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Stenson wins the Deutsche Bank Championship, takes the FedEx Cup lead
After three days of sharp play, Sergio Garcia’s Sunday woes continued with a final-round 73 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, while Henrik Stenson fired a 66 en route to his third career PGA Tour victory.
Stenson’s tournament total of 22-under (262) ties the tournament record shared by Charley Hoffman (2010) and Vijay Singh (2008). The Swede has been on fire as of late, carding top-3 finishes in four of his last five tournaments.
Stenson now claims the lead position in the FedEx Cup points list, knocking Tiger Woods out of the No. 1 spot for the first time since Woods’ victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. Woods finished T65 this week after weekend rounds of 72 and 73.
Adam Scott (T-53) dropped to third, Matt Kuchar (T-4) remained in fourth and Graham DeLaet improved from seventh to fifth in the points listing as the PGA Tour’s Playoffs moves to the BMW Championship at Conway Farms just outside of Chicago.
Garcia and Stenson both bogied the par-5 second hole, but Stenson proved to be stronger mentally, carding three straight birdies on Nos. 4 through 6. He added one more birdie on the par-3 eighth and made the turn in 3-under 33. Conversely, Garcia continued downward with three bogies to one birdie on his final seven holes of the front nine. Garcia’s final round average was 72.33 coming into this week, ranking 165th on Tour.
Roberto Castro held the lead after birdies on three of his first four holes, but faded after the mid-round weather delay.
Steve Stricker was the next closest threat for Stenson, posting a 4-under, 67 for a tournament total of 20-under. He birdied the final two holes to add pressure, but a clutch hole out from a bunker on No. 17 gave Stenson a two-shot cushion with one hole to play.
DeLaet, also playing in the final group with Stenson and Garcia, birdied the final hole for a final round 69 and a solo third place finish.
Meanwhile, Jordan Spieth closed his round on a tear, going birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle on Nos. 15 through 18 just before the horn blew. Spieth’s Monday 62 rocketed his name up the leaderboard for a T-4 finish. He stands 9th in the FedEx Cup race, an astounding feat considering he began the season with no tour status.
Spieth and Russell Henley are the lone Tour rookies who continue their march in the playoffs. At the same time, this was Spieth’s final chance to leave an impression on President’s Cup Captain Fred Couples, who will finalize his team this week. In other President’s Cup standings, Zach Johnson birdied the final hole Monday to claim the 10th spot on the automatic qualifiers list, now making Webb Simpson the first man out.
Kevin Stadler made a large leap this week in FedEx Cup standings after a T4 finish. Friday and Sunday rounds of 64 helped Stadler move from 75th to 32nd place. Brian Davis was another big mover. He started the week at No. 80 and will move into next week at No. 49. Ian Poulter also played his way into next week, moving from 77th to 52nd with a T9 finish.
Marc Leishman (T16), Ernie Els (T20), Brendan Steele (T20), Nicholas Thompson (T22) also recorded strong finishes this week to move inside the top 70 that will advance to the BMW Championship. Els finished right on the line at No. 70.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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Photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
GolfWRX is on site this week at the Valero Texas Open.
The event has been around since 1922, making it one of the oldest on the PGA Tour calendar. Over the years, it’s been held at a variety of courses across the Lone Star State, but it’s found its home at TPC San Antonio in recent years. Some of the biggest names in golf have taken home the title here, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, and Ben Crenshaw.
GolfWRX has its usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs and special pull-out albums. As always, we’ll continue to update the links below as more photos come in from TPC San Antonio.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Ben Taylor – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Paul Barjon – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Joe Sullivan – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Wilson Furr – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Willman – SoTex PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Jimmy Stanger – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Rickie Fowler – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Harrison Endycott – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Vince Whaley – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Kevin Chappell – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Christian Bezuidenhout – WITB (mini) – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Scott Gutschewski – WITB – 2024 Valero Texas Open
Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Ben Taylor with new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Swag cover – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Greyson Sigg’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Davis Riley’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Josh Teater’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hzrdus T1100 is back – – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Mark Hubbard testing ported Titleist irons – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Tyson Alexander testing new Titleist TRS 2 wood – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Valero Texas Open
- Cobra putters – 2024 Valero Texas Open
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Photos from the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
GolfWRX is on site in the Lone Star State this week for the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
General galleries from the putting green and range, WITBs — including Thorbjorn Olesen and Zac Blair — and several pull-out albums await.
As always, we’ll continue to update as more photos flow in. Check out links to all our photos from Houston below.
General Albums
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Monday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #2
- 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Thorbjorn Olesen – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ben Silverman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jesse Droemer – SoTX PGA Section POY – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- David Lipsky – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Martin Trainer – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Zac Blair – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Jacob Bridgeman – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Trace Crowe – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Daniel Berger – WITB(very mini) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Chesson Hadley – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Callum McNeill – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Rhein Gibson – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Patrick Fishburn – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Peter Malnati – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Raul Pereda – WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Gary Woodland WITB (New driver, iron shafts) – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Padraig Harrington WITB – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
Pullout Albums
- Tom Hoge’s custom Cameron – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Piretti putters – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Ping putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Kevin Dougherty’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Bettinardi putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Cameron putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Erik Barnes testing an all-black Axis1 putter – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
- Tony Finau’s new driver shaft – 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open
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Sam
Sep 3, 2013 at 4:36 pm
I don’t think they need to be adjusted, look at other sports… football you can go into the playoffs with a perfect record ( or even just the most wins) and that doesn’t guarantee you the superbowl
it’s designed for movement, the regular season gets you in a good spot but you have to perform well in the playoffs to get the cup
I applaud stenson, played amazing and deserved the win
John
Sep 3, 2013 at 10:10 am
Prime example why post season FedEx cup points need to be adjusted. Wins one tournament and jumps ahead of a 5 time winner on tour and major winners with other wins. Yes, he’s been in a lot of tournaments, but as ricky bobby says “if you ain’t first, your last!”.
logolf
Sep 3, 2013 at 7:21 am
Contrats Henrik!
No you are at the top of the Fedex Cup rankings AND the Euro Race to Dubai rankings!!!
steff
Sep 3, 2013 at 3:24 am
Awsome stuff Henrik! Well deserved win! Outplaying the whole field!