2012 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic - 3rd Rd News & Stats - SPOILER

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2012 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic

 

 

 

Lake Buena Vista, FL November 8-11, 2012

Walt Disney World Resort Purse: $4,700,000 ($846,000 to the winner)

Magnolia Course (host) Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,516

Palm Course Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,010

 

 

 

Third-Round Notes – Saturday, November 10, 2012

 

 

 

Weather: Sunny with temperatures in the mid-70s and winds from the ENE at 10-15 mph.

 

 

 

Third-Round Leaderboard

 

 

 

Player

 

Score

 

Position

 

Money Position Entering Week

 

Projected Position

 

Charlie Beljan

 

68-64-71—203 (-13)

 

1

 

139th-$527,528

 

63rd

 

Brian Gay

 

69-69-67—205 (-11)

 

T2

 

117th-$735,058

 

94th

 

Josh Teater

 

71-67-67—205 (-11)

 

T2

 

104th-$846,302

 

79th

 

Charlie Wi

 

64-71-70—205 (-11)

 

T2

 

45th-$1,680,309

 

39th

 

 

 

Here’s a chart of the projected money list after 54 holes of the 2012 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. If the event ended today,

 

On the Bubble (Players ranked between Nos. 120-130 on the PGA TOUR Money List):

 

 

 

Player

 

Position In CMNHC After Round 3

 

Position On Money List Coming Into This Week

 

Projected Position On Final 2012 Money List

 

James Driscoll

 

MC

 

120/$687,388

 

123

 

Boo Weekley

 

T25

 

121/$683,259

 

121

 

Jeff Maggert

 

T32

 

122/$671,494

 

122

 

Kevin Chappell

 

T19

 

123/$623,775

 

124

 

Rod Pampling

 

MC

 

124/$620,893

 

127

 

Billy Mayfair

 

MC

 

125/$619,961

 

128

 

Trevor Immelman*

 

MC

 

126/$617,296

 

129

 

Gary Christian

 

MC

 

127/$616,457

 

130

 

Alexandre Rocha

 

T77

 

128/$605,117

 

131

 

Bill Lunde

 

MC

 

129/$593,598

 

134

 

D.J. Trahan

 

T25

 

130/$587,407

 

126

 

* already exempt for 2013

 

 

Charlie Beljan – 203 (-13)

Posted a 1-under 71 today after only sleeping for an hour in a local hospital. After his round yesterday, he was taken immediately to the hospital where he underwent a variety of tests.

 

Seeking to become the fourth rookie to win on the 2012 PGA TOUR (John Huh, Ted Potter, Jr., Jonas Blixt) in his 22nd career start. This marks the first time he’s been in this position through 54 holes of a PGA TOUR event. He was T3 after three rounds at The Greenbrier Classic earlier this year and finished T3, his best performance on TOUR to date.

 

Comes into this week ranked No. 139 on the money list ($527,538) and will move into the top-125 with any top-10 finish this week.

 

 

Charlie Wi – 205 (-11)

 

Is searching for this first PGA TOUR victory tomorrow in his 184th career start on the circuit. Has finished second five times on TOUR, most recently earlier this year at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

 

In addition to runner-up finish to Phil Mickelson this year at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, was T3 at The Greenbrier Classic and T4 at the Valero Texas Open.

 

Making his fifth appearance in the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic this week and best career-finish in this event came last year when he was T28 at Disney.

 

Brian Gay – 205 (-11)

 

Looking to win for the fourth time on the PGA TOUR tomorrow and claim his first title since the 2009 FedEx St. Jude Classic (95 events)

 

Is making his 13th appearance in the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic this week and best finish to date is a T12 in 2010.

 

Has two top-10 finishes this year – T4/Valero Texas Open, T6/Sony Open in Hawaii.

 

Josh Teater – 205 (-11)

 

Is searching for his first PGA TOUR title tomorrow in his 93rd career start. Best career finish on the PGA TOUR to date is a T3 at the 2010 Turning Stone Resort Championship.

