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Local hero Harry Hall makes waves at Shriners; rookie roundup

Not all top-10s are equal. PGA TOUR rookie Hayden Buckley and Korn Ferry Tour member Harry Hall both finished T8 at last week’s Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas, but it meant far more for one than the other. A top-10 makes Hall eligible for the next open, full-field PGA TOUR event. In this case, the next event meeting those specifications is the Butterfield Bermuda Championship (October 28-31), as the next two weeks – THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT and ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP – are limited-field tournaments. Buckley, who entered the 2021-22 PGA TOUR season ranked 14th within the 50-player priority ranking category for Korn Ferry Tour graduates, had a high probability of earning a spot in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship field via his priority number. Hall, who played the Shriners Children’s Open on a sponsor’s exemption, needed a top-10 for another week on TOUR. And while this update is meant to focus on rookies from the 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour graduating class, Hall became the biggest Korn Ferry Tour storyline last week at TPC Summerlin. Hall made waves on the Korn Ferry Tour with his victory at the 2021 Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics this past June. It was a surprising win given the fact Hall began the 2020-21 season with conditional status. His first start was not until the Tour’s return from the COVID-19 pandemic hiatus at the Korn Ferry Challenge at TPC Sawgrass in June 2020, and he only earned a spot in the field after he survived a 4-for-3 playoff in the Monday qualifier. Last week in Las Vegas was a far more comfortable scenario for Hall. Representing Cornwall, England, Hall played collegiately at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where he was the 2019 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year. Following his collegiate career, Hall stayed in Las Vegas and became a regular at TPC Summerlin, playing the course over 100 times and carding a 60 there roughly a week before making his third career PGA TOUR start. Shriners Children’s Open truly felt like a home event with his mother, Anne, on-site and watching him play in the United States for the first time. “Las Vegas is very close to my heart now, and I’ve spent six years here and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon,” Hall said after his final round. “Very grateful for the exemption they gave me, and I know a lot of people in town were rooting to have me in the field, which means the world.” Hall entered the weekend in T6 position and three shots behind co-leaders Sungjae Im, the 2018 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year, and Chad Ramey, a 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour graduate. At 1-over par through 12 holes of the third round, however, Hall tumbled down the leaderboard. The Englishman staged a furious rally across the final six holes, making four birdies and closing his day with an approach inside of a foot at the par-4 18th. Hall battled to a second consecutive 3-under 68 in Sunday’s final round, tallying five birdies against two bogeys. “If you give me a T8 at the start of the week, I would have taken it,” Hall said. “It’s given me a lot of confidence and I’m happy with the way I’m trending, just through my game and through my career at the moment.” Hall has positioned himself to move from the Korn Ferry Tour to the PGA TOUR via Special Temporary Membership, as his T8 was worth 80 non-member points. Another 197 non-member points will net Hall Special Temporary Membership, which would allow him to accept unlimited sponsor’s exemptions. Hall is not looking too far ahead, though. Nor is he looking at this top-10 as a seminal moment in his very young career. “I’m pretty confident I’ll be on the PGA TOUR, whether it’s through this or through the Korn Ferry (Tour) next year,” Hall said. “Hopefully, I’ll look back in 30 years and this will be a little bit insignificant.” For the time being, it could prove to be quite significant. The same could