In the final round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama birdies the last three holes for a sizzling 61 and a dominant five-stroke victory over runner-up Zach Johnson. Meanwhile, Chris Stroud racks up 20 points in the final round to cop his first PGA TOUR win at the Stableford-scoring Barracuda Championship. Welcome to the Monday Finish, where Matsuyama, 25, ties the course record at Firestone South for his third win this season; and Stroud, 35, collects his first TOUR win in 290 starts. FIVE OBSERVATIONS 1. Matsuyama is on the way to becoming Japan’s first truly global star. Nine countries were represented in the top 12 on the Bridgestone leaderboard, but Matsuyama’s clubs spoke loudest and Japan was on top. After starting the day three shots back, he made eagle at the par-5 second hole and kept going from there, hitting the afterburners to assure his third win this season and fifth overall in the 100th TOUR start of his career. He extended his lead as the Japanese player with the most wins on TOUR, a record he already held over Shigeki Maruyama (three). 2. The FedExCup may require math, but Matsuyama knows all too well that it requires something else, too: at least one more trophy. “In order to win the FedExCup, you have to win one of the playoff tournaments,â€� said Matsuyama, who moved from third to first in the FedExCup points standings with the victory in Ohio. “And hopefully I can do that and keep the momentum going.â€� It would be tough to have any more momentum than he currently has; his 61 marked the best final-round performance by a winner in the history of the WGCs—by three shots. 3. Although there have now been 25 wins (in 39 events) by a player in his 20s on TOUR this season, Rory McIlroy, 28, has accounted for none of them. Still, McIlroy, who tied for fifth, did not sound terribly despondent after notching his sixth top-10 this season. “I thought I saw some improvements in my game from when I got here on Wednesday,â€� he said. “Thought my wedge play got a little bit better as the week went on. Putted pretty well, even when I missed putts out there, they were scaring the hole, so that was good. Drove the ball well.â€� Yeah, you could say that. McIlroy hit 52 of 56 tee shots over 300 yards and led the field in driving distance (343.9). The reigning FedExCup champion moved up 10 spots in the standings to 43rd; is playing one of his favorite courses in Quail Hollow at the PGA Championship this week; and knows there’s still plenty of time to find his A game as he breaks in a new caddie. 4. Chris Stroud’s father was right. Stroud got a call from Dad saying the Barracuda’s Stableford format—two points for birdies; minus one for bogeys—might reward him for all the birdies he’d been making. It did. Stroud, who returned to his counter-balanced long putter, racked up 20 points in a wild final round that included nine birdies, an eagle and three bogeys. He not only got that elusive first win after prevailing in a three-man playoff, he earned a spot in this week’s PGA and, more importantly, collected 300 FedExCup points to move up to 76th in the standings. “Huge,â€� Stroud said of his big move. “I think coming into this week I was sitting at 142. And we’re all nervous coming in, because we know getting the top 125 is huge.â€� 5. Rookie Richy Werenski, 25, was disappointed after failing to secure his TOUR card for next season. Still, he was encouraged to make it all the way into a sudden-death playoff despite not having his best stuff. What’s more, he moved to 122nd in the FedExCup, so at least he’s inside the cutoff line with just two weeks remaining before the first playoff event, THE NORTHERN TRUST at Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury, N.Y., Aug. 24-27. “Lately I feel like I’m playing pretty good,â€� said Werenski, a Massachusetts native who went to Georgia Tech. “It’s only a matter of time I’m back in this position.â€� FIVE INSIGHTS 1. Matsuyama ranked first in strokes gained: tee-to-green in the final round, with a career-best 6.582. It was also the best final-round performance by a winner on TOUR this season, besting Kevin Chappell at the Valero Texas Open (6.355), Jason Dufner at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide (5.659), and Jon Rahm at the Farmers Insurance Open (5.168). 2. While he was dominant from tee to green, Matsuyama also made massive strides in his putting. Year to date, he is just 167th in Strokes Gained: Putting (-.306) and 194th in putts made from outside 10 feet (46/375, 12.27%). At the Bridgestone, though, he ranked a much-improved 15th in SG: Putting (.759) and T16 in putting from over 10 feet (9/42, 21.43%). 3. With his runner-up finish, Zach Johnson moved up from 40th to 28th on the U.S. Presidents Cup points list. That’s still a far cry from the top 10, but he’s got the putter rolling again. He was first in SG: Putting (2.258) and third in putting from outside 10 feet (13/46, 28.26 %) at Firestone. 4. Charley Hoffman (third place, six back), who fired a final-round 66 at Firestone, has broken par in 22 of his last 24 rounds dating to the first round of the U.S. Open. He was third in sg: putting (1.617) at the Bridgestone, and moved from 12th to 11th in the FedExCup. He is one of just three players to get at least as far as the BMW Championship for all 10 years of the playoffs. 5. Thomas Pieters (71, solo fourth, eight back) notched his fourth top-five finish in 16 starts this season. As a Special Temporary Member, he is eligible for unlimited sponsor exemptions the rest of the season as he tries to earn his TOUR card for 2017-’18. He was T3 in greens in regulation (72.22%) and fourth in proximity to the hole (26’ 11’’) at the Bridgestone. TOP 3 VIDEOS 1. Charley Hoffman is on TOUR to win and he let us know on Sunday. 2. David Hearn hit a gem of a tee shot in Sunday’s final round of the Barracuda Championship. 3. Poetry in motion.
