Greenbrier Classic 2018 - Round 4

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South Korean-born American Kevin Na captures his first US PGA title in seven years .
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PGA Tour

Greenbrier Classic 2018

July 05-08

Old White TPC course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

$7,300,000

July 05-08

Old White TPC course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

$7,300,000

Round 4

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Round 1

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July 08, 2018

South Korean-born American Kevin Na captured his first US PGA title in seven years on Sunday, firing a six-under par 64 to win the Greenbrier Classic by five strokes.

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The 34-year-old, who emigrated to the United States from Seoul with his family at age eight, finished 72 holes at the mountain resort course in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on 19-under 261.

``Big confidence boost,`` Na said. ``It's nice to get that second trophy. It's a beautiful trophy. I thought about how good it would look at home.``

Na, who choked up when thanking fans in Korean on television after his triumph, had made 158 starts since his only prior PGA victory at the 2011 Shriners Hospitals Open.

``It feels amazing,`` Na said. ``I see the records on TV, most starts since winning. I'm always up there. I failed so many times.

``It took me eight years to win my first title. I told friends it's not going to take eight years to win the second one. It has taken seven.``

Kelly Kraft was second on 266 with Jason Kokrak and Brandt Snedeker sharing third on 267 and Chile's Joaquin Niemann, the only non-US player in the top 10, in a fifth-place pack on 268 with Austin Cook, Sam Saunders, Joel Dahmen and Harold Varner.

Na broke open a shootout with 12 players within four strokes of the lead by making birdies on six of seven holes starting at the fourth, making two runs of three in a row to seize command.

He sank a five-foot birdie putt at the fourth and one twice as long at the fifth before dropping a 32-footer at the sixth.

Na found a fairway bunker at seven and settled for par but resumed his birdie binge with a 43-foot putt at the par-3 eighth, a tap-in birdie after putting his approach at nine inches from the cup and sinking a 23-foot birdie putt to start the back nine.

``Today I kept within myself,`` Na said. ``I never got ahead of myself. ``I kept it right in front of me.``

Na's lone bogey came at 11, where he missed a 10-foot par putt, but he pulled back a stroke at 16 with a nine-foot birdie putt, then sank a 16-foot par putt at the par-5 17th and parred 18 to close out the victory.

Saunders, grandson of golf legend Arnold Palmer, used an old putter that belonged to his grandfather, who died in 2016 at age 87.

Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, seeking his fourth title of the year, fired a 72 to share 13th on 271.