be said for three other 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour graduates who recorded top-25s in Las Vegas. Hayden Buckley Another week, another top-10 for Buckley. Buckley entered last Sunday’s final round in T31 position, level with fellow rookies Taylor Moore and Davis Riley, and two shots behind graduating classmate Lee Hodges at T15. But a final-round, 8-under 63 vaulted Buckley to a T8 and a spot in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship two weeks from now. Moore was the only other member of the quartet to finish in the top-25, as Hodges fell to T27 and Riley dropped to T56. Playing in his home state the week prior, Buckley recorded a T4 at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Those pair of top-10s have him at No. 10 in the FedExCup standings, slightly behind fellow 2020-21 graduating classmates Cameron Young and Mito Pereira. Buckley earned TOUR membership via the Korn Ferry Tour Finals in his first full season on Tour. Lightly recruited out of Tupelo (Mississippi) High School, with his only significant scholarship offer coming from Rice University, Buckley was offered a two-percent scholarship (essentially to cover books) by the University of Missouri based almost entirely off an endorsement from his high school coach, Chris Harder, who played collegiately at Austin Peay State University under Mark Leroux, Missouri’s head coach since June 2004. Back-to-back top-10s now have an overlooked high school prospect in prime position for additional starts once the reshuffle occurs following The RSM Classic next month. Chad Ramey A week after 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour graduate Sahith Theegala held a share of the 36-hole lead, Chad Ramey co-led with Sungjae Im after 36 holes of the Shriners Children’s Open. A 2-under 69 in the third round dropped Ramey to T3 and two strokes off the lead. Im faltered alongside him, posting a 1-under 70 and slipping to solo sixth. The two played together again in the final round, but Im caught fire and shot a 9-under 62 for a four-stroke victory at 24-under par. Ramey fell all the way to T14 with a 1-over 72 in the final round. The damage was done on the front nine, as Ramey double bogeyed the par-4 third and par-4 seventh. “I got off to a weird start. I had one bad swing, got a little bit of a bad break, made double, and then got into a little grainy area over there on No. 7 and didn’t assess it the way I should have. That will always leave a bad taste in my mouth,” Ramey said. “There are a lot of good things to take from the week, and that’s what I’m going to do.” One positive takeaway? Ball striking. Ramey currently ranks 17th on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green. If Ramey keeps that up, the top-10s will come. Taylor Moore Taylor Moore recorded his second consecutive top-25 with a T24 at the Shriners Children’s Open. It followed his T17 from the Sanderson Farms Championship. While those are finishes are not going to garner much attention, it is worth noting Moore put together a streak of nine consecutive top-25s on the Korn Ferry Tour this past summer. Two weeks after that streak ended, Moore rattled off four consecutive top-10s, including his first career win and a solo second. Those streaks, along with T10s in the first two Korn Ferry Tour Finals events, put Moore sixth among The 25 and 11th on the 50-player priority ranking. Could there be another streak brewing for Moore? Jared Wolfe Sadly, Jared Wolfe did not make the cut at the Shriners Children’s Open, but he still provided one of the feel-good moments of the week at the Monday qualifier. Wolfe, a 33-year-old journeyman without a single PGA TOUR start prior to this season, flirted with a 58 en route to medalist honors at the Monday qualifier. A two-time winner on the Korn Ferry Tour last season, Wolfe phoned his wife, Kelsey, with the news – which was not all positive considering the two had to cancel birthday dinner plans. Some in the social media realm were unimpressed with the excitement from Kelsey, prompting another heartwarming moment from Wolfe. If anyone is still seeking a player to root for from this contingent of Korn Ferry Tour graduates, Jared Wolfe is your man.

