year / Prior Year FedExCup Points (Alternating) Ricky Barnes Morgan Hoffmann Patton Kizzire Patrick Rodgers Harold Varner III Stewart Cink Graham DeLaet Johnson Wagner Cheng Tsung Pan Alex Cejka Byeong Hun An Jim Furyk

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – It was just last week that Vijay Singh turned 56 years old. No word on how he celebrated, but it’s doubtful any present could be better than the one he might give himself Sunday. Singh is just 18 holes away from becoming the oldest winner in PGA TOUR history, as his 5-under 65 in Saturday’s third round of The Honda Classic put him within striking distance of the lead. Sam Snead currently has the record for oldest winner, at 52 years, 10 months, 8 days when he won the 1965 Greater Greensboro Open. Just six other players have won PGA TOUR events in their 50s, the most recent being Davis Love III, who was 51 when he won the Wyndham Championship in 2015. Singh, of course, could shatter Snead’s record by more than three years. He understands the enormous challenge that awaits him Sunday. “I’m physically quite capable of doing it,� Singh said. “Mentally, I’m going to go out there and see how my mind works. If I just don’t let anything interfere, I think I can do it.� It’s been 11 years since Singh’s last TOUR win, the 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship – the second of his back-to-back wins in the FedExCup Playoffs that year that helped seal his FedExCup title. But he does have recent success on PGA TOUR Champions, with four career victories, including three in 2018 – including the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Asked what he might be able to draw from those wins, Singh replied: “Playing the Champions Tour, you’ve got to make a lot of birdies. It’s all about making a lot of putts, a lot of birdies there. That brings, I guess, aggression out of you, and you go out there and you know you have to make birdies. “It’s just like the Web kids coming over here. They feel the same way – they’re going to make a ton of birdies. I think anything I take away, it’s that. You’ve got to score well on the Champions Tour, just like you’ve got to score well here.� Just three years ago, Singh finished T-6 at The Honda Classic, shooting four rounds of par or better. Four months later, he was runner-up at the 2016 Quicken Loans National, finishing with a final-round 65. That’s the last time he’s had a top-10 finish on TOUR. Since then, he’s made 36 starts on the PGA TOUR, with 22 missed cuts. That includes both of his starts this season. But just when it appeared his days as a Sunday contender were done, Singh has found his game again in the first 54 holes this week. “Today I played really well,� Singh said after his six-birdie, one-bogey round. “Today I played like I know how. I just let it go and the swing was a lot more freer. If I did what I did today – this is how I used to play. I don’t know what I found, but I’m going to see if it’s still there tomorrow.� Putting has been his nemesis the last decade – the last time he ranked inside the top 100 in Strokes Gained: Putting was in 2006, when he was 99th in that category – but he ranks inside the top 30 in the field this week, and he had a terrific putting day Saturday. He made all 16 putts inside 10 feet, including all four in the 5-10 foot range. He has a new long putter that he put into play recently and “that kind of inspired me, and I’m putting really well with it.� Added Singh: “There is no tension in my body. Putting has been great this week. Standing over the putts, there’s no fidgeting feelings or anything like that. I guarantee if I had a short putter, I would feel a little tense and anxious, but this long putter, I felt pretty much nothing …. “Putting is another thing that kind of stopped me from scoring well, and this week I made a lot of putts with it, and I hope I can do that again tomorrow.� Singh, of course, is long fabled for his tireless work ethic, but even those long hours on the range can’t guarantee he’s up to the rigors of a stress-filled Sunday. He does have one suggestion to solve that. “That should give me a cart tomorrow,� Singh joked. “I deserve one.� Don’t worry, Vijay. If you win The Honda Classic, they’ll give you something much more valuable.

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Viktor Hovland closed with a 4-under 67 for a four-shot victory in the World Wide Technology Championship, making him the first repeat winner since Mayakoba began in 2007.

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