July 25, 2017
By Christian Page
Jason Dufner posted his best finish at The Open Championship this past weekend. The Barbasol Championship played host to a plethora of former Auburn golfers as Blayne Barber, Dominic Bozzelli, Matt Gilchrest and Patton Kizzire all took the stage along with current Tiger Trace Crowe. Michael Johnson tied for second at the Pinnacle Bank Championship on the Web.com Tour.
PGA Tour
Event: The Open Championship (Royal Birkdale Golf Course // Southport, England)
Jason Dufner
Dufner (t-14) finished with his best performance at The Open Championship in his career. Dufner played bogey-free golf in the third round and after surrendering two bogeys on the first nine holes on Sunday, he rallied back to make four birdies on his last 11 holes.
Tournament Scorecard: 73-71-66-68—278 (-2) // Earnings: $128,917 (t-14)
Season Stats: FedEx Cup Rank: 20 // FedEx Cup Points: 1,056 // Earnings: $2,830,391 // OWGR: 31
PGA Tour
Event: Barbasol Championship (Grand National, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail // Opelika, Ala.)
Blayne Barber
In his fourth best performance on the year, Barber finished at -10. He did not make above par on his final 22 holes.
Tournament Scorecard: 70-70-68-66 – 274 (-10) // Earnings: $11,326 (t-42)
Season Stats: FedEx Cup Rank: 124 // FedEx Cup Points: 319 // Earnings: $711,718 // OWGR: 247
Dominic Bozzelli
Bozzelli missed the cut at +3.
Tournament Scorecard: 73-72-CUT-CUT – 145 (+3) // Earnings: $0
Season Stats: FedEx Cup Rank: 107 // FedEx Cup Points: 394 // Earnings: $868, 519 // OWGR: 167
Trace Crowe
Crowe missed the cut at +8 in his first PGA Tour event.
Tournament Scorecard: 79-71-CUT-CUT – 150 (+8) // Earnings: $0
Matt Gilchrest
In his first PGA Tour event of the year, Gilchrest finished at -10 (t-42). He finished the weekend with 20 birdies (t-20) and one eagle.
Tournament Scorecard: 69-69-71-65 – 274 (-10) // Earnings: $11,326 (t-42)
Season Stats (Mackenzie Tour): Order of Merit Rank: 43 // Official Money: $7,385 // Scoring Average: 70.75
Patton Kizzire
Kizzire had an efficient outing at Grand National as he posted a 14-5 birdie to bogey ratio. He finished strong on Sunday completing the back nine with three birdies. In his past two tournaments, Kizzire has a combined score of -16.
Tournament Scorecard: 70-69-69-71 – 279 (-5) // Earnings: $7,420 (t-64)
Season Stats: FedEx Cup Rank: 93 // FedEx Cup Points: 441 // Earnings: $968,550 // OWGR: 217
Web.com Tour
Event: Pinnacle Bank Championship presented by Heartland Chevy Dealers (The Club at Indian Creek // Omaha, Neb.)
Michael Hebert
Hebert finished the weekend with 15 birdies with eight in the first two rounds. Hebert’s longest drive of 370 yards tied for 10th on the tournament. This marks his sixth top 50 finish on the season.
Tournament Scorecard: 70-66-68-75 – 279 (-5) // Earnings: $1,764 (t-46)
Season Stats: Web.com Money List Rank: 106 // Official Money: $29,204 // Scoring Average: 70.00
Michael Johnson
Johnson posted a career-best performance on the Web.com Tour finishing tied for second at the Pinnacle Bank Championship. Johnson made 17 birdies and just four bogeys finishing at -13. Johnson has placed in the top 20 in his last three events earning $58,941 in those three events combined.
Tournament Scorecard: 68-71-65-67 – 271 (-13) // Earnings: $39,600 (t-2)
Season Stats: Web.com Money List Rank: 51 // Official Money: $69,730 // Scoring Average: 71.69
Mackenzie (Canadian) Tour
Event: Mackenzie Investments Open presented by Jaguar Laval (Club de Golf Quatre Domaines // Mirabel, Quebec)
Will McCurdy
In his last four events, McCurdy has not finished below 27th on the leaderboard and has a scoring average of 69.5 during that span.
Tournament Scorecard: 67-69-67-71 – 274 (-6) // Earnings: $1,146 (t-27)
Season Stats: Order of Merit Rank: 52 // Official Money: $6,666 // Scoring Average: 70.00
Daniel Stringfellow
Stringfellow finished tied for fifth (best finish of his career). Stringfellow had 14 birdies, finishing the weekend at -11.
Tournament Scorecard: 67-68-66-68 –269 (-11) // Earnings: $6,650 (t-5)
Season Stats: Order of Merit Rank: 33 // Official Money: $9,345 // Scoring Average: 71.75
Barber and Bozzelli will compete in the RBC Canadian Open this week and Hebert and Johnson will play in the Digital Ally Open in Overland Park, Kan., on the Web.com Tour.