Pos.
Player
Nat
To Par
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
Kevin Na
USA
-19
69
63
65
64
261
2
Kelly Kraft
USA
-14
64
63
69
70
266
T3
Brandt Snedeker
USA
-13
66
67
70
64
267
T3
Jason Kokrak
USA
-13
65
64
71
67
267
T5
Austin Cook
USA
-12
66
66
70
66
268
T5
Harold Varner III
USA
-12
66
64
66
72
268
T5
Joaquin Niemann
CHI
-12
63
69
72
64
268
T5
Joel Dahmen
USA
-12
67
65
67
69
268
T5
Sam Saunders
USA
-12
68
63
67
70
268
10
Russell Henley
USA
-11
68
69
69
63
269
T11
David Lingmerth
SWE
-10
66
68
68
68
270
T11
Robert Streb
USA
-10
66
69
71
64
270
T13
Alex Cejka
GER
-9
68
68
69
66
271
T13
Bubba Watson
USA
-9
68
66
65
72
271
T13
J. J. Spaun
USA
-9
68
65
68
70
271
T13
John Peterson
USA
-9
68
69
68
66
271
T13
Keegan Bradley
USA
-9
65
69
67
70
271
T13
Mackenzie Hughes
CAN
-9
69
67
67
68
271
T13
Ryan Moore
USA
-9
66
67
67
71
271
T13
Scott Stallings
USA
-9
70
63
70
68
271
T21
J. J. Henry
USA
-8
65
70
69
68
272
T21
Ryan Armour
USA
-8
67
66
67
72
272
T21
Talor Gooch
USA
-8
69
67
68
68
272
T21
Tony Finau
USA
-8
67
67
67
71
272
T21
Xander Schauffele
USA
-8
66
66
65
75
272
T26
Jamie Lovemark
USA
-7
67
66
67
73
273
T26
Lanto Griffin
USA
-7
69
66
70
68
273
T26
Ollie Schniederjans
USA
-7
66
66
69
72
273
T26
Wesley Bryan
USA
-7
69
65
69
70
273
T30
Brandon Harkins
USA
-6
72
65
66
71
274
T30
Brett Stegmaier
USA
-6
67
70
70
67
274
T30
Bronson Burgoon
USA
-6
67
68
65
74
274
T30
Charles Howell III
USA
-6
68
68
68
70
274
T30
Corey Conners
CAN
-6
67
69
70
68
274
T30
David Hearn
CAN
-6
68
67
68
71
274
T30
Keith Mitchell
USA
-6
69
67
73
65
274
T30
Kevin Chappell
USA
-6
66
68
70
70
274
T30
Nick Watney
USA
-6
69
65
71
69
274
T39
Anirban Lahiri
IND
-5
67
61
71
76
275
T39
Blayne Barber
USA
-5
67
70
69
69
275
T39
Brian Gay
USA
-5
70
66
71
68
275
T39
Cheng Tsung Pan
TPE
-5
71
66
67
71
275
T39
Denny McCarthy
USA
-5
67
70
69
69
275
T39
J. T. Poston
USA
-5
69
68
65
73
275
T39
Rory Sabbatini
RSA
-5
69
68
72
66
275
T39
Tyler Duncan
USA
-5
68
64
75
68
275
T47
Abraham Ancer
USA
-4
67
68
69
72
276
T47
Billy Hurley III
USA
-4
66
66
71
73
276
T47
Jim Furyk
USA
-4
68
66
69
73
276
T47
Jonathan Randolph
USA
-4
67
68
73
68
276
T47
Rob Oppenheim
USA
-4
71
66
70
69
276
T47
Roberto Diaz
MEX
-4
70
67
68
71
276
T47
Stephan Jaeger
GER
-4
66
70
70
70
276
T47
Webb Simpson
USA
-4
61
67
76
72
276
55
Kevin Kisner
USA
-3
69
66
71
71
277
T56
Benjamin Silverman
CAN
-2
68
69
70
71
278
T56
Brian Harman
USA
-2
67
69
70
72
278
T56
Cameron Percy
AUS
-2
67
68
71
72
278
T56
Fabian Gomez
ARG
-2
67
68
73
70
278
T56
Nick Taylor
CAN
-2
71
66
69
72
278
T56
Peter Malnati
USA
-2
67
69
73
69
278
T56
Scott Brown
USA
-2
70
67
68
73
278
T56
Trey Mullinax
USA
-2
71
66
71
70
278
T56
Vijay Singh
FIJ
-2
69
68
74
67
