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Kevin Tway has won the season-opening Safeway Open at windy Silverado for his first PGA Tour title.
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PGA Tour

Safeway Open 2018

October 04-07

Silverado Country Club, Napa, California

$6,400,000

October 04-07

Silverado Country Club, Napa, California

$6,400,000

Round 4

Kevin Tway wins first PGA Tour title

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Round 3

October 07, 2018

Kevin Tway made a 10-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff Sunday to win the season-opening Safeway Open at windy Silverado for his first PGA Tour title.

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The son of eight-time PGA Tour winner Bob Tway, the 30-year-old former Oklahoma State player beat Ryan Moore on the par-4 10th after Brandt Snedeker dropped out on their first extra trip down the par-5 18th.

''It was nice to get hot at the end,'' Tway said. ''I wasn't really in it on the front nine. Brandt made a couple bogeys starting the back. I was kind of right there, but kind of hanging around. Birdied 17, 18 to get into the playoff and then kept it going in the playoff - and here I am.''

After the wind died down in the late afternoon on the tree-lined North Course, Tway birdied the final two holes in regulation for a 1-under 71, then birdied all three holes in the playoff.

''I was just trying to put the ball in the fairway, which was very difficult,'' Tway said. ''I knew the last few holes were a little bit easier, so tried to just keep making pars until then.''

Snedeker, three strokes ahead entering the day and five in front with 11 to play, had four back-nine bogeys in a 74.

''Really disappointing,'' Snedeker said. ''Played a really good front nine in tough conditions and made the turn on the back nine and actually drove the ball really well. Had a lot of opportunities, just hit some really poor iron shots, left myself in places you can't do it. Didn't make any putts.''

The nine-time PGA Tour winner bogeyed the first three holes on the back nine, birdied the par-5 16th, bogeyed the par-4 17th and parred the 18th, missing from 9 feet.

''I'm going to look at that one in a few years and know I gave that one away,'' Snedeker said. ''I had that full control.''

Moore birdied three of the last four in a 67.

''I didn't even expect to be in this position,'' Moore said. ''When I finished my round, I really didn't think there was a chance of this. Golf is funny and it can work its way out sometimes, so this was a bonus. I hit some good shots in the playoff, birdied a couple holes and today just wasn't good enough.''

Luke List eagled the 18th for a 67 to finish a stroke out of the playoff with Troy Merritt (68), Sam Ryder (69), Aaron Baddeley (69) and Sungjae Im (71).

''Obviously, we all kind of knew the wind was going to be crazy warming up this morning,'' List said. ''There was debris flying everywhere. I was just anticipating a really tough day and it was.''

Phil Mickelson tied for 17th at 8 under after a 72.

''It was challenging but yet very playable conditions,'' Mickelson said. ''Actually, I played pretty good. I hit two balls out of bounds on the fifth hole trying to go for the green, but other than that, I played pretty well.''

Fred Couples had a 75 to tie for 41st at 5 under in his final start in a regular PGA Tour event.

''For a while I didn't think we were going to play and then when we played, I didn't really play,'' the 59--year-old Hall of Famer said. ''Then I just started hitting and hoping for the best.''

Two-time defending champion Brendan Steele had a 75 to finish at 3 under.

