�winner webb simpson
shot a bogey-free 67 sunday
to defeat george mcneill by
three strokes in the wyndham championship, the
final event of the pga tour’s
regular season. simpson,
who finished at 18-under
262, moved to third on the
last regular season points
standings.
�key holes simpson
made a 10-foot birdie putt on
the par- 5 15th hole to take a
two-shot lead over mcneill,
who was in the clubhouse
at 15 under. one hole later,
simpson made a birdie putt
from 19 feet, 9 inches on the
par- 3 16th. he parred the
final two holes to gain the
first victory of his career.
�noteworthy simpson
missed the cut at the pga
championship but made the
cut in his previous 11 starts.
he finished in the top 20 in
nine of those 11 events (and
was t- 21 in one of the others).
… it was the second runner-up finish in the last four starts
for mcneill, who was t- 2 at
the Viking classic in July. …
ernie els, padraig harrington
and william mcgirt moved
into the fedex cup playoffs
off their performances in
greensboro. els (126th to
118th) finished t-30; harrington (130th to 124th) was
t-47; and mcgirt (127th to
125th) was t-52. matt Jones,
david mathis and cameron
beckman dropped out.
pga tour // wyndham championship
simpson ends regular season with first win
�top five sedgefield cc, Greensboro, N.C.
1. Webb Simpson 66-65-64-67—262 $936,000
2. George McNeill 65-70-66-64—265 561,600
3. Tommy Gainey 63-65-69-69—266 353,600
4. Vijay Singh, Jerry Kelly, Kyung-tae Kim, Charles Howell III
and Carl Pettersson tied for fourth. Each earned $196,040.
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� quotable
“i’m super-excited, and obviously in a far bet-
ter position to win the fedexcup than any
other year i’ve been on tour.” —Webb SiMpSon
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