278
T65
Johnson Wagner
USA
-1
68
68
72
71
279
T65
Phil Mickelson
USA
-1
66
69
70
74
279
T65
Steve Wheatcroft
USA
-1
66
67
70
76
279
T65
Zac Blair
USA
-1
68
69
74
68
279
T69
Chad Campbell
USA
Par
65
69
72
74
280
T69
Richy Werenski
USA
Par
71
65
69
75
280
T69
Steve Marino
USA
Par
67
68
73
72
280
T69
Tom Hoge
USA
Par
66
67
72
75
280
T69
William McGirt
USA
Par
69
66
75
70
280
T74
George McNeill
USA
1
71
64
70
76
281
T74
Meen-Whee Kim
KOR
1
62
68
76
75
281
T74
Scott Piercy
USA
1
70
67
73
71
281
77
Tyrone van Aswegen
RSA
4
68
68
72
76
284
CUT
Aaron Wise
USA
-2
70
68
-
-
138
CUT
Cameron Tringale
USA
-2
71
67
-
-
138
CUT
Chase Seiffert
USA
-2
73
65
-
-
138
CUT
Dominic Bozzelli
USA
-2
67
71
-
-
138
CUT
Ethan Tracy
USA
-2
69
69
-
-
138
CUT
James Hahn
USA
-2
68
70
-
-
138
CUT
Jonas Blixt
SWE
-2
70
68
-
-
138
CUT
Ken Duke
USA
-2
71
67
-
-
138
CUT
Kevin Streelman
USA
-2
72
66
-
-
138
CUT
Matt Jones
AUS
-2
72
66
-
-
138
CUT
Nicholas Lindheim
USA
-2
70
68
-
-
138
CUT
Norman Xiong
-
-2
69
69
-
-
138
CUT
Parker McLachlin
USA
-2
71
67
-
-
138
CUT
T. J. Vogel
USA
-2
69
69
-
-
138
CUT
Ted Potter Jr.
USA
-2
73
65
-
-
138
CUT
Tommy Gainey
USA
-2
70
68
-
-
138
CUT
Adam Schenk
USA
-1
68
71
-
-
139
CUT
Andrew Putnam
USA
-1
69
70
-
-
139
CUT
Bill Haas
USA
-1
69
70
-
-
139
CUT
Brice Garnett
USA
-1
69
70
-
-
139
CUT
Danny Lee
NZL
-1
67
72
-
-
139
CUT
J. B. Holmes
USA
-1
70
69
-
-
139
CUT
Martin Piller
USA
-1
68
71
-
-
139
CUT
Ricky Barnes
USA
-1
73
66
-
-
139
CUT
Stuart Appleby
AUS
-1
71
68
-
-
139
CUT
Tim Herron
USA
-1
72
67
-
-
139
CUT
Tom Lovelady
USA
-1
70
69
-
-
139
CUT
Wes Homan
USA
-1
69
70
-
-
139
CUT
Xinjun Zhang
CHN
-1
71
68
-
-
139
CUT
Zecheng Dou
CHN
-1
66
73
-
-
139
CUT
Ben Crane
USA
Par
69
71
-
-
140
CUT
Derek Fathauer
USA
Par
70
70
-
-
140
CUT
Harris English
USA
Par
67
73
-
-
140
CUT
Jason Gore
USA
Par
71
69
-
-
140
CUT
Kyle Thompson
USA
Par
73
67
-
-
140
CUT
Michael Thompson
USA
Par
68
72
-
-
140
CUT
Ryan Blaum
USA
Par
68
72
-
-
140
CUT
Seamus Power
IRL
Par
70
70
-
-
140
CUT
Shawn Stefani
USA
Par
72
68
-
-
140
CUT
Andrew Yun
USA
1
71
70
-
-
141
CUT
Blake Taylor
-
1
70
71
-
-
141
CUT
Bob Estes
USA
1
72
69
-
-
141
CUT
David Bradshaw
USA
1
70
71
-
-
141
CUT
Michael Kim
KOR
1
71
70
-
-
141
CUT
Sean O'Hair
USA
1
74
67
-
-
141
CUT
Will Claxton
USA
1
69
72
-
-
141
CUT
Chris Stroud
USA
2
72
70
-
-
142
CUT
John Huh
USA
2
72
70
-
-
142
CUT
Patrick Rodgers
USA
2
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Sam Ryder
USA
2
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Brian Davis
ENG
3
73
70
-
-
143
CUT
Hudson Swafford
USA
3
69
74
-
-
143
CUT
Jonathan Byrd
USA
3
71
72
-
-
143
CUT
Logan Lagodich
-
3
70
73
-
-
143
CUT
Martin Flores
USA
3
73
70
-
-
143
CUT
