Webb Simpson finished with a final round of 67 with three birdies on the 9th, 15th and 16th and 15 pars. Fellow American, George McNeill climbed 11 places up the Wyndham Championship leaderboard on the last day with a 6 under par round of 64, hitting birdies on the 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 15th and 17th. But McNeill still finished 3 shots behind Simpson who’d gone into the final day with a comfortable lead at 15 under par.
Third in the running, Tommy Gainey, lead the tournament for the first two days but he was unable to maintain the standard he set in the first two rounds following a 63 and 65 with two 69′s in the third round and fourth round. Gainey, who’s from South Carolina, hit two bogeys on the 7th, 9th and a double bogey on 11th to drop out of contention for the lead. Even four consecutive birdies on the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th weren’t enough to rescue his round and he finished at 14 under par and 4 shots off the winning score.
The 26-year-old Raleigh native finished at 18-under 262 and collected $936,000 in the tournament about a 30-mile drive from the Wake Forest campus where he was a college star.
Webb Simpson picked up his first PGA Tour victory with a win in his home state of North Carolina.
"I really couldn't think of a better place to win than here in Greensboro," Simpson said.
Simpson said his first visit to the Greensboro-based tournament came when he was 16. His father brought him to the event's former home across town at Forest Oaks Country Club to caddie for Lancaster during the Wednesday pro-am.
"That was probably the most fun 18 holes I've ever been a part of," Simpson said.
His final 18 of this tournament were marked by steady, bogey-free play and a strong finish marked by consecutive birdies on Nos. 15 and 16.
After taking the lead during Round 3 with a late five-hole stretch of four birdies and an eagle, Simpson opened his final round with eight straight pars before moving to 16 under with a birdie on the par-4 ninth.
He stayed there until late in the day. Birdies on the par-5 15th and the par-3 16th gave him a three-shot lead with two holes to go.
Winner's Bag:
DRIVER: Titleist 909D3 (10.5°) with a UST AxivCore 69 shaft
FAIRWAY WOODS: Titleist 909F3 (13.5°) with a UST AxivCore 79 shaft; 910F (17°) with a UST AxivCore 89 shaft
HYBRID: Titleist 910H Hybrid(21°) with a Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105 shaft
IRONS: Titleist 680MB (4-P) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts
WEDGES: Vokey Design TVD (54°, 58°) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts
PUTTER: Ping Craz-E (long)
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x
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