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O N T HE PG A TO U R
TYLER DUNCAN EARNS FIRST PGA TOUR WIN AT THE RSM CLASSIC
inning on the PGA TOUR didn’t seem possible a few
months ago. Tyler Duncan was just worried about
regaining his TOUR card. He needed an 11th-hour Hail
Mary, a T4 in the ¿ nal event of the recent Korn Ferry
Tour Finals, to do it. Professional golfers are always days away from a
life-changing achievement, though. And that was the case for Duncan,
who won his ¿ rst PGA TOUR title Sunday at The RSM Classic. The
30-year-old turned pro in 2012. This was his ¿ rst win in more than 150
starts on PGA TOUR-sanctioned tours.“You never know, this is a crazy
game,” Duncan said, “It can go several different directions.”His biggest
win before this week was the Indiana State Amateur. Duncan started the
week ranked 378th in the world. On Sunday, he held off the highest-
ranked player in the ¿ eld and the hottest player on the PGA TOUR.
Duncan made a 25-foot birdie putt on the ¿ nal hole of regulation, then
birdied the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Webb Simpson to
win his ¿ rst PGA TOUR title. Duncan ¿ nished at 19-under 263, shooting
a ¿ rst-round 67 at Sea Island’s Plantation Course before shooting 61-70-
65 in the ¿ nal three rounds on the Seaside Course.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WINS $300,000 THROUGH RSM BIRDIES FORE LOVE PROGRAM
anto Grif¿ n and Denny McCarthy ¿ nish second and third
earning $150,000 and $50,000, respectively for charities of
their choice RSM US LLP (“RSM”) – the nation’s leading
provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle
market and title sponsor of The RSM Classic since 2010, along with
tournament host Davis Love III, joined the PGA TOUR to announce
that Scottie SchefÀ er won $300,000 through the RSM Birdies Fore
Love charitable giving competition for recording the most birdies (or
better) over the ¿ rst 11 events of the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season. As
part of the program, the money will be donated to several different
charities of SchefÀ er’s choice including Triumph Over Kid Cancer
Foundation and The Davis Love Foundation. The top three players who
accumulated the most birdies (or better), beginning with A Military
Tribute at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and
concluding at The RSM Classic in Sea Island, Georgia, were awarded
with $300,000, $150,000 and $50,000, respectively, for charitable
donations to the players’ choice of children- and/or family-focused
charitable organizations that are building the middle-market leaders of
tomorrow.
WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPEN REPEATS
AS PGA TOUR TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR
he Waste Management Phoenix Open was one of 10 tournaments
recognized with “Best Of” awards by the PGA TOUR at the
TOUR’s annual Tournament Meetings on Nov. 20. For the
second consecutive season, the Waste Management Phoenix Open was
named the PGA TOUR “Tournament of the Year,” marking the fourth
time (2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019) in the last six years the event has
taken top honors. The Phoenix-area tournament also won the “Best
Integrated Marketing” award for its engaging and creative year-round
integrated marketing plan.
The 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open, won by Rickie Fowler,
continued to reach new levels with its fan experience, marketing
and social media strategy, and charitable impact. In recent years, the
tournament has enhanced the overall experience for general admission
holders, adding and expanding public venues along the closing stretch
of holes at TPC Scottsdale, beginning with its famous coliseum-style
16th hole. As part of a sold-out, four-night concert series, more than
38,000 fans enjoyed 11 musical acts, with headliners including Old
Dominion, Jake Owen, The Chainsmokers and Snoop Dogg.
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