Pos.
Player
Nat
To Par
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
Kevin Tway
USA
-14
68
67
68
71
274
T2
Brandt Snedeker
USA
-14
66
65
69
74
274
T2
Ryan Moore
USA
-14
67
67
73
67
274
T4
Aaron Baddeley
AUS
-13
70
67
69
69
275
T4
Luke List
USA
-13
70
69
69
67
275
T4
Sam Ryder
USA
-13
69
70
67
69
275
T4
Sung-Jae Im
KOR
-13
66
69
69
71
275
T4
Troy Merritt
USA
-13
67
70
70
68
275
9
J. B. Holmes
USA
-11
70
70
69
68
277
T10
Bill Haas
USA
-10
70
68
67
73
278
T10
Chase Wright
USA
-10
64
72
70
72
278
T10
Danny Lee
NZL
-10
69
68
72
69
278
T10
Jim Knous
USA
-10
73
67
69
69
278
T14
Adam Schenk
USA
-9
67
69
70
73
279
T14
Harold Varner III
USA
-9
70
69
68
72
279
T14
Julian Etulain
ARG
-9
68
69
72
70
279
T17
Cameron Davis
AUS
-8
70
70
72
68
280
T17
Hunter Mahan
USA
-8
70
68
70
72
280
T17
Lucas Glover
USA
-8
69
70
69
72
280
T17
Michael Thompson
USA
-8
69
65
75
71
280
T17
Nate Lashley
USA
-8
68
69
70
73
280
T17
Patrick Cantlay
USA
-8
69
68
73
70
280
T17
Phil Mickelson
USA
-8
65
69
74
72
280
T17
Tom Hoge
USA
-8
71
70
69
70
280
T25
Brett Drewitt
AUS
-7
70
71
69
71
281
T25
Cameron Champ
USA
-7
70
71
72
68
281
T25
Dylan Frittelli
RSA
-7
67
71
71
72
281
T25
Johnson Wagner
USA
-7
70
67
72
72
281
T25
Kevin Streelman
USA
-7
68
68
72
73
281
T25
Patrick Rodgers
USA
-7
71
69
71
70
281
T25
Peter Malnati
USA
-7
68
68
71
74
281
T25
Tyler McCumber
USA
-7
72
68
70
71
281
T33
Alex Prugh
USA
-6
66
70
71
75
282
T33
Chez Reavie
USA
-6
69
69
71
73
282
T33
Jonas Blixt
SWE
-6
70
69
71
72
282
T33
Mackenzie Hughes
CAN
-6
66
71
74
71
282
T33
Meen-Whee Kim
KOR
-6
72
68
69
73
282
T33
Richy Werenski
USA
-6
67
73
71
71
282
T33
Ryan Blaum
USA
-6
71
70
70
71
282
T33
Wyndham Clark
USA
-6
66
72
72
72
282
T41
Adam Svensson
CAN
-5
69
69
75
70
283
T41
Emiliano Grillo
ARG
-5
72
66
73
72
283
T41
Fred Couples
USA
-5
73
65
70
75
283
T41
Grayson Murray
USA
-5
71
69
70
73
283
T41
J. J. Spaun
USA
-5
72
66
70
75
283
T46
Ben Crane
USA
-4
71
69
70
74
284
T46
Bud Cauley
USA
-4
70
69
69
76
284
T46
Cameron Tringale
USA
-4
71
70
71
72
284
T46
J. T. Poston
USA
-4
66
70
73
75
284
T46
Joel Dahmen
USA
-4
71
69
70
74
284
T46
Martin Laird
SCO
-4
67
70
71
76
284
T46
Sepp Straka
AUT
-4
63
72
78
71
284
T53
Brendan Steele
USA
-3
67
71
72
75
285
T53
Brian Stuard
USA
-3
70
70
73
72
285
T53
Bronson Burgoon
USA
-3
69
72
69
75
285
T53
Carlos Ortiz
MEX
-3
71
68
70
76
285
T53
Jhonattan Vegas
VEN
-3
69
72
70
74
285
T53
Nick Taylor
CAN
-3
71
67
74
73
285
T53
Roberto Castro
USA
-3
69
72
70
74
285
T60
Martin Trainer
USA
-2
75
66
71
74
286
T60
Max Homa
USA
-2
72
68
73
73
286
T60
Roger Sloan
CAN
-2
67
72
72
75
286
T63
Adam Long
USA
-1
66
72
74
75
287
T63
Fabian Gomez
ARG
-1
70
69
73
75
287
T63
Maverick McNealy (a)
