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2019ValeroTexasOpen(The24thof46eventsinthePGATOURSeason)

SanAntonio,Texas April4-7,2019 FedExCupPoints:500Purse:$7,500,000 TPCSanAntonio–AT&TOaksCourse Par/Yards:36-36—72/7,435

Final-RoundNotes–Sunday,April7,2019

Weather:Duetoinclementweather,thestarttoroundfourwasdelayedfrom9:40a.m.unHl11:40a.m.MostlycloudyintheaKernoon,withahighof72.WindNNE8-12mph.

Final-RoundLeaderboard

ThingstoKnow

• CoreyConnersbecomesthefirstMondayQualifiertowinonthePGATOURsince2010• Connersisthe15thCanadiantowinonTOUR• InternaConalplayershavenowwoneachofthelastfiveweeksonthePGATOUR• CharleyHoffmanrecordshis11thtop-15finishin14ValeroTexasOpenstarts• SiWooKimfinishesT4ashesoughttobecometheevent’sthirdwire-to-wirewinner• FedExCuppointsleaderMaUKucharmaintainsleadfollowingtop-10finish

CoreyConners(1st/-20)Age:27(January6,1992)

Followingtheweek#13 FedExCup51 PGATOURstarts1 PGATOURwin13 PGATOURstartsin2018-193 PGATOURtop-10sin2018-192 StartsatValeroTexasOpen(T26/2018)

• EnteredthefinalroundtrailingSiWooKimbyonestrokebeforea6-under66ledtoatwo-strokevictory• Conners’scorecardincluded10birdies,fourbogeys(consecuCveonNos.6-9)andfourpars

PosiVon Name Score

1 CoreyConners 69-67-66-66—268(-20)

2 CharleyHoffman 71-68-64-67—270(-18)

3 RyanMoore 68-70-69-64—271(-17)

T4 BrianStuard 67-70-70-66—273(-15)

T4 SiWooKim 66-66-69-72—273(-15)

• Withthewin,collects500pointsandmovesfromNo.66toNo.13intheFedExCupstandings• Victorycomesinhis51stPGATOURstartattheageof27years,3months,1day• BecomesthefirstMondayQualifiertowinonthePGATOURsinceArjunAtwal(2010Wyndham

Championship)• Isthe15thCanadiantowinonTOUR,joiningGeorgeKnudson,MikeWeir,IanLeggaU,StanLeonard,

RichardZokol,DanHalldorson,DaveBarr,AlBalding,JulesHuot,AlJohnston,StephenAmes,NickTaylor,MackenzieHughesandAdamHadwin.(Note:AmesandJohnstonbecameCanadianciCzenspriortowinning)

• RecordsthefikhwinbyaninternaConalplayeronthePGATOURinasmanyweeks;FrancescoMolinari/ArnoldPalmerInvitaConalpresentedbyMastercard,RoryMcIlroy/THEPLAYERSChampionship,PaulCasey/ValsparChampionship,GraemeMcDowell/CoralesPuntacanaResort&ClubChampionship,Conners/ValeroTexasOpen

• SundaymarkedthefourthCmehehadplayedinthefinalpairing/groupinginthefinalroundonthePGATOUR:2018ValsparChampionship(T16),2018CoralesPuntacanaResort&ClubChampionship(T13),2018SandersonFarmsChampionship(2nd),2019ValeroTexasOpen(1st)

• 268isthelowestwinningscoresincetheValeroTexasOpenmovedtoTPCSanAntonioin2010(previous-lowwas271by2018championAndrewLandry)

• Ledthefieldwith29birdies,sevenmorethanKevinStreelman’s22;alsoledthefieldinStrokesGained:ApproachtheGreen(+11.558)andPuUs(GIR)

• Begantheseasonplayingoutofthe126-150category,withhiswincominginhis13thstart;nowhasatriooftop-3finishes(ValeroTexasOpen/1st,SandersonFarmsChampionship/2nd,SonyOpeninHawaii/T3)

• InhisrookieyearonthePGATOURin2017-18,finishedNo.130intheFedExCupstandings• Missedthecutinfiveofhislastsixstartsbeforethisweek(T41/THEPLAYERSChampionship)• Ifnototherwiseeligible,receivesaspotinthefollowing2018-19seasonevents(MastersTournament,

