Wyndham Championship 2015: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts, More

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Published: August 23, 2015

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Entering the final round of the 2015 Wyndham Championship, Davis Love III was little more than an outside contender to win. That changed after he shot a six-under 64 Sunday en route to his first PGA Tour win since 2008.

You can view the full leaderboard below:



Love will take home nearly $1 million for his efforts as he'll claim the biggest share of the $5.4 million purse. Below, you'll find the payouts for the top-10 finishers, courtesy of ESPN.com:



According to Golf Channel, Love is the third-oldest PGA Tour winner ever at 51 years old. ESPN.com's Jason Sobel provided another measure to illustrate the gravity of Love's achievement:



When Love picked up the first PGA Tour win of his career in 1987, the entire purse for the event totaled $650,000, per ESPN's Darren Rovell. That illustrates how much prize money has exploded on the Tour in the intervening decades.

Golf Channel researcher Justin Ray also unearthed this cool statistic for the Tour veteran:



Having followed Love's career for years, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy was thrilled with the final result:



Love was on fire on the front nine. Between the second and sixth holes, he gained six strokes courtesy of four birdies and an eagle on No. 5. He followed that with another eagle on 15, which moved him into sole possession of first place (via the PGA Tour):



When Love completed his round and headed for the clubhouse, the biggest question was whether anybody would be able to catch him.

Scott Brown was at 16 under as he walked up to the 18th tee. Any chance of forcing a tie looked gone after Brown's approach, which landed 59 feet from the cup. His birdie putt missed by about 10 feet, and he subsequently bogeyed the hole to fall to 15 under and into a tie for third.

Jason Gore also looked like he might move int...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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