USA
-1
69
72
69
77
287
T66
Andrew Landry
USA
Par
69
71
72
76
288
T66
Harris English
USA
Par
75
65
73
75
288
T66
Tyrone van Aswegen
RSA
Par
69
69
75
75
288
T69
Hudson Swafford
USA
1
68
71
74
76
289
T69
Ricky Barnes
USA
1
75
61
76
77
289
T69
Seth Reeves
USA
1
72
69
71
77
289
T69
Tyler Duncan
USA
1
69
70
73
77
289
73
Michael Kim
KOR
2
72
68
73
77
290
74
Brandon Harkins
USA
5
68
71
71
83
293
MDF
Benjamin Silverman
CAN
-2
72
68
74
-
214
MDF
Jonathan Byrd
USA
-2
67
73
74
-
214
MDF
Kyle Jones
USA
-2
67
74
73
-
214
MDF
James Hahn
USA
-1
69
71
75
-
215
MDF
John Senden
AUS
-1
69
72
74
-
215
MDF
Josh Teater
USA
-1
71
70
74
-
215
MDF
Sam Saunders
USA
-1
66
75
74
-
215
MDF
Vaughn Taylor
USA
-1
69
72
74
-
215
MDF
Chad Collins
USA
Par
76
65
75
-
216
MDF
Joaquin Niemann
CHI
Par
68
73
75
-
216
MDF
Sung-Hoon Kang
KOR
Par
73
67
76
-
216
MDF
David Hearn
CAN
1
72
69
76
-
217
CUT
Andres Gonzales
USA
-2
74
68
-
-
142
CUT
Beau Hossler
USA
-2
69
73
-
-
142
CUT
Chesson Hadley
USA
-2
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Cody Gribble
USA
-2
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Curtis Luck
AUS
-2
71
71
-
-
142
CUT
Jim Herman
USA
-2
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez
MEX
-2
71
71
-
-
142
CUT
Kelly Kraft
USA
-2
74
68
-
-
142
CUT
Matt Jones
AUS
-2
69
73
-
-
142
CUT
Roberto Diaz
MEX
-2
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Russell Knox
SCO
-2
69
73
-
-
142
CUT
Scott Brown
USA
-2
72
70
-
-
142
CUT
Scott Langley
USA
-2
71
71
-
-
142
CUT
Seamus Power
IRL
-2
71
71
-
-
142
CUT
Stephan Jaeger
GER
-2
70
72
-
-
142
CUT
Wes Roach
USA
-2
71
71
-
-
142
CUT
Brady Schnell
USA
-1
71
72
-
-
143
CUT
Chris Stroud
USA
-1
69
74
-
-
143
CUT
Chris Thompson
USA
-1
70
73
-
-
143
CUT
John Huh
USA
-1
74
69
-
-
143
CUT
Kramer Hickok
USA
-1
69
74
-
-
143
CUT
Mark Anguiano
USA
-1
72
71
-
-
143
CUT
Russell Henley
USA
-1
73
70
-
-
143
CUT
Anirban Lahiri
IND
Par
73
71
-
-
144
CUT
Brandon Hagy
USA
Par
73
71
-
-
144
CUT
Chris Kirk
USA
Par
73
71
-
-
144
CUT
Jamie Lovemark
USA
Par
76
68
-
-
144
CUT
Jason Dufner
USA
Par
72
72
-
-
144
CUT
Jeff Brehaut
USA
Par
74
70
-
-
144
CUT
Nick Watney
USA
Par
70
74
-
-
144
CUT
Anders Albertson
USA
1
74
71
-
-
145
CUT
Chad Campbell
USA
1
74
71
-
-
145
CUT
Danny Willett
ENG
1
70
75
-
-
145
CUT
Dominic Bozzelli
USA
1
71
74
-
-
145
CUT
J. J. Henry
USA
1
70
75
-
-
145
CUT
Jon Curran
USA
1
68
77
-
-
145
CUT
Kyoung-Hoon Lee
KOR
1
76
69
-
-
145
CUT
Robert Streb
USA
1
72
73
-
-
145
CUT
Scott Piercy
USA
1
72
73
-
-
145
CUT
Sebastian Munoz
COL
1
69
76
-
-
145
CUT
Trey Mullinax
USA
1
73
72
-
-
145
CUT
Adam Hadwin
CAN
2
77
69
-
-
146
CUT
Corey Conners
CAN
2
71
75
-
-
146
CUT
Denny McCarthy
USA
2
