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Not since Adam Scott in 2005 has a player competed at Riviera for the first time and left with the trophy. Bridgeman, a 26-year-old from Clemson, played well enough last year to reach the Tour Championship and has been steadily on the rise.
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PGA Tour Highlights: Riley gets hot in Hawaii
Watch highlights from round 2 of the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii where Davis Riley heated up to take the lead after two rounds.
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Anthony Kim walked out of a PGA Tour scoring trailer at Quail Hollow and straight to the parking lot on May 4, 2012. He put his clubs in the trunk and drove away, vanishing from golf and from the public view for 12 years.
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Ryo Hisatsune had three straight birdies early in his round, made the only birdie on the par-4 ninth and finished with three straight for a 62 at Pebble Beach.
The son of Tiger Woods is staying in state to pursue college golf.
Gotterup shot 7-under 64 and won with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff Sunday after Matsuyama pulled his tee shot into the water.