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Here is a look at the four players who Monday qualified for the Farmers Insurance Open in Murrieta, California. The last two spots were decided in a five-man playoff. QUALIFIERS Andres Gonzales (69) Age: 37 College: UNLV Turned pro: 2006 PGA TOUR starts: 128 PGA TOUR earnings: $2.5 Million Twitter: @Andres_Gonzales Notes: This is his second straight successful Monday qualifier after getting through at the Sony Open, where he missed the cut despite a second-round 67. ... Is currently 148th in Korn Ferry Tour points and has made nine of 21 cuts so far in the extended '20-21 season. Tain Lee (69) Age: 30 College: Claremont McKenna College Turned pro: 2012 PGA TOUR starts: 0 PGA TOUR earnings: 0 Twitter: N/A Notes: Made an eight-foot putt on the last hole at the pre-qualifier to get through to the Monday qualifier on the number ... Has four top-10s in 33 career starts on the Mackenzie Tour PGA TOUR CANADA. Jared du Toit (70) Age: 25 College: Arizona State University Turned Pro: 2017 PGA TOUR starts: 3 PGA TOUR earnings: N/A (made one cut as an amateur) Twitter: @jareddutoit Notes: Made a 12-foot putt on the 17th hole, then chipped in on 18 to get into playoff ... Birdied the first playoff hole to get through ... All of his other three PGA TOUR starts came at the RBC Canadian Open. Cameron Young (70) Age: 23 College: Wake Forest Turned Pro: 2019 PGA TOUR starts: 0 PGA TOUR earnings: N/A Twitter: N/A Notes: Monday qualified for the Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Aetna and finished T11 ... That finish got him into the WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by KraftHeinz, where he finished T6 ... That got him into the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco, where he finished T6 ... He then finished T2 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. Q & A with Patrick Flavin PGATOUR.COM spoke with Korn Ferry Tour member Flavin, who was in qualifying position before play was suspended Monday night. He would later be eliminated in the five-for-two playoff Tuesday. PGATOUR.COM: Today was tough, weather wise, and scoring was high. When you turned in a score of 70, did you think you had a chance? Flavin: The weather was nuts. We had hail, wind, rain, sun, we basically had it all. Then, knowing that with so many players that it wasn't going to finish 'til Tuesday, it was just an unusual Monday qualifier. When I finished at two under, I didn't think I really had any chance. That said, I've gotten through a couple of Monday qualifiers and in both cases last year I didn't think I was going to make it. You really never know what to expect. So, I was literally just sitting in my car watching scores come in. PGATOUR.COM: It's always a little hectic when a Monday does not finish to arrange a hotel, especially when you're right on edge of being in or out. What did you arrange for tonight? Flavin: Fortunately, I have a friend back in Scottsdale whose parents live about 45 minutes away from the course. So, I called them, and they were nice enough to let me stay for the night. It is really nice of them, and awesome to have a place to stay. I'll hopefully get some sleep and then pack up and head back to the course early tomorrow morning. PGATOUR.COM: Do you mentally prepare yourself for a playoff, or do you now tell yourself your score will not hold up in order to take away some of the disappointment if it doesn't? Flavin: I always think it's better to go in thinking and preparing that you are going to play. Especially in this case, I would absolutely love to have a chance to get into a playoff. I think there is no cooler, more exciting feeling than a Monday qualifier playoff. It's so pressure-packed because it's either get in or go home. I would love the opportunity. ... Assuming I am going to play gives me the chance to mentally prepare for that moment. That can also be tough if I don't make it, but I have to think what's best for me. PGATOUR.COM: There is no live scoring at Monday qualifiers, and there are a lot of players left on the course. Did you ask friends still out there about whether anyone was playing well? Flavin: The only guy I talked to was Nick Hardy, one of my best friends. He texted me and said it was playing really tough and he'd be surprised if anyone beat two under. There are guys that have seven or so holes left, so you never know. In general, I try to stay away from that stuff; when I see scores posted, I'll know. I'll just wait and see. Hanging out in the car all day just watching scores come in isn't the most fun thing in the world, but it's better than not having any chance at all. PGATOUR.COM: What is the plan tomorrow morning? Are you going to watch scores come in from where you are staying, or get to the course and watch them come in live? Flavin: I am going to get to the course pretty early. I will get there and talk to the guys running the event and see what they are thinking as far as timing of the playoff, if there is one. I just like to be at the course and be prepared. Last year at the Waste Management Monday they told me a playoff would be in 30 minutes and 10 minutes later they were calling us to the tee. It was a good lesson to be ready. PGATOUR.COM: Are you going to get any sleep tonight? Flavin: Yeah, I am really tired. Today was a grind with the weather, so I think I'll sleep really good. Notes NOTABLE MISSES: Davis Riley 71, Sahith Theegala 72, Ricky Barnes 73, Josh Teater 75 COURSE INFO Bear Creek Golf Club, Par 72, 7,065 yards, 75.3 rating, 143 slope 2020-2021 SEASON MONDAY QUALIFIER STATS Average Medalist score: 64.2 Average last qualifying spot score: 66.5 Total number of cuts made: 13 of 35 (37.1%) Most recent results (Sony Open): Nick Hardy T14, Andres Gonzales MC, In-hoi Hur MC, MJ Daffue MC Money earned: $453,368 Best Finish: MJ Daffue T12, Sanderson Farms NEXT MONDAY QUALIFIER Feb. 1: Waste Management Phoenix Open, McCormick Ranch Golf Club NOTES FROM OTHER TOURS: The Korn Ferry Tour season starts at the Lecom Suncoast Classic, Feb. 18. Click here for the link to the full schedule.