75
71
-
-
146
CUT
John Chin
USA
2
74
72
-
-
146
CUT
Robert Garrigus
USA
2
72
74
-
-
146
CUT
Sam Burns
USA
2
72
74
-
-
146
CUT
Sang-Moon Bae
KOR
2
74
72
-
-
146
CUT
Hank Lebioda
USA
3
70
77
-
-
147
CUT
Peter Uihlein
USA
3
72
75
-
-
147
CUT
Sean O'Hair
USA
3
72
75
-
-
147
CUT
Martin Piller
USA
4
74
74
-
-
148
CUT
Shawn Stefani
USA
4
75
73
-
-
148
CUT
Ted Potter Jr.
USA
4
71
77
-
-
148
CUT
Joey Garber
USA
5
72
77
-
-
149
CUT
Mark Mulder
USA
5
75
74
-
-
149
CUT
Ollie Schniederjans
USA
7
73
78
-
-
151
CUT
Wesley Bryan
USA
9
77
76
-
-
153
Pos.
Player
Nat
To Par
R4
Total
1
Kevin Tway
USA
-14
71
274
T2
Brandt Snedeker
USA
-14
74
274
T2
Ryan Moore
USA
-14
67
274
T4
Aaron Baddeley
AUS
-13
69
275
T4
Luke List
USA
-13
67
275
T4
Sam Ryder
USA
-13
69
275
T4
Sung-Jae Im
KOR
-13
71
275
T4
Troy Merritt
USA
-13
68
275
9
J. B. Holmes
USA
-11
68
277
T10
Bill Haas
USA
-10
73
278
T10
Chase Wright
USA
-10
72
278
T10
Danny Lee
NZL
-10
69
278
T10
Jim Knous
USA
-10
69
278
T14
Adam Schenk
USA
-9
73
279
T14
Harold Varner III
USA
-9
72
279
T14
Julian Etulain
ARG
-9
70
279
T17
Cameron Davis
AUS
-8
68
280
T17
Hunter Mahan
USA
-8
72
280
T17
Lucas Glover
USA
-8
72
280
T17
Michael Thompson
USA
-8
71
280
T17
Nate Lashley
USA
-8
73
280
T17
Patrick Cantlay
USA
-8
70
280
T17
Phil Mickelson
USA
-8
72
280
T17
Tom Hoge
USA
-8
70
280
T25
Brett Drewitt
AUS
-7
71
281
T25
Cameron Champ
USA
-7
68
281
T25
Dylan Frittelli
RSA
-7
72
281
T25
Johnson Wagner
USA
-7
72
281
T25
Kevin Streelman
USA
-7
73
281
T25
Patrick Rodgers
USA
-7
70
281
T25
Peter Malnati
USA
-7
74
281
T25
Tyler McCumber
USA
-7
71
281
T33
Alex Prugh
USA
-6
75
282
T33
Chez Reavie
USA
-6
73
282
T33
Jonas Blixt
SWE
-6
72
282
T33
Mackenzie Hughes
CAN
-6
71
282
T33
Meen-Whee Kim
KOR
-6
73
282
T33
Richy Werenski
USA
-6
71
282
T33
Ryan Blaum
USA
-6
71
282
T33
Wyndham Clark
USA
-6
72
282
T41
Adam Svensson
CAN
-5
70
283
T41
Emiliano Grillo
ARG
-5
72
283
T41
Fred Couples
USA
-5
75
283
T41
Grayson Murray
USA
-5
73
283
T41
J. J. Spaun
USA
-5
75
283
T46
Ben Crane
USA
-4
74
284
T46
Bud Cauley
USA
-4
76
284
T46
Cameron Tringale
USA
-4
72
284
T46
J. T. Poston
USA
-4
75
284
T46
Joel Dahmen
USA
-4
74
284
T46
Martin Laird
SCO
-4
76
284
T46
Sepp Straka
AUT
-4
71
284
T53
Brendan Steele
USA
-3
75
285
T53
Brian Stuard
USA
-3
72
285
T53
Bronson Burgoon
USA
-3
75
285
T53
Carlos Ortiz
MEX
-3
76
285
T53
Jhonattan Vegas
VEN
-3
74
285
T53
Nick Taylor
CAN
-3
73
285
T53
Roberto Castro
USA
-3
74
285
T60
Martin Trainer
USA
-2
74
286
T60
Max Homa
USA
-2
73
286
T60
Roger Sloan
CAN
-2
75
286
T63
Adam Long
USA
-1
75
287
T63
Fabian Gomez
ARG
-1
75
287
T63
Maverick McNealy (a)
USA
-1
77
287
T66
Andrew Landry
USA
Par
76
288
T66
Harris English
USA
