Jim Herman fired a Sunday round of 63 to claim a stunning victory at the Wyndham Championship.
The 42-year old Herman finished his final day at Sedgefield Country Club with just one bogey against six birdies and one long-bomb putt for eagle to reach 21-under par, one clear of Billy Horschel.
Herman’s victory comes amidst a season where he had missed 11 cuts in 18 starts with not a single money finish inside the top 25. He had earned just 81 FedExCup points all season. To say it’s a career life line for the Cincinnati native would be an understatement.
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Pro-File
Name: Jim Herman
Nationality: American
Height: 6′
Weight: 170 lb
Birthdate: Nov 5, 1977 (age 42)
Native: Cincinnati, Ohio
College: Cincinnati
Leaderboard: Final Top 5
Pos-Player-To Par (Final Rd)
1. Jim Herman -21 (-7)
2. Billy Horschel -20 (-5)
3. Kevin Kisner-18 (-6)
3. Webb Simpson -18 (-5)
3. Doc Redman -18 (-2)
3. Si Woo Kim -18 (E)
Jim Herman’s Winning Numbers
Topline Stats:
Driving: 298.4 yards (51st)
Fairways: 46/56, 82.14% (4th)
Greens: 63/72, 87.50% (1st)
Putts Per GIR: 108/1.714 (23rd)
Scoring:
Par-3: -1 (2 Birdies, 13 Pars, 1 Bogey)
Par-4: -11 (1 Eagle, 16 Birdies, 24 Pars, 7 Bogeys)
Par-5: -9 (2 Eagles, 5 Birdies, 1 Par)
Total: -21 (3 Eagles, 23 Birdies, 38 Pars, 8 Bogeys)
Herman’s 2020 Season
Starts: 18
Cuts Made: 7
Wins: 1 (Wyndham)
Additional Top 10: 0
Earnings: $1,356,000 (60)
FedExCup Pts: 581 (53)
World Rank Before/After: 318/100*
Herman’s Final-Day Highlights
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Points & Money
The victory earned Herman $1,152,000 and 500 FedExCup points, along with 50 world-ranking points. He will move from No. 192 to No. 52, punching his ticket to Boston for the first leg of the FedECup Playoffs. In terms of the Official World Golf Rankings, he will jump inside the top 100 (from No. 318).
Quotable
“Yeah, I mean, if you’re 190 and you win, I think that’s a pretty big jump. Yeah, FedExCup was definitely off the radar. I thought I needed to get off to a pretty good start after we restarted back at Colonial and I just didn’t have it. I wasn’t playing poorly, just wasn’t getting the results that I liked, making weekends or making any money.”
– Jim Herman
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