BLOG#139 Results Wells Fargo Championship May 9-12, 2024

BLOG#139 Results Wells Fargo Championship May 9-12, 2024

ROUND 1

1 X. Schauffele-7 64 One eagle 6 birdies then only bogie on 18. Finish 2-12

2 Rory McIlroy-4 67 One eagle 6 birdies but 4 bogies. WINS-17

2 Colin Morikawa-4 67 Five birdies 1 bogie, his putting much better. Finish 16-1

2 Alex Noran(45/1)-4 67 Three bogies and 7 birdies. Finish 24+1

5 Sepp Straka-3 68 Five birdies 1 bogie 1st 10 holes then all pars & bogie on 18 Finish 8-4

5 Jason Day(38/1) Starts-3 68 Starts with an eagle then 3 birdies 2 bogies. Finish 4-6

5 Justin Thomas(30/1)-3 68 Pars his front 9 then birdies 2,3&7 on back 9. Finish 21 E  

5 SJ Im(45/1)13-3 68 Two bogies 5 birdies. Finish 4-6

12 Max Homa-2 69 Starts with bogies on 1&3 then 6 birdies &  bogies 18. Finish 8-4

12 Jordan Spieth-2 69 After starting+1 on front 9, shoots-3 on back 9. Finish 29+2

16 Will Zalatoris-1 70 Three birdies 2 bogies.  #22-2 thru 2 RDs.             Finish 60+10

31 Jake Knapp E 71 One bogie then birdies 10,11,14,15 but DBs 17&18.       Finish 58+9

31 Tommy Fleetwood E Three birdies 3 bogies. Finish 13-2

ROUND 2

1 X. Schauffele-11 Begins with 4 straight pars then 5 birdies but bogies 18 again. 

2 Rory McIlroy-7 Starts with birdie then 2 more in bogie free RD.

2 Jason Day-7 Starts with 6 pars then 6 birdies but 2 bogies.  

4 SJ IM-6 68 Back to back 68’s three bogies 6 birdies. 

7 Sahith Theegala-4 65 After shooting 73 in RD1 shoots lowest Rd of the day. Finish 52+8

7 Ben An-4 68 Up 9 spots only longshot to be in top 10. 

7 Taylor Pendrith-4(140/1) Up 24 spots 1st PGA win last week wins $500K. Finish 10-3

ROUND 3 Schauffele-11 & McIlroy-7 in final group, great duel Rory picks up 3 strokes.

1 X. Schauffele-12  70 His only 2 bogies were on 18, pared it today with 3 bogies 5 birdies.

2 Rory McIlroy-11 67 Just misses creek on 18, pitches onto green & pars, only bogie free RD.

3 SJ Im-8 68 Up and down RD with 5 birdies 3 bogies

4 Sepp Streka-7 67 His best RD ever at Quail Hallow with 4 birdies on last 6 holes.

5 Jason Day-5 73  Five bogies on 1st 13 holes then birdies 14,15,17.

6 Ben An-4 71 DB on 16 bogie then bogie on 18, Green Mile gets him from -7 to -4.

FINAL ROUND Another duel between Schauffele & McIlroy.  McIlroy birdies 1st hole to tie for the lead, makes several long birdie putts one on 13 to go up 4 as Schauffele bogies. 

Played -8 from 8 to 15 Schauffele E to lose 8 strokes and tournament.

1 Rory McIlroy-17 65 Great RD 2 eagles 5 birdies 1 bogie and a meaningless DB on 18  $3.6M

2 X. Schauffele-12 71 Eagled 7 to regain lead but all Rory from then on. $2.2M

3 Ben An-9 66 After 2 bogies on 1st 4 holes 6 birdies 0 bogies to go from 6 to 3rd. $1.4M

4 Jason Day-6 70 Had a very steady tournament always in top 5. $880K

4 SJ Im-6 73 Another wild Rd starting with 4 bogies on 1st 8 holes. $880K

OTHER INTERESTING TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCES, ALL OVER PAR:  

24 Victor Hovland+1 Three 72s then birdie free 69 on RD 4. $167K

29 Patrick Cantlay+2 Over Par first 3 RDs then 69 on RD 4 . $131K

29 Jordan Spieth+2 For the tournament 1 eagle 15 birdies 15 bogies 2 DBs. $131K

42 Akshay Bhatia+5 Bogies 3 of his last 5 holes. $79K

43 Rickie Fowler+6 2 RDs par and 2 RDs +par. $69K 

47 Harman, Clark, Lowry+7 Only Harman had a-par RD #4. 53K$

52 Theegala & Fitzpatrick+8 both had at least 1 horrendous RD. $47K

58 Jake Knapp+9 Double bogies on 17 & 18 in RD 1 and he was done. $45K

60 Will Zalatoris+10 Shoots 80 on RD 4, must still having back issues. $44K

68 Eric Cole+18 Last place shoots 80 on 3rd RD & 77 on 4th. $41K