Chris Couch earned $1,080,000 with his victory on Sunday at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Coming into the week he had career earnings of $340,979 in 64 professional starts, including a career best payday of $75,660 at the 1999 Sony Open in Hawaii, his first professional start on the PGA TOUR.

• The last four players to make the cut on the number after 36-holes and go on to win the tournament:

Chris Couch, 2006 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 64-65--269; Brad Faxon, 2005 Buick Championship, 65-61--126; Jose Maria Olazabal, 2002 Buick Invitational, 67-65--132; Mike Sullivan, 1989 Shell Houston Open, 68-65--133.

• Chris Couch closed with a 7-under 65 to win by 1 stroke at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He chiped-in (54 feet, 1 inch) from off the green for par on No. 18.

• Lucas Glover closed with a 9-under 63, matching Vijay Singh for the best final round score at English Turn. In 2004, Singh closed with a 63, coming from four strokes behind to collect his 18th victory.

• No player was able to string together four consecutive rounds in the 60s at English Turn this week. There have been 19 players who have been able to put together four sub-70 rounds since the tournament move to English Turn in 1989. Five players recorded four rounds in the 60s at the 2004 Zurich Classic at English Turn. They include: Joe Ogilvie (66-67-66-68), Phil Mickelson (67-65-69-66), Hidemichi Tanaka (69-64-69-67), K.J. Choi (67-68-68-69) and Brian Bateman (67-67-69-69).

• Danny Ellis made a name for himself in New Orleans in 2004 when his first-round 9-under 63 at English Turn Golf and Country Club propelled him to both the first- and second-round leads of the 2004 tournament. Ellis, who finished 71st in 2004, posted rounds of 71-69-69-65 and finish T7 this week in New Orleans, his first top-10 since he posted a tie for seventh at the 2004 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill.

• Bogey-free rounds on Sunday: Lucas Glover, Bill Haas, David Branshaw, Woody Austin, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Patrick Sheehan, Scott Verplank, Danny Ellis, Darren Stiles, Charles Howell III and Joe Durant.

• Best rounds of the day:
63 -- Lucas Glover
64 -- Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley
65 -- Danny Ellis, John Senden

• Scoring statistics:

          No. of players    Stroke average    Rd in 60s
Thursday       156             70.596            56
Friday         153             71.377            44
Saturday        71             72.127            13
Sunday          71             68.479            35    

• English Turn Tournament Course Scoring Averages for the Week:

 Round 1   Round 2   Round 3   Round 4   Total
 70.596    71.377    72.127     68.479   70.77    

• Bubba Watson recorded four eagles this week at English Turn Golf and Country Club, three in Thursday’s first round and one on Sunday.

• This week’s winner, Chris Couch and last weeks winner Stuart Appleby were both born on May 1. Couch was born in 1973 and Appleby was born in 1971.

• The four past champions who made the cut at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and how they fared in the at the 2006 Zurich Classic:
Carlos Franco, 69-70-68-69—276, T16
Scott McCarron, 70-69-71-66—276, T16
Steve Flesch, 67-73-69-70—279, T41
David Toms, 69-67-72-72—280, T47