Playing out of the fourth-to-last threesome, World No. 369 Scott Brown tossed up a day-tying-low 3-under-par 34-34=68 in the final round of the Genesis Invitational to reach 9-under 275, up nine places to a season-best T2, two short of overnight tri-leader and champion Adam Scott, who closed with 70.
This was the 36-year-old’s seventh Genesis and second top 25, both doubling as T2s (2017). He improves to 5-for-12 on the season with two top 25s (T14, RSM), and records his sixth top-3 finish in 232 events, first (individually) since here three years ago. For the week, the Augusta, Georgia, native posted rounds of 71-68-68-68 and totaled 18 birdies versus nine bogeys. In the finale, he landed nine (of 14) fairways and 11 greens in regulation, gaining 0.654 strokes approaching and 1.736 around-the-green. The South Carolina resident squared two bogey-5s at holes 5 and 8, camouflaged by five circles at 1, 2, 6, 10 and 18 (hole-out from 25'8" away). He registered 1.727 putts per GIR and 1.437 SG: Putting, converting two scoring tries from between 28 and 39 feet.