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Welcome to Numbers to Know, where we'll take a closer look at Bryson DeChambeau's U.S. Open victory. Here's the key stats to remember from a groundbreaking week. 1. UNPRECEDENTED: Is DeChambeau ushering in a new era of golf? That is up for debate, but there's no debating that he won the U.S. Open in a manner that's never been done before. He had the highest driving-distance average, and the lowest driving-accuracy percentage, ever recorded by a U.S. Open champion (since hole-by-hole data became available starting in 1983). DeChambeau, who finished seventh in driving distance at Winged Foot, is the fifth consecutive U.S. Open champion to finish in the top seven in driving distance. DeChambeau is just the second U.S. Open winner since 1983 to hit less than half his fairways. Angel Cabrera also did it in 2007. 2. LONG BALL: Let’s not oversimplify things. You need to be highly-skilled in several facets of the game to win any golf tournament, let alone a major. That’s especially true when the USGA sets up one of the game’s classic courses in its traditionally tough manner. But having high clubhead speed is a major advantage in these instances, and we’ve seen it in the past five U.S. Opens. Four of the last five U.S. Open winners ranked in the top 10 in driving distance in the season that they won. Even if they miss more fairways, hitting it farther allows a player to have shorter clubs from the rough and their high clubhead speed helps them power it out of the thick stuff. 3. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: DeChambeau’s incredible distance came in especially handy at the par-5 ninth hole. He eagled it twice, in the second and fourth rounds. He hit pa short-iron both times. On Friday, he hit a pitching wedge from 179 yards to 6 feet. He had just 182 yards to the hole Sunday and hit that shot to 40 feet. He’s the first U.S. Open champion since Tiger Woods in 2008 to make multiple eagles. Woods and DeChambeau are the only U.S. Open winners since 1983 to make multiple eagles. DeChambeau was the only player this week to make more than one eagle. 4. LINE OF DEMARCATION: DeChambeau’s transformation has received major validation. His win at the U.S. Open was preceded by a fourth-place finish at the PGA Championship. He’d never had a top-10 in a major before this year. 5. X MARKS THE SPOT: Xander Schauffele finished fifth at the U.S. Open. It was another high finish in one of the four Grand Slam events. He’s finished in the top 10 in seven of his 13 career major starts. That includes five top-5 finishes. It’s the second-most top-fives in majors since 2017, trailing only Brooks Koepka. All Schauffele needs now is a win. Dustin Johnson (T6), Rory McIlroy (T8) and Tony Finau (T8) all finished in the top 10 at Winged Foot, as well, continuing their strong play at the majors.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. – A day after fighting to remain on the fringe of contention, Tiger Woods’ chances of an improbable Masters victory were ended by his putting struggles Saturday at Augusta National. Woods used his putter three times on six different holes and also had the second four-putt of his Masters career en route to a 6-over 78. He sits at 7-over 223 as Scottie Scheffler continues to impress at Augusta National. The 78, which included 36 putts, is his worst score ever at Augusta National. The 36 putts are tied for the second-most in a single round in his PGA TOUR career. “It was cold starting out. The ball wasn’t going very far. I thought it was tough. Some of the other guys may not say that, but for me I had a tough time. I felt like I didn’t really hit it hit it that bad,” Woods said. “I hit 1,000 putts out there on the greens today and it obviously affected that score. … I did what I needed to do ball-striking wise, but I did the exact opposite on the greens.” Woods started the day nine strokes behind Scheffler but was only four shots back of second place after making four birdies in his final 10 holes Friday to salvage a 74 on a day when he made bogey on four of the first five holes. Woods’ high number of putts also resulted from his inability to get the ball close to the hole. He three-putted the first hole from 50 feet, then four-putted on the fifth hole from similarly long distance. His first four-putt at Augusta National came during his victory in 2005, after he putted into the water on the 13th hole (he hit three putts and took a penalty stroke; the number of putts to complete a hole is counted as the number of strokes to hole out once a player has reached the green). Woods also three-putted his final three holes, playing them in 4 over. “I just couldn’t find it,” he said. “Nothing seemed to work.”

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The FedExCup Playoffs are upon us! The PGA TOUR’s postseason gets underway Thursday at Ridgewood Country, a historic A.W. Tillinghast design in Paramus, New Jersey. This classic course will be the setting for the top players in the FedExCup standings. Players are grouped for the first two rounds based on their FedExCup ranking, so that guarantees some star-studded Featured Groups, including the top trio of Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka. PGA TOUR LIVE’s Thursday and Friday broadcasts will begin at 7:30 a.m. After the Featured Groups, LIVE will transition to Featured Holes coverage of Ridgewood’s par-3 15th and par-5 17th holes. Saturday’s Featured Holes coverage will begin at 1 p.m., while Sunday’s coverage will begin at noon. PGA TOUR LIVE also can be viewed on Twitter and Facebook Watch. Twitter’s broadcast will begin at 7:30 a.m. on both Thursday and Friday and run for approximately an hour. Facebook Watch will offer weekend coverage from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. As in past years, we will be conducting a fan vote on Twitter to select a Featured Group on Friday.  We will announce the group with the most votes on Thursday’s broadcast. Here’s a look at this week’s Featured Groups (Note: FedExCup rankings in parentheses; all times Eastern): THURSDAY Tiger Woods (20), Marc Leishman (22), Tommy Fleetwood (23): The only two-time winner of the FedExCup is back in the Playoffs for the first time in five years. He’ll be joined by one of the stars of the 2017 postseason and an international star making his FedExCup Playoffs debut. Leishman finished sixth in last year’s playoffs after winning the second postseason event, the Dell Technologies Championship. Tee times: 7:54 a.m. off No. 9 tee on Thursday; 12:55 p.m. off No. 1 on Friday. Dustin Johnson (1), Justin Thomas (2), Brooks Koepka (3): The FedExCup leader, reigning FedExCup champ and the only winner of two majors in 2018 are all grouped in this star-studded threesome. Thomas’ strong defense of the FedExCup includes three victories this season. No one has ever gone back-to-back in the FedExCup. Johnson has finished second and fourth in the past two FedExCups, but is looking to hoist the Cup for the first time. He also has three wins this season. Koepka is coming off victories at the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. These three also are the top three in the Official World Golf Ranking. Tee times: 8:05 a.m. off No. 9 tee on Thursday; 1:06 p.m. off No. 1 tee on Friday. FRIDAY Justin Rose (4), Bubba Watson (5), Jason Day (6): This group has combined for seven victories this season. They’ll be jostling for position in the all-important Top 5 in the FedExCup standings; the Top 5 entering the TOUR Championship can clinch the FedExCup with a win at East Lake, regardless of how their closest competitors perform. Watson responded to the worst finish of his FedExCup career with his first three-win season. Rose and Day have two wins apiece. All three are looking to add the FedExCup to resumes that include major championships. Tee times: 1:06 p.m. off No. 1 tee on Thursday; 8:05 a.m. off No. 9 tee on Friday. Here are the options fans can vote on for Friday’s second Featured Group (additional information to come). 7:54 a.m. off 9th: Patrick Reed (10), Phil Mickelson (11), Tony Finau (12) 8:16 a.m. off 9th: Jon Rahm (13), Patrick Cantlay (14), Patton Kizzire (15) 8:16 a.m. off 1st: Brandt Snedeker (30), Austin Cook (31), Brian Harman (32) 8:27 a.m. off 1st: Chesson Hadley (24), Pat Perez (25), Andrew Landry (26)

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