Par
75
288
T66
Tyrone van Aswegen
RSA
Par
75
288
T69
Hudson Swafford
USA
1
76
289
T69
Ricky Barnes
USA
1
77
289
T69
Seth Reeves
USA
1
77
289
T69
Tyler Duncan
USA
1
77
289
73
Michael Kim
KOR
2
77
290
74
Brandon Harkins
USA
5
83
293
MDF
Benjamin Silverman
CAN
-2
-
214
MDF
Jonathan Byrd
USA
-2
-
214
MDF
Kyle Jones
USA
-2
-
214
MDF
James Hahn
USA
-1
-
215
MDF
John Senden
AUS
-1
-
215
MDF
Josh Teater
USA
-1
-
215
MDF
Sam Saunders
USA
-1
-
215
MDF
Vaughn Taylor
USA
-1
-
215
MDF
Chad Collins
USA
Par
-
216
MDF
Joaquin Niemann
CHI
Par
-
216
MDF
Sung-Hoon Kang
KOR
Par
-
216
MDF
David Hearn
CAN
1
-
217
CUT
Andres Gonzales
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Beau Hossler
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Chesson Hadley
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Cody Gribble
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Curtis Luck
AUS
-2
-
142
CUT
Jim Herman
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez
MEX
-2
-
142
CUT
Kelly Kraft
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Matt Jones
AUS
-2
-
142
CUT
Roberto Diaz
MEX
-2
-
142
CUT
Russell Knox
SCO
-2
-
142
CUT
Scott Brown
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Scott Langley
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Seamus Power
IRL
-2
-
142
CUT
Stephan Jaeger
GER
-2
-
142
CUT
Wes Roach
USA
-2
-
142
CUT
Brady Schnell
USA
-1
-
143
CUT
Chris Stroud
USA
-1
-
143
CUT
Chris Thompson
USA
-1
-
143
CUT
John Huh
USA
-1
-
143
CUT
Kramer Hickok
USA
-1
-
143
CUT
Mark Anguiano
USA
-1
-
143
CUT
Russell Henley
USA
-1
-
143
CUT
Anirban Lahiri
IND
Par
-
144
CUT
Brandon Hagy
USA
Par
-
144
CUT
Chris Kirk
USA
Par
-
144
CUT
Jamie Lovemark
USA
Par
-
144
CUT
Jason Dufner
USA
Par
-
144
CUT
Jeff Brehaut
USA
Par
-
144
CUT
Nick Watney
USA
Par
-
144
CUT
Anders Albertson
USA
1
-
145
CUT
Chad Campbell
USA
1
-
145
CUT
Danny Willett
ENG
1
-
145
CUT
Dominic Bozzelli
USA
1
-
145
CUT
J. J. Henry
USA
1
-
145
CUT
Jon Curran
USA
1
-
145
CUT
Kyoung-Hoon Lee
KOR
1
-
145
CUT
Robert Streb
USA
1
-
145
CUT
Scott Piercy
USA
1
-
145
CUT
Sebastian Munoz
COL
1
-
145
CUT
Trey Mullinax
USA
1
-
145
CUT
Adam Hadwin
CAN
2
-
146
CUT
Corey Conners
CAN
2
-
146
CUT
Denny McCarthy
USA
2
-
146
CUT
John Chin
USA
2
-
146
CUT
Robert Garrigus
USA
2
-
146
CUT
Sam Burns
USA
2
-
146
CUT
Sang-Moon Bae
KOR
2
-
146
CUT
Hank Lebioda
USA
3
-
147
CUT
Peter Uihlein
USA
3
-
147
CUT
Sean O'Hair
USA
3
-
147
CUT
Martin Piller
USA
4
-
148
CUT
Shawn Stefani
USA
4
-
148
CUT
Ted Potter Jr.
USA
4
-
148
CUT
Joey Garber
USA
5
-
149
CUT
Mark Mulder
USA
5
-
149
CUT
Ollie Schniederjans
USA
7
-
151
CUT
Wesley Bryan
USA
9
-
153

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