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Last year's ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP was Tiger Woods' record-tying 82nd victory on the PGA TOUR. This week, he defends that title in the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP @ SHERWOOD. It will be the first time since August 2014 that he will play an event as the defending champion. This will be Woods' eighth attempt at his 83rd PGA TOUR victory, an achievement that would move him ahead of Sam Snead and into first place alone on the career wins list. RELATED LINKS: 15th Club | Tiger and Sherwood are a perfect match Of those first 82, which were the most impressive from a statistical perspective? What parts of Woods' game shined brightest in the biggest moments? Some answers were tougher to deduce than others, but I tried to answer those questions. Here are Woods’ best statistical performances from his 82 wins. Off the Tee: 2009 Memorial Tournament Woods' performance at the 2009 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide was a statistical masterpiece off the tee. He led the field in Strokes Gained: Off-The-Tee, but didn't do it how you may think. Woods hit 87.5% of his fairways, tying his highest percentage as a professional in a PGA TOUR event. That included a run of 18 straight fairways hit to conclude a one-shot victory over Jim Furyk. Non-ShotLink division: 1997 Masters: To this day, partly because of the course changes that came after Woods’ 12-shot win, a 21-year-old Woods holds the Masters Tournament single-week average driving distance record, at 323.1 yards. Woods' advantage over the field average that week was an incomprehensible 46 yards per drive (277.1). For perspective, Bryson DeChambeau averaged 322.1 yards off the tee in 2019-2020, 25.7 yards further than the TOUR average for the season. Woods also hit 47 fairways for the week, one fewer than he hit two years prior as an amateur. Since statistical tracking began about 40 years ago, there are two instances where a player averaged 310 or more yards and hit 45 or more fairways in a Masters. Both were Woods (1995 and 1997). Approach Play: 2006 THE NORTHERN TRUST Woods' performance in the 2000 U.S. Open is the most dominant in the game's history, and his iron play was a huge part of it. We'll get to that tournament in a moment, but first we'll look at his best approach performance in the ShotLink era: the 2006 THE NORTHERN TRUST at TPC Boston. That week, Woods racked up a staggering 14.6 Strokes Gained: Approach, six strokes more than anyone else in the field (Robert Karlsson was second, at 8.31). It's the most Strokes Gained: Approach for Woods in any single event in his career. The 2006 season saw Woods reach iron play levels not seen by anyone since: he averaged a TOUR-best 2.07 Strokes Gained: Approach per round, a mark not bettered since. Non-ShotLink division: 2000 U.S. Open: During a week in which the field hit less than 50% of the greens in regulation (48.4%), Woods hit 70.8% for the tournament. His 51 greens hit in regulation were seven more than anyone else (Fred Couples and David Toms each hit 44) and translated to a field-best 21 birdies. Arguably the most dominating performance in pro sports history, Woods' 2000 U.S. Open victory is nearly impossible to top from a ball-striking perspective. Short Game: 2009 Arnold Palmer Invitational At Bay Hill in 2009, Woods lost strokes to the field on his drives and approach shots (-0.43 for the tournament), yet still got to shake Mr. Palmer's hand and lift the trophy that Sunday afternoon. He did it through sensational short-game play, getting up and down for par 24 times, his most across 79 stroke-play victories on TOUR. Woods led the field for the week in Strokes Gained: Around-The-Green, at 1.69 per round. Non-ShotLink division: 1999 Walt Disney World Classic: Honorable mention here goes to another Orlando-area win 10 years prior, at the 1999 Disney Classic. That week, Woods was a perfect 13-for-13 scrambling and claimed a one-shot victory despite seven three-putts. In the last 35 years, it's one of just four instances where a player had a perfect scrambling percentage for 72 holes (with ten or more attempts) and went on to win the tournament. Putting: 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational Woods' legacy of clutch putts makes this category maybe the most difficult to lock down. From ‘Better Than Most' at the 2001 PLAYERS to ‘Expect Anything Different' at the 2008 U.S. Open (both victories, by the way), memories of big moments abound from Woods' halcyon days. The most complete putting performance, statistically speaking, might have come at Bay Hill in 2013. Woods had 11.2 Strokes Gained: Putting for the week, by far his most in a win since ShotLink tracking began in 2004. He led the field in approach putt performance (a stat that measures lag putting ability) and made nearly 