Robert Streb captures a second RSM Classic trophy. Photo @PGATour

Final-Round Notes – Sunday, November 22, 2020 

Weather: Partly cloudy, with a high of 73. Wind NE 10-15 mph.

 Final Leaderboard

Robert Streb (SS-PL)                         65-63-67-68—263 (-19)*

Kevin Kisner (PL-SS)                          68-66-66-63—263 (-19)

Cameron Tringale (PL-SS)                 67-68-67-62—264 (-18)

Bernd Wiesberger (SS-PL)                66-68-68-63—265 (-17)

Andrew Landry (PL-SS)                     68-68-65-64—265 (-17)

Things to Know

• 2014 The RSM Classic winner Robert Streb defeats 2015 tournament winner Kevin Kisner with a birdie on the second hole of sudden death, No. 18
• Kevin Kisner claims a fourth top-5 finish in The RSM Classic, more than any player
• 2020 marks the sixth playoff in The RSM Classic history and third in as many seasons
• Cameron Tringale posts career-low 8-under 62 to claim a sixth top-3 finish on the PGA TOUR
• Sea Island resident Harris English birdies six of his first eight holes en route to a third top-10 finish in his fifth start of the season
• Camilo Villegas claims his first top-10 finish on the PGA TOUR since the 2017 Valero Texas Open
• Corey Conners wins the 11-week-long RSM Birdies Fore Love competition, good for $300,000 for the children- or family-based charitable organizations of choice; this week’s winner, Doug Ghim, collects $50,000 for similar charities of his choice

WHAT A SHOT. 😱@therealstrebber nailed his approach on the second playoff hole to win @TheRSMClassic. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/sAmFE6otjR

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) November 22, 2020

• 36- and 54-hole leader closed with a 2-under 68 to force sudden death with 2015 tournament winner, Kevin Kisner; won on the second extra hole, No. 18, with a tap in birdie
• Win comes in his 214^th career PGA TOUR start at the age of 33 years, 7 months, 15 days
• With the win, collects 500 FedExCup points and moves to No. 8 in the standings
• With the win, gains entry into a number of 2020-21 PGA TOUR events, including the Sentry Tournament of Champions, PLAYERS Championship and Masters Tournament
• Wins in his 165^th PGA TOUR start since his 2014 The RSM Classic victory
• Both The RSM Classic victories have come via sudden death; defeated Will MacKenzie and Brendon de Jonge in 2014
• Becomes the first player to capture his first two TOUR victories at the same event since Daniel Berger (2016-17 FedEx St. Jude Classic)
• Becomes the first two-time winner of The RSM Classic
• Becomes the fifth consecutive 36-hole leader/co-leader to win The RSM Classic: Robert Streb (2020), Tyler Duncan (2019), Charles Howell III (2018), Austin Cook (2017), Mackenzie Hughes (2016)
• Lone bogeys of the week came at his 11^th hole in round one (Seaside) and No. 13 in round four (Seaside)
• Wins in seventh start in The RSM Classic; in five starts between victories, never finished higher than T25 (2015)
• Finished the 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season at No. 145 in the FedExCup
• In 40 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, won twice (most recently the 2018 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship over Peter Malnati in sudden death)

Miscellaneous Notes

• 2015 The RSM Classic winner Kevin Kisner (-19/P2) closed with a 7-under 63 to collect his fourth top-5 finish in his 10^th start at The RSM Classic, more than any player (1^st/2015, P2/2020, T4/2017, T4/2014); was in search of his fourth career TOUR title and first since the 2019 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play
• Cameron Tringale (-18/3^rd) posted a career-low 8-under 62 in his 10^th start in The RSM Classic, besting his previous-best finish of T20 (2019); Since 2009, of players seeking their first TOUR title, Cameron Trinagle has the second-most starts of any player without a win (288); Ricky Barnes has 289

• Sponsor exemption Bernd Wiesberger birdied five of his first nine holes en route to a 7-under 63 and T4 finish at 17-under 265; marks his best PGA TOUR finish in his 56^th start; Austria native has amassed 10 international victories, including three on the European Tour in 2019
• Camilo Villegas (-16/T6), who lost in a playoff to Mackenzie Hughes at The RSM Classic in 2016, posted four rounds of par-or-better in a PGA TOUR event for the first time since the 2017 CIMB Classic
• Saint Simons Island resident Zach Johnson (-16/T6) took a triple-bogey-eight at No. 7, resulting in a 2-under 68; was seeking a 13^th career TOUR title and first since the 2015 The Open Championship

Bogey-free rounds:

R1 PL (2):  Doug Ghim (67), Kevin Kisner (68)

R1 SS (3): Camilo Villegas (64), Rory Sabbatini (65), Nate Lashley (68)

R2 PL (7): Robert Streb (63), Bronson Burgoon (63), Kyle Stanley (65), Lucas Glover (68), Tyrrell Hatton (68), Emiliano Grillo (68), Jason Dufner (69)

R2 SS (4): Joel Dahmen (61), Brian Stuard (63), Brandt Snedeker (66), Graeme McDowell (68)

R3 (5): Andrew Landry (65), Kevin Kisner (66), Matthew NeSmith (66), Ian Poulter (68), Robert Streb (69)

R4 (21): Cameron Tringale (62), Harris English (62), Kevin Kisner (63), Bernd Wiesberger (63) Henrik Stenson (63), Corey Conners (64), Branden Grace (64), Andrew Landry (64), Tyrrell Hatton (65), Charles Howell III (65), John Huh (65), Lucas Glover (65), Alex Noren (65), Rory Sabbatini (65), Vaughn Taylor (65), Adam Schenk (66), Webb Simpson (66), Matt Jones (66), Chris Kirk (66), Josh Teater (67), Adam Long (68)

Final-round Scoring Averages

Front 9                 Back 9                  Total                    Cumulative

33.385                 33.662                 67.046                 68.637

RSM Birdies Fore Love

For the third consecutive season, The RSM Classic featured the on-course competition over the first 11 events of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season. The top three players who accumulated the most birdies (or better) earn $300,000, $150,000 and $50,000, respectively, for children- or family-based charitable organizations of each player’s choice. Here’s a look at the final leaderboard: