Stanford St. Jude Championship: Final-Round Notebook  PGA TOUR Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Woody Austin had found little success in Memphis prior to 2007 -- in nine starts at the Stanford St. Jude Championship, Austin had made just four cuts with a best finish of T44 in 2005.  Woody Austin carded the lowest final-round for a champion since Brad Faxon's 61 at the 2006 Buick Championship. (Marc Feldman/WireImage)
• Woody Austin's 8-under-par 62 was the low finish on TOUR this season for a winner, and the lowest final-round for a champion since Brad Faxon posted a 9-under-par 61 to win the 2006 Buick Championship. His 62 also was a career low on TOUR, as he carded rounds of 63 on six different occasions. • The five-stroke win for Woody Austin tied the fourth-largest margin of victory in tournament history. John Cook won by seven in 1996, Ray Floyd won by six in 1982 and David Toms won by six in 2004. Other five-shot winners were Cary Middlecoff in 1961, Bert Yancey in 1966 and Gene Littler in 1975. • Woody Austin entered the week No. 145 on the FedExCup points list. With his win, he jumps to No. 29 and secures a berth in the top 144 and the first FedExCup playoff tournament, The Barclays. • Woody Austin's victory this week marked his first top-10 since a T7 at the 2006 Buick Open. At 43 years, four months and 13 days, Austin is the second-oldest winner of the Stanford St. Jude Championship. Gene Littler (44 years, 10 months, 4 days) is the oldest champion in tournament history, having won the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in 1975. • Woody Austin's comeback from four strokes down ties the third-largest 54-hole comeback in the Stanford St. Jude Championship, matching Gary Player (1974). The largest 54-hole comebacks were from Hal Sutton (8/1985) and Len Mattiace (7/2002). • A win by Adam Scott this week would have pushed him from No. 4 to No. 3 (passing Jim Furyk) in the Official World Golf Ranking. • Adam Scott's bogey on the par-4 13th hole on Sunday marked his first bogey of the week on the back nine. It was one of five holes of bogey or worse over the final nine holes, where he posted a 4-over-par 39. • Two-time champion David Toms (2003-04) posted his sixth consecutive top-10 at the Stanford St. Jude Championship, finishing third, six strokes behind champion Woody Austin. • The TPC Southwind course played second-most difficult in relation to par on TOUR through 24 events. The par-72 Augusta National played to an average of 75.881 during the Masters, while the par-70 Southwind averaged 72.169 this week. • Brian Davis finished solo second in his first career start at Memphis' PGA TOUR stop. He makes a large jump up the FedExCup points list from No. 163 to No. 62. • Adam Scott (7th) recorded his third straight top-10 on the PGA TOUR -- he finished T6 at THE PLAYERS Championship and T5 at the Memorial Tournament. His five top-10s in 2007 are tied for second-most on TOUR behind countryman Robert Allenby's six top-10s. • With his third-place finish this week, David Toms jumps from 11th to 6th in the United States Presidents Cup standings. Woody Austin made the biggest jump of the week from No. 65 to No. 23. • Local favorite Vance Veazey (T10) notched his first career top-10 this week in his 83rd career start on TOUR. • Memphis-area resident Shaun Micheel, making his 14th career start at the Stanford St. Jude Championship, posted his best career finish (T12). Micheel's previous best was T19 in 2002. • Nashville native and former Vanderbilt All-America Brandt Snedeker shot rounds of 69-68 on the weekend to secure a T5 finish. He is 42nd overall in FedExCup points with 4,584 and trails only Jeff Quinney (No. 26) and Anthony Kim (No. 31) among rookies. • Woody Austin earned his third PGA TOUR victory in his 387th start on TOUR. His previous wins came at the 1995 Buick Open and 2004 Buick Championship. It is also his third come-from-behind victory. • Austin earns his first Stanford St. Jude Championship title in his 10th start. He missed the cut in five starts with his best previous finish a T-44 in 2005. His first-place check of $1,080,000 increases his tournament total to $1,114,064 and moves him from No. 256 to No. 6 on the all-time list. • Austin becomes the fourth winner to play the final 36 holes without a bogey since the event moved to TPC Southwind in 1989. He joins Len Mattiace (2002), John Cook (1996) and Jay Haas (1992) in that category. Austin played the final 49 holes without a bogey. His last bogey came on No. 5 during the second round. • Austin shoots an 8-under-par 62, the best final round score by a tournament winner in the 50 years of this event. The previous low round by a champion at TPC Southwind was 64 (7-under) by Jay Haas (1992), Len Mattiace (2002) and David Toms (2003). His final round was the best since Nick Price shot a 62 in 2004, when he finished T-4. • Austin earns the 205th career title by a Nationwide Tour alum and the 10th this year. He joins Paul Goydos, Charley Hoffman, Aaron Baddeley, Mark Wilson, Zach Johnson (2 wins), Boo Weekley and Nick Watney in that category. • He also becomes the fifth player in his 40s to win on the PGA TOUR this year -- Vijay Singh (2 wins), Paul Goydos, Mark Calcavecchia and Scott Verplank. Copyright 2007 PGATOUR.com. All rights reserved. |
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