RBCHeritage,PGAChampionship,CharlesSchwabChallenge,theMemorialTournament)and2019-20seasonevents(SentryTournamentofChampions,DesertClassic,GenesisInvitaConal,ArnoldPalmerInvitaConal,THEPLAYERSChampionship,RBCHeritage)

MiscellaneousNotes• 2016championCharleyHoffmanfinishedsecondforhis11thtop-15finishin14startsattheValeroTexas

Open;markedtheeighthrunner-upfinishonTOURforthefour-Cmewinner;hasnevermissedacutattheevent

• RyanMoore(3rd)closedwithabogey-free64;hasnevermissedthecutinfivestartsattheValeroTexasOpen(T53/2005,T8/2012,T18/2017,7/2018,3/2019)

• BrianStuardfinishedT4forhisfirsttop-10insixValeroTexasOpenstarts(previous-bestfinishwasT36in2018)

• SiWooKimfinishedT4inhisbidtojoinMikeSouchak(1955)andBobEstes(1994)aswire-to-wirewinnersattheValeroTexasOpen;enteredthefinalroundwithaone-strokeleadoverCoreyConnersbeforefinal-round72

• KevinStreelmanturnedinan8-under64(withninebirdiesandalonebogeyonNo.18)enroutetoasixth-placefinish,hissecondstraighttop-10finishattheValeroTexasOpen(T8/2018);hasnevermissedacutinsevenstartshere

• GraemeMcDowellfolloweduphiswinatlastweek’sCoralesPuntacanaResort&ClubChampionshipwithaT7attheValeroTexasOpen,markinghisfirstback-to-backtop-10finishesonthePGATOURsincewinningthe2015MayakobaGolfClassicandfinishingthirdatTheRSMClassic

• AkerextendinghisTOUR-leadingconsecuCvecutsmadestreakto19thisweek,ByeongHunAn(T7)earnedhissecondtop-10finishoftheseason(ArnoldPalmerInvitaConalpresentedbyMastercard/T10);An’slastmissedcutcameatthe2018FedExSt.JudeClassic

• JasonKokrak(T7)toppedhisprevious-bestfinishineightstartsattheValeroTexasOpen(T11/2015);nowhasfourtop-10finishesinhislastfivestartsthisseason(T9/TheHondaClassic,T10/ArnoldPalmerInvitaConal,T47/THEPLAYERSChampionship,T2/ValsparChampionship,T7/ValeroTexasOpen);hasnotmissedacutsincethe2018OpenChampionship(18straightmadecuts)

• MaUKucharmaintainedhisleadintheFedExCupwithaT7finish,histhirdtop-10finishin15startsattheValeroTexasOpen(T2/2001,T4/2014,T7/2019)

• DannyLee(T7)playedthepar-4fikhholein6-underthisweek(birdie-birdie-eagle-eagle)

• RickieFowler(T17)wasbiddingtobecomethefirstplayertowintheeventinhisfirststartsinceBenCurCs(2012)

• JordanSpiethfinishedT30ashesoughthisfirsttop-10onTOURsincethe2018OpenChampionship(T9)

Bogey-freerounds:R1(3):TedPoUer,Jr.(68),GraemeMcDowell(69),SeamusPower(69)R2(5):SiWooKim(66),MaUJones(68),CurCsLuck(68),SamBurns(69),HaoTongLi(70)R3(6):JasonKokrak(65),LucasGlover(66),JimFuryk(68),MackenzieHughes(69),RichyWerenski(69),BrianStuard(70)R4(6):RyanMoore(64),ByeongHunAn(66),WyndhamClark(67),CharleyHoffman(67),SungjaeIm(69),SungKang(69)

ScoringAverages:Front9 Back9 Total CumulaVve

R1: 36.245 35.154 71.399 --R2: 36.113 35.447 71.560 71.479R3: 35.912 34.962 70.875 71.346R4: 35.286 35.414 70.700 71.242

HardestholeR1:Par-4fourth(4.245);R2:Par-4ninth(4.298);R3:Par-4fourth(4.363);R4:Par-412th(4.257);CumulaVve:Par-4fourth(4.194)

EasiestholeR1:Par-514th(4.643);R2:Par-514th(4.617);R3:Par-514th(4.475);R4:Par-514th(4.314);CumulaVve:Par-514th(4.551)