Pettersson powers into playoffs
By JOEDY McCREARY
Associated PressGREENSBORO, N.C. – Carl Pettersson won his hometown event for his first PGA Tour victory in two years, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship. The local favorite, former North Carolina State player and member of the tournament’s board had three birdies during a four-hole stretch on the back nine, finished at 21-under 259 and earned $918,000. Scott McCarron, who briefly led midway through the final round, shot a 68 and to finished second. Rich Beem’s second straight 63 left him four strokes off the lead, with J.J. Henry (62) and rookie Martin Laird (63) another shot behind him. But there was never any question that the last day of the PGA Tour’s final pre-playoff event was anything but a two-man showdown, with the Swede making his move immediately after he slipped out of the lead for the first time since early in the second round, when he shot a tournament-record 61. Pettersson began the back nine with consecutive bogeys and fell one stroke back to 19 under when he missed an 8-foot par putt on the 10th. But McCarron gave the stroke back on the next hole, missing a 13-foot birdie putt, lipping out a 4-foot par attempt and recording just his second bogey of the tournament. Pettersson birdied the 13th for a one-stroke lead, then went back up by two shots with a birdie on the par-5 15th – the easiest hole on the course for everyone but him, after two bogeys and a par on it. This time it was McCarron’s turn for trouble; he sent his second shot into the sand, recovered and lipped out an 8-foot birdie putt. McCarron’s bogey on the 17th all but locked up Pettersson’s first victory since the 2006 Memorial. McCarron – who had used two early birdies to erase the two-stroke lead that Pettersson brought into the round – was denied his fourth career victory and first since 2001. It was the second top-10 finish of the year for the PGA Tour veteran who sat out the 2007 season after having surgery to repair a tendon in his right elbow. Beem and Henry both finished strong and propelled themselves off the FedEx Cup bubble and into the playoffs, which begin later this week at The Barclays. Beem had birdies on four of his last six holes, jumping 52 spots to 114th, while Henry, who birdied four of his final five holes, moved up 42 spots to 135th. Laird, who shared the first-day lead with Bob Heintz before falling off the pace, wound up jumping 36 spots to 128th.
Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the Wyndham Championship, played Aug. 14-17 at the par-70, 7,117-yard Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. (Note: FedEx Cup points in parenthesis; a-amateur):
| 1. Carl Pettersson (4,500) |
$918,000 |
|
64-61-66-68--259 |
|
|
-21 |
| 2. Scott McCarron (2,700) |
550,800 |
|
65-64-64-68--261 |
|
|
-19 |
| 3. Rich Beem (1,700) |
346,800 |
|
70-67-63-63--263 |
|
|
-17 |
| 4. J.J. Henry (1,100) |
224,400 |
|
70-66-66-62--264 |
|
|
-16 |
| 4. Martin Laird (1,100) |
224,400 |
|
63-74-64-63--264 |
|
|
-16 |
| 6. Tim Clark (838) |
170,850 |
|
64-67-68-66--265 |
|
|
-15 |
| 6. John Senden (838) |
170,850 |
|
66-66-67-66--265 |
|
|
-15 |
| 6. Kevin Streelman (838) |
170,850 |
|
66-64-67-68--265 |
|
|
-15 |
| 9. Shane Bertsch (600) |
122,400 |
|
67-68-67-64--266 |
|
|
-14 |
| 9. Mark Wilson (600) |
122,400 |
|
68-67-67-64--266 |
|
|
-14 |
| 9. Michael Letzig (600) |
122,400 |
|
67-66-67-66--266 |
|
|
-14 |
| 9. Bob Sowards (600) |
122,400 |
|
65-66-68-67--266 |
|
|
-14 |
| 9. Jerry Kelly (600) |
122,400 |
|
66-65-68-67--266 |
|
|
-14 |
| 9. Briny Baird (600) |
122,400 |
|
67-68-62-69--266 |
|
|
-14 |
| 15. Justin Bolli (400) |
81,600 |
|
68-66-68-65--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 15. Lee Janzen (400) |
81,600 |
|
67-66-67-67--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 15. Vaughn Taylor (400) |
81,600 |
|
67-67-66-67--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 15. Garrett Willis (400) |
81,600 |
|
64-64-69-70--267 |
|
|
-13 |
| 15. Scott Sterling (400) |
81,600 |
|
64-71-64-68--267 |
|
|
-13 |
20. a-Danny Lee (0)
|
0 |
|
68-66-67-67--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 20. Patrick Sheehan (271) |
57,324 |
|
66-71-65-66--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 20. Jay Williamson (271) |
57,324 |
|
67-67-67-67--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 20. Lucas Glover (271) |
57,324 |
|
66-68-66-68--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 20. John Riegger (271) |
57,324 |
|
67-65-67-69--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 20. Kent Jones (271) |
57,324 |
|
66-68-65-69--268 |
|
|
-12 |
| 26. Zach Johnson (189) |
40,673 |
|
66-70-69-64--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 26. Tom Pernice, Jr. (189) |
40,673 |
|
68-66-69-66--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 26. Paul Casey (189) |
40,673 |
|
70-66-67-66--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 26. Jason Dufner (189) |
40,673 |
|
66-69-66-68--269 |
|
|
-11 |
| 30. David Lutterus (152) |
32,428 |
|
69-64-72-65--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 30. Bob Estes (152) |
32,428 |
|
71-66-67-66--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 30. Robert Garrigus (152) |
32,428 |
|
66-66-71-67--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 30. Mark Brooks (152) |
32,428 |
|
68-66-68-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 30. Y.E. Yang (152) |
32,428 |
|
67-69-66-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 30. Jon Mills (152) |
32,428 |
|
68-69-65-68--270 |
|
|
-10 |
| 36. Stephen Poole (0) |
25,143 |
|
66-71-69-65--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 36. George McNeill (118) |
