RCN America - California: Final-Round Notes

Monday, February 21, 2022

Final-Round Notes – Sunday, February 20, 2022

Weather: Partly Cloudy. High of 63. Wind SW 6-12 mph.

Final-Round Leaderboard

Joaquin Niemann 63-63-68-71—265 (-19)

Collin Morikawa 67-67-68-65—267 (-17)

Cameron Young 66-62-69-70—267 (-17)

Adam Scott 68-65-71-66—270 (-14)

Viktor Hovland 71-64-65-70—270 (-14)

Things to Know

Joaquin Niemann wins The Genesis Invitational by two strokes to earn his second PGA TOUR victory and first since 2019
Niemann is the fourth wire-to-wire victor in tournament history and first since Charlie Sifford in 1969
The 23-year-old becomes the second-youngest winner of The Genesis Invitational (Harry Cooper/1926)
California native Collin Morikawa and PGA TOUR rookie Cameron Young finish T2
Defending champion Max Homa finishes T10, third consecutive top-10 at The Genesis Invitational

Joaquin Niemann (Winner/-19)

Category	With the Victory
Age	23 (November 7, 1998)
Country	Chile
FedExCup	7
OWGR	20
Starts – wins – top-10s in PGA TOUR career	101-2-20
Starts – wins – top-10s on TOUR in 2021-22	8-1-3
Starts – wins – top-10s at The Genesis Invitational	4-1-1

Wins his second career PGA TOUR victory in his 101^st start (2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier)
Collects 550 points and moves from No. 53 to No. 7 in the FedExCup standings
Fourth wire-to-wire victor in tournament history and first since Charlie Sifford in 1969

First wire-to-wire winner on TOUR since Nick Taylor at 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
At 23 years, 3 months, 13 days, becomes the second-youngest winner of The Genesis Invitational

Marks youngest winner on TOUR this season (previous: Sungjae Im/Shriners Children’s Open/23 years, 6 months, 10 days)

Tournament	Lead/co-lead	Finish
2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier	Tied	Won
2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic	Solo	T2
2022 Genesis Invitational	Solo	Won

Additional highlights this week include setting The Genesis Invitational 54-hole scoring record at 194 (-19) and tying his career-low 54-hole total (2021 Sony Open in Hawaii)
Falls one stroke shy of matching the 72-hole scoring record at The Genesis Invitational (264/Lanny Wadkins/1985); the longest-standing 72-hole record of any active TOUR event since 1980
Led the field in birdies (21), Strokes Gained: Approach The Green (7.097) and Strokes Gained: Tee to Green (14.113)
Wins in his fourth start in The Genesis Invitational and marks first event top-10 (previous: T43/2021)
Third top-10 in eight starts this season (T5/World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, T6/Farmers Insurance Open, Won/The Genesis Invitational)
Has reached the TOUR Championship in last two seasons on TOUR (T27/2020, 29th/2021)

Miscellaneous Notes

With a final round 6-under 65, Collin Morikawa (T2/-17) collects fifth runner-up of TOUR career and fourth top-10 in as many starts this season (2^nd/THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT, T7/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, T5/Sentry Tournament of Champions, T2/The Genesis Invitational)
In search of his first PGA TOUR title, rookie Cameron Young (T2/-17) finishes runner-up for the second time in his 12^th career start (T2/2021 Sanderson Farms Championship)
Adam Scott (T4/-14), winner of the 2020 Genesis Invitational, shot a final-round 5-under 66, highlighted by eagles on No. 1 and No. 17 and birdies on three of the four par-3s (4, 6, 14)
Making his second tournament start, Viktor Hovland (T4/-14) posts his second straight top-five finish at the event (T5/2021) and second top-five on TOUR this season (Won/World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba)
Justin Thomas finishes solo sixth (-13), earning his fourth top-10 in his sixth start of the season; ranks T2 in Driving Accuracy (37-of-56) for the week
Defending champion Max Homa earns third consecutive top-10 at The Genesis Invitational (T5/2020, Won/2021, T10/2022)
World No. 1 Jon Rahm (T21) recorded the only bogey-free final round score with a 6-under 65

Monday, February 21, 2022