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Bryson DeChambeau




           It was quite a week for the        round started with a 5-over stretch   finish at the Sanderson Farms
           FedExCup leader. He led after an   before he battled back to a 71. On   Championship last week was no
           opening-round 62 and sat just one   Sunday he did his best to make a run   flash in the pan as he pushed his
           back at the halfway mark when he   but some miscues late left him with   way to a T5 in Las Vegas. Last year
           was confronted with comments       a 66 and a tie for eighth.          he was 137th in the FedExCup
           from fellow U.S. Amateur winner    Cook had been without a top-10      without a top-10 finish.
           Matthew Fitzpatrick.               finish on TOUR since being T4 at    Hahn earned 100 of the 140
           Fitzpatrick had claimed            the Barbasol Championship in July   FedExCup points he needed to
           DeChambeau’s body transformation   of 2019. The winner of the 2017-18   remain in the Major Medical
           and subsequent long ball game is   season-opening The RSM Classic      category for the remainder of the
           devoid of skill but DeChambeau     showed on his day he has all of the   season. He has 11 starts remaining
           defended his game plan.            skills.                             to earn 40 points, the equivalent of a
           Unfortunately DeChambeau’s third   Malnati showed his runner-up        solo 22nd finish.



















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