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FedExCup Update: Another bubble for Varner to bust?FedExCup Update: Another bubble for Varner to bust?

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – A week ago, Harold Varner III busted the bubble and made the top 125 advancing to the FedExCup Playoffs. Now he’s projected to do the same thing again with 18 holes left at THE NORTHERN TRUST. The situations seem the same. But they really aren’t. And neither is Varner’s mindset. “Last week was a little different,â€� he said. “My job was on the line. Now that we’re here, we can, not so much attack it but you can kind of let it go.â€� When he started the Wyndham Championship, he was 138th in points. But his tie for 10th – his only top-10 finish thus far this season — moved him to 123rd and secured his PGA TOUR card for next season. Now his goal is to keep advancing in the Playoffs and perhaps make the improbable push for a spot in the TOUR Championship. No player outside the top 70 at the start of the Playoffs has ever made it to East Lake, but Varner is in position to at least take the next step to TPC Boston. His 1-over 71 on Saturday leaves him at 2 under for the tournament and tied for 22nd. He currently is one of four players projected to bust the bubble, moving to 95th if he holds his position. He would reach the Dell Technologies Championship for the second straight year if he handles his business on Sunday. “It’s insane,â€� Varner said. “I have a great opportunity now and I’m just really excited about it.â€� He might even be excited enough to check out the FedExCup rankings on a regular basis. “My rookie year, I looked at it all the time and I played well,â€� Varner said of last season, when he had four top-10 finishes. “This year, I didn’t look at all. Maybe I should start looking at it more often.â€� BUBBLE WATCH Here are the players who are projected to move inside the top 100 that will advance to next week’s Dell Technologies Championship, along with the players who are projected to fall out. QUOTE OF THE DAY Last week I was clearly obsessed with the line but this week I’m trying not to be. Every bite of the cherry you get the more chances you obviously have to get to East Lake. Hopefully tomorrow is not my last bite of cherry. TOP 5 WATCH The Top 5 players entering the TOUR Championship will control their own destiny at East Lake. Here’s a look at how the current top 5 fared Saturday at THE NORTHERN TRUST. 1. Hideki Matsuyama (CUT). Sitting at home after missing the cut. Projected to drop to fourth. 2. Justin Thomas (69). Just couldn’t get anything significant going throughout the day and is 4 under and tied for 10th. Projected to fall to third. 3. Jordan Spieth (64). A 31 on the back nine to streak ahead of the pack and set up a three-shot lead at the top. Projected to first. 4. Dustin Johnson (67). Was leading to start the round but saw Spieth blitz past. Still, he’s alone in second at 9 under. He’ll move into first with a win but projected to second right now. 5. Rickie Fowler (74). Started the day tied for the lead and with big hopes. Then made bogeys on five of his first six holes on Saturday to tumble down the leaderboard. Ended the round at 2 under and tied 22nd. Projects to sixth. FEDEXCUP NOTES Seven players start Sunday projected to be eliminated from where they sit on the leaderboard. Scott Stallings and Ryan Blaum are currently projected to be just a stroke short of the position they need, giving them every chance to gain a stay of execution. It will be a tougher ask for Vaughn Taylor, who currently projects to be eight shots back of what he needs to advance. The new man currently projected inside the top 5 on the FedExCup list is Jon Rahm. Sitting in a tie for third at 7 under, Rahm projects to fifth on the standings. “I try not to think about it too much. I just try to focus on my game like I’ve been doing till now,â€� he said. “Certainly the closer we get to East Lake, I know the pressure is going to pile up and the more important it’s going to be. Hopefully I can get in that top-5 spot going into East Lake and be a little less stressed.â€� Patrick Reed (38 to 15), Justin Rose (32 to 20), Keegan Bradley (46 to 26), and Louis Oosthuizen (35 to 27) are players currently projected to move inside the top 30 of the FedExCup standings. While the Dell Technologies Championship and BMW Championship are still to be played, the top 30 make it to the TOUR Championship.

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Spieth victorious at Royal BirkdaleSpieth victorious at Royal Birkdale

Jordan Spieth claimed the third leg of the Career Grand Slam on Sunday, winning The Open Championship. Spieth lost a three-shot lead over the course of 13 holes before playing his final five holes in 5 under to rally past Matt Kuchar, win his 11th TOUR title and take the FedExCup lead. Spieth used a remarkable string of holes on the back nine to hold off Matt Kuchar and win the third major championship of his career. He won by three shots — the same margin he started the day with — after a final round 1-under-69. He played the last five holes in 5-under-par. Spieth was behind by a shot after 13 holes when he went birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie to snatch the tournament away from Kuchar. The sizzling stretch of play came after he made an improbable bogey from the driving range after taking an unplayable penalty shot.

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