Highlighted by a final-hole eagle, Matthew Wolff produced a Sunday 65 to secure his maiden PGA Tour title in dramatic fashion at the 3M Open.
Wolf, the 54-hole co-leader, finished his final day in Minnesota with one bogey against five birdies and a title-clinching eagle to post 21-under and edge Bryson DeChambeau and Collin Morikawa by a single stroke.
Wolf’s victory marks the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour that the tournament winner had not qualified through a standard exemption. Lashley made the Rocket Mortgage field as a last-minute alternate after failing to Monday qualify, while Wolf relied on a sponsor’s invite.
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Pro-File
Name: Matthew Wolff
Nationality: American
Height: 6′ 0″
Weight: 180 lb
Birthdate: April 14, 1999 (age 20)
Native: Agoura Hills, California
College: Oklahoma State University
Leaderboard: Final Top 5
Pos-Player-To Par (Final Rd)
1. Matthew Wolff -21 (-6)
2. Bryson DeChambeau -20 (-5)
3. Collin Morikawa -20 (-5)
4. Adam Hadwin -18 (-3)
5. Carlos Ortiz -17 (-7)
5. Wyndham Clark -17 (-3)
Matthew Wolff’s Winning Numbers
Topline Stats:
Driving: 303.7 yards (36th)
Fairways: 39/56, 67.9% (31st)
Greens: 60/72, 83.3% (6th)
Putts Per GIR: 98/1.633 (6th)
Scoring:
Par-3: -1 (3 Birdies, 11 Pars, 2 Bogeys)
Par-4: -13 (18 Birdies, 21 Pars, 5 Bogeys)
Par-5: -7 (1 Eagle, 5 Birdies, 6 Pars)
Total: -21 (1 Eagle, 26 Birdies, 38 Pars, 7 Bogeys)
WITB: Matthew Wolff
Driver: TaylorMade M5 (8˚)
Fairway: TaylorMade M5 (15˚)
Driving Iron: TaylorMade P760 (2)
Irons: TaylorMade P750 (4-PW)
Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind Raw (52˚,56˚, 62˚)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider X Copper
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Hat: TaylorMade
Wolff’s Final-Day Highlights
Credit: PGA TOUR Youtube
Wolff’s 2019 PGA Tour Season
Starts: 4
Missed Cuts: 1
Wins: 1 (3M Open)
Addtl Top 10s/20s: 0/0
Money Earned: $1,164,888 (80th)
FedExCup Pts: 500 (73rd)
World Rank Before/After: 1,659/135
Points & Money
The victory earned Wolff $1,152,000 and 500 FedExCup points, along with 44 world-ranking points. He will move inside the top 100 on the money list, and inside the top 75 on the points list. In terms of the Official World Golf Rankings, he will jump insde the top 140 (from 1,659).
Quotable
“I’m speechless right now. It’s something that, you know, I’ll definitely remember as not only my first win, but that putt and to do that with all the nerves and trying to get my Tour card was pretty special to me. You know, I had the same celebration when I won the National Championship at Oklahoma State. I kind of stepped and yelled “Come on!” So it was cool to see that. And like I said, it still hasn’t settled in, but just a dream come true.”
– Matthew Wolff
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