Snedeker wins Wyndham Championship by three strokes
Brandt Snedeker won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his ninth PGA Tour title, four days after opening with an 11-under 59.
Snedeker closed with a 65 for a threestroke victory in golf’s regular-season finale, breaking a tie with C.T. Pan on the final hole with a birdie and Pan’s double bogey in the group ahead.
Snedeker finished at 21-under 259 for his first win since 2016 and his second at the tournament, but first at the Sedgefield Country Club.
Pan shot a 66 to tie for second with Webb Simpson, who matched his career-best with a 62.
Snedeker opened the tournament with the 59 that made him the first tour player this year and just the 10th ever to break 60, then on the final day played 29 holes at 5 under to seal it.
He was never in danger of missing the FedEx Cup playoffs for the first time in his career, but the victory gave him a huge jump on the points list.
He climbed 50 spots to No. 30 on the list, after arriving at 80th — which would have been his lowest finish.
For a while, it looked like it might come down to a playoff between Pan and Snedeker, who were even at 20 under entering Pan’s final hole.
But the 26-year-old from Taiwan ran into big trouble. Playing in the threesome immediately ahead of Snedeker, Pan shanked his tee shot out of bounds off a cart path down the right side of the fairway and needed four shots, including the penalty stroke, to reach the green on the par 4. With the victory seemingly inevitable at that point, Snedeker sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th to end it.
Severe weather led organizers to suspend the third round with 30 players still on the course and bring everybody back to Sedgefield on Sunday morning, leaving Snedeker with 29 holes to play on the final day.
He wrapped up that round with a onestroke lead at 16 under before heading back onto the course.
Since the tournament moved here in 2008, every third-round leader who was that far under par has gone on to hoist the trophy.