Omar Uresti
USA
3
71
72
-
-
143
CUT
Vaughn Taylor
USA
3
71
72
-
-
143
CUT
Chris Couch
USA
4
71
73
-
-
144
CUT
Cody Gribble
USA
4
75
69
-
-
144
CUT
Conrad Shindler
USA
4
74
70
-
-
144
CUT
Daniel Summerhays
USA
4
71
73
-
-
144
CUT
John Daly
USA
4
77
67
-
-
144
CUT
John Merrick
USA
4
68
76
-
-
144
CUT
Robert Allenby
AUS
4
74
70
-
-
144
CUT
Dicky Pride
USA
5
69
76
-
-
145
CUT
Jimmy Walker
USA
5
75
70
-
-
145
CUT
Matt Atkins
USA
5
72
73
-
-
145
CUT
Patton Kizzire
USA
5
70
75
-
-
145
CUT
Steven Bowditch
AUS
5
70
75
-
-
145
CUT
Brendon de Jonge
ZIM
6
78
68
-
-
146
CUT
Davey Jude
-
6
73
73
-
-
146
CUT
Jon Curran
USA
7
77
70
-
-
147
CUT
Sam O'Dell
USA
7
72
75
-
-
147
CUT
Geoff Ogilvy
AUS
8
75
73
-
-
148
CUT
Troy Matteson
USA
8
75
73
-
-
148
CUT
Robert Garrigus
USA
10
74
76
-
-
150
CUT
Devin Gee
-
11
74
77
-
-
151
DSQ
Matthew Every
USA
Par
69
-
-
-
69
RET
Smylie Kaufman
USA
Par
79
-
-
-
79
Pos.
Player
Nat
To Par
Total
1
Kevin Na
USA
-19
261
2
Kelly Kraft
USA
-14
266
T3
Brandt Snedeker
USA
-13
267
T3
Jason Kokrak
USA
-13
267
T5
Austin Cook
USA
-12
268
T5
Harold Varner III
USA
-12
268
T5
Joaquin Niemann
CHI
-12
268
T5
Joel Dahmen
USA
-12
268
T5
Sam Saunders
USA
-12
268
10
Russell Henley
USA
-11
269
T11
David Lingmerth
SWE
-10
270
T11
Robert Streb
USA
-10
270
T13
Alex Cejka
GER
-9
271
T13
Bubba Watson
USA
-9
271
T13
J. J. Spaun
USA
-9
271
T13
John Peterson
USA
-9
271
T13
Keegan Bradley
USA
-9
271
T13
Mackenzie Hughes
CAN
-9
271
T13
Ryan Moore
USA
-9
271
T13
Scott Stallings
USA
-9
271
T21
J. J. Henry
USA
-8
272
T21
Ryan Armour
USA
-8
272
T21
Talor Gooch
USA
-8
272
T21
Tony Finau
USA
-8
272
T21
Xander Schauffele
USA
-8
272
T26
Jamie Lovemark
USA
-7
273
T26
Lanto Griffin
USA
-7
273
T26
Ollie Schniederjans
USA
-7
273
T26
Wesley Bryan
USA
-7
273
T30
Brandon Harkins
USA
-6
274
T30
Brett Stegmaier
USA
-6
274
T30
Bronson Burgoon
USA
-6
274
T30
Charles Howell III
USA
-6
274
T30
Corey Conners
CAN
-6
274
T30
David Hearn
CAN
-6
274
T30
Keith Mitchell
USA
-6
274
T30
Kevin Chappell
USA
-6
274
T30
Nick Watney
USA
-6
274
T39
Anirban Lahiri
IND
-5
275
T39
Blayne Barber
USA
-5
275
T39
Brian Gay
USA
-5
275
T39
Cheng Tsung Pan
TPE
-5
275
T39
Denny McCarthy
USA
-5
275
T39
J. T. Poston
USA
-5
275
T39
Rory Sabbatini
RSA
-5
275
T39
Tyler Duncan
USA
-5
275
T47
Abraham Ancer
USA
-4
276
T47
Billy Hurley III
USA
-4
276
T47
Jim Furyk
USA
-4
276
T47
Jonathan Randolph
USA
-4
276
T47
Rob Oppenheim
USA
-4
276
T47
Roberto Diaz
MEX
-4
276
T47
Stephan Jaeger
GER
-4
276
T47
Webb Simpson
USA
-4
276
55
Kevin Kisner
USA
-3
277
T56
Benjamin Silverman
CAN
-2
278
T56
Brian Harman
USA
-2
278
T56
Cameron Percy
AUS
-2
278
T56
Fabian Gomez
ARG
-2
278
T56
Nick Taylor
CAN
-2
278
T56
Peter Malnati
USA
-2
278
T56
