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physical best. He felt some dizziness along the back nine,   arms in celebration of his first top-10 finish of the year.
           putting his hands on his knees at one point as he hung his   Champ  had  the  best  putting  performance  of  the  entire
           head to try to regain some composure. He had plenty of   field with 8.48 strokes gained.
           it on the last hole, after his safe strategy with the tee shot   The  Texas  A&M  product  won  the  Sanderson  Farms
           to stay away from the lake landed way left in a trampled,   Championship in 2018, the year he turned pro, and the
           sandy area directly behind a clump of trees.         Safeway Open in 2019. He missed the cut in his last two
           Champ  managed  to  chip  out  onto  the  primary  rough,   majors this season and hadn't had a top-10 finish since
           then scoot up the fairway. His approach was a beauty that   tying for eighth in October in the ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP
           landed perfectly and rolled back toward the pin. He sank   in California.
           the  easy  par  putt  and  had  enough  energy  to  pump  his   Champ entered the week in 142nd place in the FedExCup

























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