100 feet of putts per round. Woods' 14 putts made outside 10 feet that week are tied for his second-most in any single PGA TOUR event. Best Comeback: 2000 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am While one triumph at Pebble Beach in 2000 has already been mentioned, what Woods did earlier that year at that same site was awe-inspiring, as well. At the 2000 AT&TPebble Beach Pro-Am, Woods trailed by seven strokes with nine holes to play. After a hole-out for eagle at 15, Woods birdied two of the last three to card a bogey-free 64 and win by two strokes. The previous year at Torrey Pines, Woods was tied for 36th place entering the third round, nine shots behind leader Ted Tryba. Woods shot 62-65 on the weekend to win by two strokes. It marks the only time in Woods' career he has won when outside the top 25 through 36 holes. Most Dominant: 2000 U.S. Open There are only two instances since 1900 where a player won a major championship by double digits. Both of those performances were turned in by Woods before he turned 25. Three years after the unthinkable 12-stroke runaway at Augusta National, Woods' 15-shot destruction of the field at Pebble Beach re-wrote the top lines in golf's record books, seemingly in uncrackable stone. While the 2000 U.S. Open (+29.21 Strokes Gained: Total) and 1997 Masters (+25.86) are easily listed as the two most dominant victories of Woods' legendary career, the intrigue comes when pondering what win is next on the list. By Strokes Gained: Total, it's the 2008 Farmers Insurance Open (+23.51), an eight-stroke romp at Torrey Pines where Woods led the field by a wide margin in Strokes Gained: Approach. By simply margin of victory, there are two others vying for the bronze: the 2003 Arnold Palmer Invitational and the 2000 WGC Invitational, both won by eleven strokes. Woods accounts for more than half of the double-digit wins on the PGA TOUR over the last 30 seasons (four of seven). In the 2000 PGA TOUR season, Woods had more wins by 11 strokes or more (two) than rounds of 74 or higher (one). How about the 2005 Open at St. Andrews? Woods won wire-to-wire (no ties after any round) and ended with a five stroke margin of victory - the only player to do both of those things at an Open Championship since World War II. For the most dominant player of his era, the choices seem endless.

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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Adam Schenk birdied the par-4 18th in smoky conditions from wildfires Saturday for an 11-point round and a four-point lead in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA TOUR event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. RELATED: Full leaderboard | Harris English leads after 54 holes at WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Players receive eight points for an albatross, five for eagle, two for birdie and zero for par. A point is subtracted for a bogey, and three points are taken away for a double bogey or worse. “I like the course,” Schenk said. “It’s just weird, I drove it really well last year, so I guess I just like the way the course sets up, suits my eye.” Schenk, the 29-year-old former Purdue player seeking his first PGA TOUR title, had seven birdies and a bogey in the third round to reach 38 points on Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood Course. “The course firmed up a little bit,” Schenk said. “Just driving it so nice so far this week, so the putter has not been as good as it’s been the first day, but I’m still rolling it nice. And if the driver continues tomorrow, it should be a fun day.” Andrew Putnam, the 2018 winner for his lone PGA TOUR title, was tied for second with Erik van Rooyen. Putnam had a nine-point day, dropping three points with a double bogey on the par-4 16th. “Had it going for most of the day,” Putnam said. “Just one bad swing that was unfortunate, cost me three points. But other than that, held it together pretty good.” Van Rooyen scored 10 points. “I think at the end of the day the player that plays the best is going to win,” van Rooyen said. “I don’t see why I have to be more risky.” Scott Piercy (8) and first-round leader Joel Dahmen (7) had 33 points. Second-round leader Emiliano Grillo (2) was at 31, and Taylor Pendrith (14) at 30. Because of concerns about the smoke, the tee times Saturday were pushed back. The top 125 in the FedExCup standings after the Wyndham Championship next week will earn spots in the Playoff opener at Liberty National. Schenk entered the week 113th, Putnam 104th, van Rooyen 139th, Piercy 144th and Dahmen 78th. The winner will earn a spot in the PGA Championship next year but not the Masters because the event is being played opposite a World Golf Championships event — the FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis, Tennessee.

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