Monday Finish: Twice the wins
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2nd Round Match-Up – Detry/MacIntyre vs Thompson/Novak | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak | -110 |
Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Chappell-Dufner / Thompson-Novak | |
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Davis Thompson / Andrew Novak | -195 |
Kevin Chappell / Jason Dufner | +160 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Whaley-Long / Kraft-Tway | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Kelly Kraft / Kevin Tway | -110 |
Vince Whaley / Adam Long | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Barjon/Stevens v Spaun/Buckley | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
J.J. Spaun / Hayden Buckley | -110 |
Sam Stevens / Paul Barjon | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Higgo-Fox / Yu-Pan | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Garrick Higgo / Ryan Fox | -110 |
Kevin Yu / C.T. Pan | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Vegas-Burgoon / Stevens-Barjon | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jhonattan Vegas / Bronson Burgoon | -110 |
Sam Stevens / Paul Barjon | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Yuan-Dou / Ghim-C. Kim | |
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Doug Ghim / Chan Kim | -165 |
Carl Yuan / Zecheng Dou | +135 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Montgomery-Griffin / Detry-McIntyre | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Thomas Detry / Robert MacIntyre | -130 |
Taylor Montgomery / Ben Griffin | +110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Brehm/Hubard v Daffue/Champ | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Cameron Champ / MJ Daffue | -110 |
Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Theegala-Zalatoris / Cantlay-Schauffele | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele | -130 |
Sahith Theegala / Will Zalatoris | +110 |
Tie | |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Ramey-Trainer / Brehm-Hubbard | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Chad Ramey / Martin Trainer | -110 |
Ryan Brehm / Mark Hubbard | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Conners/Pendrith vs Moore/NeSmith | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Corey Conners / Taylor Pendrith | -135 |
Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith | +115 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Hoge/McNealy vs Garnett/Straka | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka | -110 |
Tom Hoge / Maverick McNealy | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Hardy-Riley / Garnett-Straka | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Brice Garnett / Sepp Straka | -120 |
Nick Hardy / Davis Riley | +100 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Spaun-Buckley / T. Moore-NeSmith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Taylor Moore / Matt NeSmith | -145 |
J.J. Spaun / Hayden Buckley | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kisner-Brown / Hoge-McNealy | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Tom Hoge / Maverick McNealy | -280 |
Kevin Kisner / Scott Brown | +230 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Echavarria-Greyserman / Champ-Daffue | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Cameron Champ / MJ Daffue | -110 |
Nico Echavarria / Max Greyserman | -110 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Kohles/Kizzire vs List/Norlander | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -125 |
Ben Kohles / Patton Kizzire | +105 |
2nd Round Match-Up – List/Norlander v Smotherman/Meissner | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -115 |
Mac Meissner / Austin Smotherman | -105 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kuchar-Stricker / Conners-Pendrith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Corey Conners / Taylor Pendrith | -180 |
Matt Kuchar / Steve Stricker | +150 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – List-Norlander – Hoffman-Watney | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -160 |
Charley Hoffman / Nick Watney | +130 |
2nd Round Match-Up – Phillips/Bridgeman v Putnam/Highsmith | |
Type: 2nd Round Match-Up – Status: OPEN | |
Andrew Putnam / Joe Highsmith | -110 |
Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgeman | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Berger-Perez / Putnam-Highsmith | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Andrew Putnam / Joe Highsmith | -110 |
Daniel Berger / Victor Perez | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Kohles-Kizzire / Blair-Fishburn | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Ben Kohles / Patton Kizzire | -130 |
Zac Blair / Patrick Fishburn | +110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Phillips-Bridgeman / Barnes-Endycott | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Chandler Phillips / Jacob Bridgeman | -140 |
Erik Barnes / Harrison Endycott | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – B. Wu-Nicholas / Suh-Hoey | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Justin Suh / Rico Hoey | -145 |
Brandon Wu / James Nicholas | +120 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Stanger-Dumont de Chassart / Lawrence-Potgieter | |
Type: 2nd Round 2-Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jimmy Stanger / Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -110 |
Thriston Lawrence / Aldrich Potgieter | -110 |
2nd Round 2-Balls – Meissner-Smotherman / Hale-Haley | |
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Mac Meissner / Austin Smotherman | -185 |
