Hideki Matsuyama defended his title Sunday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Here are the key stats from the final round at TPC Scottsdale.
Hideki Matsuyama
• Improves to 3-0 in PGA Tour playoffs in career
• Fourth career PGA Tour win (most ever by player from Japan)
• First player to successfully defend title at TPC Scottsdale
• First player from Japan to successfully defend any PGA Tour title
• First player to win consecutive years in playoff in same event since Ernie Els at 2003, ’04 Sony Open in Hawaii
• Projected to remain fifth in World Ranking next week
• Fifth victory in last nine worldwide starts
• 13th professional worldwide victory (turns 25 in 20 days - Jumbo Ozaki won 13th professional worldwide event at 25 years old)
• Last player to successfully defend at WMPO – Johnny Miller (1975)
• Third-youngest international four-time PGA Tour winner in last 30 years
• Trailed entering final round in five of 13 worldwide wins
• Second in field in strokes gained tee-to-green this week
Webb Simpson
• Sixth career runner-up finish on PGA Tour
• Falls to 1-4 in PGA Tour playoff career
• 65-64 on weekend; was T-28, six back entering weekend
• Was T-29, six back in 2012 U.S. Open (won)
• Played last 45 holes of regulation in 15 under
• Has not won on PGA Tour since anchor ban enforcement began
Louis Oosthuizen
• Has never won a professional tournament in United States
• Zero bogeys over last 36 holes of tournament
• Jack Nicklaus, Bobby Locke are only players to win here and Open at St. Andrews
Rickie Fowler
• Bogey-free 6-under 65; made only two bogeys this week
• 33 under over last nine rounds played in this tournament
• Hit 18/18 GIR in final round (second time in PGA Tour career)
• Other such round came in 2009 Safeway Open (fifth round as a pro)
• Missed only three GIR over last two rounds this week
Phil Mickelson
• 71 in final round (30 on front nine, 41 on back nine)
• Bogeyed four of first six holes on back nine in final round
• 76 starts worldwide since last victory (2013 Open)
