Greater Gwinnett Championship - By the Numbers
Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 10:26AM
Rick C.Limpert in Atlanta, Events, Golf, Golf, Greater Gwinnett Championship, News, PGA, numbers, stats

Play wraps up on Sunday at the first Greater Gwinnett Championship, a brand new event for 2013 on the PGA Tour Champion's Tour.

Let's go inside the numbers a little for the final round.

Greater Gwinnett Championship

Total purse - $1,800,000

Winner's share - $270,000

TPC Sugarloaf playing to 7,259 yards

Golfers teeing it up on Sunday - 78

Leader going into final round - Esteban Toledo at 138 (-6)

Number of birdies in Saturday's second round - 239

Bernhard Langer hit 86.1% of his greens in regulation for the second round

Tom Pernice Jr. only needed 25 putts for his second round

Players within 4 shots of the lead entering Sunday's final round - 15

 

PGA Tour Champion's Tour

Events on tour for 2013 - 26

34th anniversary of the Champion's Tour

Number of major championships each year on Champion's Tour - 5

Age of "rookies" on Champion's Tour - 50


Charles Schwab Cup

Payouts awarded to top-five finishers in Charles Schwab Cup for 2013 - $2,100,000

Years of Charles Schwab Cup - 13

Players that have won the Charles Schwab Cup more than once - 5 (Hale Irvin, Tom Watson, Jay Haas, Loren Roberts, Tom Lehman)

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