David Love III Wins 2015 Wyndham Championship

The four rounds of this year's Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club have come and gone and the winner this year was surprising to say the least. 51-year old and 2012 US Ryder Cup Captain, David Love III won with a score of 17-under par and a single shot lead over Jason Gore. He shot a final round of 64 (his lowest of the year) which included four birdies and two eagles. This is the North Carolina native's 37th PGA Tour win and first win since 2008. It's also his third Wyndham Championship win.

Win this win, Love becomes the third oldest golfer to win on the PGA Tour, just behind the likes of Sam Snead in 1965 (who won his last event here at Sedgefield) and Art Wall in 1975.
"Any victory now is going to be really sweet when you're over 50," Love said afterwards. "To have your name thrown out there with Sam Snead at any point is incredible". It's always great to see an older golfer win professionally. It shows how great the longevity of golf can be and that the older guys can still keep up with the younger generation.

Equally important, Love now moves from 186th on the FedEx Cup Rankings up to 76th, putting him safely above the cut off of 125th for the PGA Tour Playoffs. After all, many players in the field the week had the intention of making it into the playoffs and a few were successful. 2nd place finisher Jason Gore moved from 166th to 98th, T3 Charl Schwartzel moved from 125th to 96th, T10 Jonas Blixt from 135th to 121st, T26 Camilo Villegas from 129th to 123rd, and Rio Ishikawa from 130th to 124th.

Sedgefield continued to play relatively benign over the weekend and many low scores were shot (which always makes the tournament more interesting). One player of note who didn't finish as well as we would of liked though is Tiger Woods. After promising weekday rounds, Woods shot a 68/70 on the weekend to finish at T10. Unfortunately, this was not enough to get him into the playoffs, as he only moves from 187th to 178th. His next tournament will be the Frys.com Open in October, the first event of the new PGA Tour season.

Finally, here's how our picks finished off:

1) Martin Kaymer: T14 at 12-under
2) Camilo Villegas: T26 at 10-under
3) Brooks Koepka: T6 at 14-under

Not too bad actually. Kaymer's finish though wasn't good enough to get into the playoffs (149th to 139th) but Camilo's was. Koepka was in contention with his final round of 65 (he was safely above the playoff cut-off already).


And there you have it, the last regular event of this season's PGA Tour is over. Next week the PGA Tour Playoffs kick off with The Barclays from Plainfield Golf Club in New Jersey. Stay tuned for our picks shortly.


-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

 With his win, Davis Love III becomes the third oldest PGA Tour winner

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