25,143 |
|
68-67-68-68--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 36. Charles Warren (118) |
25,143 |
|
67-66-69-69--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 36. Billy Andrade (118) |
25,143 |
|
66-69-67-69--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 36. Marc Turnesa (118) |
25,143 |
|
69-68-65-69--271 |
|
|
-9 |
| 41. David Toms (88) |
18,870 |
|
68-67-71-66--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 41. Joe Ogilvie (88) |
18,870 |
|
69-68-68-67--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 41. Ben Crane (88) |
18,870 |
|
68-66-70-68--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 41. Bob Tway (88) |
18,870 |
|
70-65-69-68--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 41. Glen Day (88) |
18,870 |
|
66-69-69-68--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 41. Charley Hoffman (88) |
18,870 |
|
68-69-66-69--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 41. Eric Axley (88) |
18,870 |
|
67-69-64-72--272 |
|
|
-8 |
| 48. Mark Calcavecchia (67) |
14,382 |
|
67-69-70-67--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 48. Brian Gay (67) |
14,382 |
|
67-68-66-72--273 |
|
|
-7 |
| 50. Nick Flanagan (62) |
12,886 |
|
68-69-70-67--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 50. Tom Byrum (62) |
12,886 |
|
71-66-68-69--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 50. John Daly (62) |
12,886 |
|
70-67-66-71--274 |
|
|
-6 |
| 53. Richard S. Johnson (57) |
11,774 |
|
67-70-71-67--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 53. Bob Heintz (57) |
11,774 |
|
63-72-72-68--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 53. Cody Freeman (57) |
11,774 |
|
70-67-70-68--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 53. Jeff Maggert (57) |
11,774 |
|
66-70-70-69--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 53. Kyle Thompson (57) |
11,774 |
|
68-67-71-69--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 53. Brenden Pappas (57) |
11,774 |
|
69-67-69-70--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 53. Steve Marino (57) |
11,774 |
|
65-68-71-71--275 |
|
|
-5 |
| 60. Jeff Gove (54) |
11,067 |
|
68-66-73-69--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 60. Ken Duke (54) |
11,067 |
|
65-71-71-69--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 60. Davis Love III (54) |
11,067 |
|
66-70-71-69--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 60. Joe Durant (54) |
11,067 |
|
67-69-70-70--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 60. Bo Van Pelt (54) |
11,067 |
|
67-66-72-71--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 60. Todd Demsey (54) |
11,067 |
|
69-68-68-71--276 |
|
|
-4 |
| 66. Mathias Gronberg (52) |
10,608 |
|
71-64-75-67--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 66. Mark Hensby (52) |
10,608 |
|
66-66-75-70--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 66. Jason Gore (52) |
10,608 |
|
67-69-70-71--277 |
|
|
-3 |
| 69. Brandt Snedeker (49) |
10,149 |
|
66-68-74-70--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 69. Ryuji Imada (49) |
10,149 |
|
68-68-73-69--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 69. Dean Wilson (49) |
10,149 |
|
66-71-71-70--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 69. Frank Lickliter II (49) |
10,149 |
|
68-68-71-71--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 69. Doug LaBelle II (49) |
10,149 |
|
70-67-70-71--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 69. Tim Wilkinson (49) |
10,149 |
|
66-69-69-74--278 |
|
|
-2 |
| 75. Peter Lonard (47) |
9,690 |
|
66-71-73-69--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 75. Ted Purdy (47) |
9,690 |
|
68-68-71-72--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 75. Troy Matteson (47) |
9,690 |
|
69-67-70-73--279 |
|
|
-1 |
| 78. Billy Mayfair (46) |
9,486 |
|
67-68-71-75--281 |
|
+ |
1 |
| • • • |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Missed the cut |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 79. Tag Ridings |
|
|
74-64--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Bubba Watson |
|
|
70-68--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Ron Whittaker |
|
|
70-68--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Jason Allred |
|
|
72-66--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Chris Riley |
|
|
68-70--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Nick Watney |
|
|
71-67--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Matt Jones |
|
|
68-70--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Olin Browne |
|
|
70-68--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Tom Scherrer |
|
|
71-67--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Kevin Stadler |
|
|
70-68--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Chris Stroud |
|
|
67-71--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. a-Drew Weaver |
|
|
69-69--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 79. Andrew McLardy |
|
|
70-68--138 |
|
|
-2 |
| 92. Jim McGovern |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 92. James Driscoll |
|
|
69-70--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 92. Robert Gamez |
|
|
71-68--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 92. Michael Bradley |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 92. Cameron Beckman |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 92. Brad Adamonis |
|
|
70-69--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 92. Ryan Moore |
|
|
68-71--139 |
|
|
-1 |
| 99. J.P. Hayes |
|
|
71-69--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Brad Elder |
|
|