 

Best finish thus far in 2012 is a T4 at the RBC Canadian Open.

 

Won the 2009 Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour.

 

Is making just his second appearance in the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, missing the cut in 2010.

 

 

Miscellaneous Notes

 

 

Charlie Beljan’s 54-hole score of 13-under 203 is the highest three-round total to lead this event since 2009 when four players were tied at that number.

 

Third-round leaders/co-leaders have won 21 times in the 41-year history of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. However, since 2004, just one 54-hole leader/co-leader has gone on to capture the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic title. The following chart details the last eight years after three rounds:

 

 

Year

 

54-hole leader/co-leaders

 

Eventual Finish

 

Champion

 

2011

 

Justin Leonard, Kevin Chappell (202/-14)

 

Leonard (2nd), Chappell (T3)

 

Luke Donald

 

2010

 

Roland Thatcher (198/-18) – four-stroke lead

 

2nd

 

Robert Garrigus

 

2009

 

Mathias Gronberg, Justin Leonard, George McNeil, Justin Rose (203/-13)

 

Gronberg (6th), Leonard (P2), McNeil (P2), Rose (T4)

 

Stephen Ames

 

2008

 

Steve Marino, Scott Verplank (197/-19)

 

Both were T3

 

Davis Love III

 

2007

 

Stephen Ames, Scott Verplank (203/-13)

 

WIN, Verplank (T3)

 

Stephen Ames

 

2006

 

Troy Matteson (197/-19) – one-stroke lead

 

T2nd

 

Joe Durant

 

2005

 

Rich Beem, Tim Clark, Tom Pernice, Jr. (197/-19)

 

Beem (T3), Clark (T10), Pernice, Jr. (2nd)

 

Lucas Glover

 

2004

 

Briny Baird, Tom Lehman (199/-17)

 

Baird (T2), Lehman (T6)

 

Ryan Palmer

 

 

On the 2012 PGA TOUR, 54-hole leaders have won 15 of the 43 stroke-play events. Ryan Moore was the last to do so at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

 

Here are the 2012 final-round scoring averages of the top-four players on the leaderboard: Charlie Beljan (69.86/13th), Brian Gay (70.40/30th), Josh Teater (70.65/56th), Charlie Wi (71.88/146th)

 

Charlie Beljan, Charlie Wi and Josh Teater are all looking for their first PGA TOUR career victories. Here’s a list of the players who made the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic their first PGA TOUR titles:

 

Mac McLendon (1974) Hal Sutton (1982)

 

Woody Blackburn (1976) Bob Lohr (1988)

 

Bill Kratzert (1976) Jeff Maggert (1993)

 

Wayne Levi (1978) Brad Bryant (1995)

 

Bob Mann (1978) Bob Burns (2002)

 

George Burns (1979) Ryan Palmer (2004)

 

David Edwards (1980) Lucas Glover (2005)

 

Vance Heafner (1981) Robert Garrigus (2010)

 

Mike Holland (1981)

 

Eight players won the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic the first time they played in this event – Jack Nicklaus (1971), Woody Blackburn (1976), Bill Kratzert (1976), Hal Sutton (1982), Tiger Woods (1996), David Duval (1997), Jose Coceres (2001), Ryan Palmer (2004)

 

At last year’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, Luke Donald was T14 after three rounds and trailed co-leaders Justin Leonard and Kevin Chappell by five strokes. He carded a final-round 64 to win by two and the victory also propelled him past Webb Simpson to claim the 2012 PGA TOUR money title. It marked the second straight year that a player came from five shots back to win this event and his T14 position was the furthest back anyone has come to win in tournament history.

 

Scoring Averages By Round On The Magnolia Course:

 

Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative

Thursday 36.500 35.906 72.406 ----

 

Friday 36.000 35.547 71.547 71.977

 

Saturday 35.910 35.192 71.103 71.646