October 14 2012
5:06 PM
With this victory ...
With a victory today at the Frys.com
Open at CordeValle ...
John Mallinger
-- Earns his first career PGA TOUR
victory at the age of 33 years, 20 days in his 157
th career start on TOUR.
-- Earns exempt PGA TOUR status for
the remainder of 2012 and all of 2013 and 2014 seasons.
-- Becomes the seventh first-time
winner on TOUR this year and first since Ted Potter Jr. at the
Greenbrier Classic in July.
-- Becomes the second first-time
winner in the six year history of the Frys.com Open (2011/Bryce
Molder).
-- Becomes the third straight player
to carry the third-round lead/co-lead onto victory on TOUR and 16
th on the season.
-- 2012 starts-made cuts-top-10s-wins:
24-13-3-1 (Projected with a win today)
-- Earns a spot into the following
2013 PGA TOUR events: Hyundai Tournament of Champions, Humana
Challenge, Arnold Palmer Invitational, RBC Heritage, PLAYERS
Championship, Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, the Memorial
Tournament, AT&T National and PGA Championship.
-- PROJECTED to move inside the top 45
on the PGA TOUR money list. Top 30 on season ending list earns an
invitation to the 2013 Masters. Mallinger has never played in the
Masters.
Jonas Blixt
-- Earns his 1
st career PGA TOUR victory at the age of 28 years, 5
months and 21 days in his 19
th career start on TOUR.
-- Earns exempt PGA TOUR status for
the remainder of 2012 and all of 2013 and 2014 season.
-- Becomes the seventh first-time
winner on TOUR this year and first since Ted Potter Jr. at the
Greenbrier Classic in July.
-- Becomes the second first-time
winner in the six year history of the Frys.com Open (2011/Bryce
Molder).
-- Becomes the third rookie winner on
TOUR this year and first since Ted Potter Jr. at the Greebrier
Classic in July. The other rookie to win was John Huh at the
Mayakoba Golf Classic.
-- With a win today would be the
second straight player in his 20s to win on TOUR and fourth in the
last five events.
-- Joins Carl Pettersson (RBC
Heritage) as the only Swedish players to win on TOUR this
season.
-- 2012 starts-made cuts-top-10s-wins:
19-13-5-1 (Projected with a win today)
-- With a win will earn a spot in the
2013 PGA Championship, he has never played in a major.
-- PROJECTED to move inside the top 35
on the PGA TOUR money list. Top 30 on season ending list earns an
invitation to the 2013 Masters. Blixt has never played in the
Masters.
