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Final-Round Notes - December 6, 2020

Weather: Due to inclement weather, the final round was suspended from 8:44 a.m. until 10:55 a.m. Preferred lies in closely mown areas were in effect. Overcast with a high of 82. Wind S 6-12 mph.

Final-Round Leaderboard

Viktor Hovland	67-69-63-65—264	(-20)
Aaron Wise	67-68-67-63—265	(-19)
Adam Long	70-67-63-67—267	(-17)
Tom Hoge	66-67-65-69—267	(-17)

Things to Know

Viktor Hovland notches second career PGA TOUR victory in his 35th career start
Hovland becomes the fifth European player since 1945 with multiple PGA TOUR wins before the age of 24
Hovland becomes the youngest TOUR winner since Sungjae Im at 2020 The Honda Classic
Austin Eckroat becomes the third amateur to shoot 65 or better in the final round of a non-major TOUR event since 1983
Max Homa makes 11 birdies in a 13-hole stretch to finish T12
Carlos Ortiz earned the best result among the six Mexican players in the field

Viktor Hovland (following the win)

Category	Viktor Hovland
Age	23 years, 2 months, 18 days
FedExCup	3
OWGR	15 (projected)
PGA TOUR starts	35
PGA TOUR wins	2
PGA TOUR top-10s	5
Mayakoba starts	3

Notched second career PGA TOUR victory, following his win at the 2020 Puerto Rico Open
At 23 years, 2 months, 18 days, became youngest TOUR winner since Sungjae Im at 2020 The Honda Classic
Fifth European player since 1945 with multiple PGA TOUR victories before the age of 24 (Rory McIlroy/6, Seve Ballesteros/3, Sergio Garcia/3, Jon Rahm/2)
Became the first winner of the Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN to birdie the 72nd hole
Made his first PGA TOUR start at this event in 2018 playing as an amateur
Owns four top-15 finishes in five starts this season (Won/2020 Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN, T15/Vivint Houston Open, T12/ THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK, T13/U.S. Open)
Recorded 25 birdies for most in the field this week
Missed the cut in his two previous starts at this event (2018, 2019)

Aaron Wise

Bogey-free round of 8-under 63 tied his career-low on TOUR, marking the fourth time in his career to do so (R3/2016 John Deere Classic, R2/2018 AT&T Byron Nelson, R3/2018 Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN)
Owns three top-20 finishes in seven starts this season on TOUR (2nd/2020 Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN, T11/Vivint Houston Open, T17/Sanderson Farms Championship)
Notched his second top-10 in five appearances at this event (2nd/2020, T10/2018)
2017-18 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year

Additional Notes

Following a T2 finish at this event last year, Adam Long (-17/T3) owns a scoring average of 66.50 (eight rounds) at El Camaleon GC
Tom Hoge (-17/T3) carded a 2-under 69 in the final round for his best result on TOUR since a runner-up at 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier
After finishing the third round with five consecutive birdies, Max Homa (-14/T12) birdied six of his first eight holes in the final round (11 birdies in a 13-hole stretch) en route to a 6-under 65
With a final-round 6-under 65, Austin Eckroat (-14/T12) becomes the third amateur to shoot 65 or better in the final round of a non-major TOUR event since 1983 (64/Joaquin Niemann/2017 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, 65/Braden Thornberry/2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic)
Of the six players representing Mexico this week, Carlos Ortiz recorded the best performance finishing T8 at 15-under
In his bid to become the event’s first player to successfully defend his title, Brendon Todd finished T8 at 15-under 269

Course Statistics

	Toughest Hole	Easiest Hole
R1:	Par-4 1st (4.394)	Par-5 5th (4.364)
R2:	Par-4 16th (4.392)	Par-5 7th (4.600)
R3:	Par-4 16th (4.366)	Par-5 7th (4.479)
R4:	Par-4 16th (4.282)	Par-5 13th (4.394)

Scoring Averages

	Front Nine	Back Nine	Total	Cumulative
R1:	35.947	35.485	71.432
R2:	34.692	35.408	70.100	70.766
R3:	34.099	34.394	68.493	70.008
R4:	34.465	34.577	69.042	69.767

Bogey-Free Rounds

R1 (2):	Michael Gligic (67), Chase Seiffert (69)
R2 (8):	Lucas Glover (65), Charley Hoffman (66), Abraham Ancer (67), Joel Dahman (67), Chris Baker (68), Will Zalatoris (68), Vaughn Taylor (69), Tim Wilkinson (69)
R3 (5):	Justin Thomas (62), Abraham Ancer (65), Patrick Rodgers (65), Brice Garnett (66), Russell Knox (68)
R4 (8):	Aaron Wise (63), Abraham Ancer (66), Carlos Ortiz (66), Hank Lebioda (67), Troy Merritt (67), Kelly Kraft (68), Quade Cummins (69), Brian Harman (69)