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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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