Scott Brown
USA
-2
278
T56
Trey Mullinax
USA
-2
278
T56
Vijay Singh
FIJ
-2
278
T65
Johnson Wagner
USA
-1
279
T65
Phil Mickelson
USA
-1
279
T65
Steve Wheatcroft
USA
-1
279
T65
Zac Blair
USA
-1
279
T69
Chad Campbell
USA
Par
280
T69
Richy Werenski
USA
Par
280
T69
Steve Marino
USA
Par
280
T69
Tom Hoge
USA
Par
280
T69
William McGirt
USA
Par
280
T74
George McNeill
USA
1
281
T74
Meen-Whee Kim
KOR
1
281
T74
Scott Piercy
USA
1
281
77
Tyrone van Aswegen
RSA
4
284
CUT
Aaron Wise
USA
-2
138
CUT
Cameron Tringale
USA
-2
138
CUT
Chase Seiffert
USA
-2
138
CUT
Dominic Bozzelli
USA
-2
138
CUT
Ethan Tracy
USA
-2
138
CUT
James Hahn
USA
-2
138
CUT
Jonas Blixt
SWE
-2
138
CUT
Ken Duke
USA
-2
138
CUT
Kevin Streelman
USA
-2
138
CUT
Matt Jones
AUS
-2
138
CUT
Nicholas Lindheim
USA
-2
138
CUT
Norman Xiong
-
-2
138
CUT
Parker McLachlin
USA
-2
138
CUT
T. J. Vogel
USA
-2
138
CUT
Ted Potter Jr.
USA
-2
138
CUT
Tommy Gainey
USA
-2
138
CUT
Adam Schenk
USA
-1
139
CUT
Andrew Putnam
USA
-1
139
CUT
Bill Haas
USA
-1
139
CUT
Brice Garnett
USA
-1
139
CUT
Danny Lee
NZL
-1
139
CUT
J. B. Holmes
USA
-1
139
CUT
Martin Piller
USA
-1
139
CUT
Ricky Barnes
USA
-1
139
CUT
Stuart Appleby
AUS
-1
139
CUT
Tim Herron
USA
-1
139
CUT
Tom Lovelady
USA
-1
139
CUT
Wes Homan
USA
-1
139
CUT
Xinjun Zhang
CHN
-1
139
CUT
Zecheng Dou
CHN
-1
139
CUT
Ben Crane
USA
Par
140
CUT
Derek Fathauer
USA
Par
140
CUT
Harris English
USA
Par
140
CUT
Jason Gore
USA
Par
140
CUT
Kyle Thompson
USA
Par
140
CUT
Michael Thompson
USA
Par
140
CUT
Ryan Blaum
USA
Par
140
CUT
Seamus Power
IRL
Par
140
CUT
Shawn Stefani
USA
Par
140
CUT
Andrew Yun
USA
1
141
CUT
Blake Taylor
-
1
141
CUT
Bob Estes
USA
1
141
CUT
David Bradshaw
USA
1
141
CUT
Michael Kim
KOR
1
141
CUT
Sean O'Hair
USA
1
141
CUT
Will Claxton
USA
1
141
CUT
Chris Stroud
USA
2
142
CUT
John Huh
USA
2
142
CUT
Patrick Rodgers
USA
2
142
CUT
Sam Ryder
USA
2
142
CUT
Brian Davis
ENG
3
143
CUT
Hudson Swafford
USA
3
143
CUT
Jonathan Byrd
USA
3
143
CUT
Logan Lagodich
-
3
143
CUT
Martin Flores
USA
3
143
CUT
Omar Uresti
USA
3
143
CUT
Vaughn Taylor
USA
3
143
CUT
Chris Couch
USA
4
144
CUT
Cody Gribble
USA
4
144
CUT
Conrad Shindler
USA
4
144
CUT
Daniel Summerhays
USA
4
144
CUT
John Daly
USA
4
144
CUT
John Merrick
USA
4
144
CUT
Robert Allenby
AUS
4
144
CUT
Dicky Pride
USA
5
145
CUT
Jimmy Walker
USA
5
145
CUT
Matt Atkins
USA
5
145
CUT
Patton Kizzire
USA
5
145
CUT
Steven Bowditch
AUS
5
145
CUT
Brendon de Jonge
ZIM
6
146
CUT
Davey Jude
-
6
146
CUT
Jon Curran
USA
7
147
CUT
Sam O'Dell
USA
7
147
CUT
Geoff Ogilvy
AUS
8
148
CUT
Troy Matteson
USA
8
148
CUT
Robert Garrigus
USA
10
150
CUT
Devin Gee
-
11
151
DSQ
Matthew Every
USA
Par
69
RET
Smylie Kaufman
USA
Par
79

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