Blaine Hale Jr / Paul Haley II | +150 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – R. Yin / M. Lee / C. Knight | |
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Minjee Lee | +160 |
Cheyenne Knight | +290 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – C. Boutier / H. Green / N. Hataoka | |
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Hannah Green | +165 |
Celine Boutier | +175 |
Nasa Hataoka | +185 |
ISPS Handa Championship | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Sebastian Soderberg | +350 |
Yannik Paul | +350 |
Sam Bairstow | +500 |
Taihei Sato | +900 |
Keita Nakajima | +1600 |
Tom McKibbin | +1600 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +2500 |
Matthew Southgate | +2500 |
Casey Jarvis | +3500 |
Taiki Yoshida | +3500 |
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2nd Round Score – Abraham Ancer | |
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Over 68.5 | +125 |
Under 68.5 | -165 |
2nd Round Score – Brooks Koepka | |
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Over 67.5 | -115 |
Under 67.5 | -115 |
2nd Round Score – Bryson DeChambeau | |
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Over 66.5 | -150 |
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2nd Round Score – Cameron Smith | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -165 |
Under 66.5 | +125 |
2nd Round Score – Carlos Ortiz | |
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Over 67.5 | +110 |
Under 67.5 | -145 |
2nd Round Score – Dean Burmester | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -120 |
Under 66.5 | -110 |
2nd Round Score – Jinichiro Kozuma | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 68.5 | -115 |
Under 68.5 | -115 |
2nd Round Score – Joaquin Niemann | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -135 |
Under 66.5 | +105 |
2nd Round Score – Jon Rahm | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | +105 |
Under 66.5 | -135 |
2nd Round Score – Mito Pereira | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 67.5 | -130 |
Under 67.5 | +100 |
2nd Round Score – Patrick Reed | |
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Over 67.5 | +120 |
Under 67.5 | -155 |
2nd Round Score – Talor Gooch | |
Type: 2nd Round Score – Status: OPEN | |
Over 66.5 | -135 |
Under 66.5 | +105 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – B. DeChambeau / C. Tringale / T. Gooch | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Bryson DeChambeau | +130 |
Talor Gooch | +150 |
Cameron Tringale | +280 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – C. Ortiz / D. Lee / J. Kozuma | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Carlos Ortiz | -130 |
Danny Lee | +275 |
Jinichiro Kozuma | +275 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – M. Leishman / P. Reed / D. Burmester | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Dean Burmester | +150 |
Patrick Reed | +175 |
Marc Leishman | +200 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – J. Rahm / J. Niemann / P. Casey | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Jon Rahm | +140 |
Joaquin Niemann | +150 |
Paul Casey | +260 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – A. Ogletree / P. Uihlein / M. Pereira | |
Type: 2nd Round 3 Balls – Status: OPEN | |
Peter Uihlein | +140 |
Mito Pereira | +160 |
Andy Ogletree | +240 |
2nd Round 3 Balls – B. Steele / M. Jones / A. Lahiri | |
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Brendan Steele | +190 |
Matt Jones | +190 |
Scottie Scheffler Specials | |
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Win Any Remaining Signature Event | -200 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & US Open (Top 10 Finish) | +115 |
PGA Championship (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +125 |
US Open (Top 10 Finish) & The Open (Top 10 Finish) | +135 |
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Win 2 Remaining Signature Events | +450 |
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PGA Championship 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
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Jon Rahm | +1200 |
Rory McIlroy | +1200 |
Ludvig Aberg | +1600 |
Brooks Koepka | +2000 |
Xander Schauffele | +2000 |
Bryson DeChambeau | +2500 |
Collin Morikawa | +2500 |
Max Homa | +2500 |
Patrick Cantlay | +2500 |
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Requests | |
Type: Requests – Status: OPEN | |
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Scottie Scheffler & Nelly Korda – Win All Remaining 2024 Majors | +250000 |
US Open 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +350 |
Jon Rahm | +1200 |
Rory McIlroy | +1200 |
Ludvig Aberg | +1600 |
Collin Morikawa | +2000 |
Viktor Hovland | +2000 |
Brooks Koepka | +2500 |
Cameron Smith | +2500 |
Patrick Cantlay | +2500 |
Xander Schauffele | +2500 |
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The Open Championship 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
Scottie Scheffler | +500 |
Jon Rahm | +1000 |
Rory McIlroy | +1000 |
Viktor Hovland | +1100 |
Brooks Koepka | +2000 |
Cameron Smith | +2000 |
Cameron Young | +2000 |
Collin Morikawa | +2000 |
Ludvig Aberg | +2000 |
Jordan Spieth | +2500 |
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Requests | |
Type: Requests – Status: OPEN | |
The Open Championship – Alex Noren – Top 20 Finish | +200 |
Solheim Cup 2024 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
USA | -140 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1200 |
Ryder Cup 2025 | |
Type: Winner – Status: OPEN | |
USA | -135 |
Europe | +135 |
Tie | +1000 |