72-68--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Jin Park |
|
|
69-71--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Tim Petrovic |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Corey Pavin |
|
|
68-72--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Jeff Overton |
|
|
71-69--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Neal Lancaster |
|
|
71-69--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Omar Uresti |
|
|
72-68--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Harrison Frazar |
|
|
72-68--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Brandt Jobe |
|
|
70-70--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Travis Perkins |
|
|
71-69--140 |
|
|
E |
| 99. Chad Collins |
|
|
67-73--140 |
|
|
E |
| 111. Kevin Na |
|
|
70-71--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Jay Delsing |
|
|
68-73--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Will MacKenzie |
|
|
69-72--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Todd Hamilton |
|
|
71-70--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Jason Day |
|
|
71-70--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Richard Johnson |
|
|
72-69--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Savio Nazareth |
|
|
70-71--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Vijay Singh |
|
|
69-72--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Kirk Triplett |
|
|
68-73--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Ian Leggatt |
|
|
71-70--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 111. Tommy Gainey |
|
|
70-71--141 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 122. Bill Haas |
|
|
71-71--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 122. Paul Claxton |
|
|
69-73--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 122. Jeev M. Singh |
|
|
73-69--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 122. Tim Herron |
|
|
68-74--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 122. Mathew Goggin |
|
|
68-74--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 122. Carlos Franco |
|
|
71-71--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 122. a-Cameron Peck |
|
|
71-71--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 122. Kevin Chappell |
|
|
72-70--142 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 130. Chris DiMarco |
|
|
71-72--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 130. Steve Allan |
|
|
71-72--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 130. Brett Rumford |
|
|
68-75--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 130. Jimmy Walker |
|
|
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 130. Dicky Pride |
|
|
75-68--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 130. Larry Mize |
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|
72-71--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 130. Ryan Armour |
|
|
71-72--143 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 137. John Rollins |
|
|
74-70--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 137. Craig Kanada |
|
|
70-74--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 137. Kelly Mitchum |
|
|
75-69--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 137. Andrew Buckle |
|
|
70-74--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 137. Gavin Coles |
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|
71-73--144 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 142. Trevor Dodds |
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|
76-69--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 142. Paul Stankowski |
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|
68-77--145 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 142. Ryan Palmer |
|
|
73-72--145 |
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+ |
5 |
| 145. David Duval |
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|
73-73--146 |
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+ |
6 |
| 145. a-Jamie Lovemark |
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|
74-72--146 |
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+ |
6 |
| 147. Kevin Sutherland |
|
|
74-73--147 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 148. Nathan Green |
|
|
71-78--149 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 149. Jay Woodson |
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|
72-78--150 |
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+ |
10 |
| 150. Robin Smith |
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|
75-76--151 |
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+ |
11 |
| WD. Marco Dawson |
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|
67-WD |
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|
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| WD. Brian Davis |
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|
69-WD |
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|
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| WD. John Huston |
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|
70-WD |
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|
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| WD. Dustin Johnson |
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|
73-WD |
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|
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| WD. Brent Geiberger |
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|
70-WD |
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| DQ. Jeff Quinney |
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70-74-DQ |
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Posted: 8/17/2008
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