Rio Grande, Puerto Rico March 3-6, 2022 Purse: $3,700,000 ($666,000/winner) Grand Reserve Golf Club Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,506 FedExCup: 300 points (winner)
Final-Round Notes – Sunday, March 6, 2022
Weather: Partly cloudy, with afternoon showers. High of 83. Wind ENE 15-20 mph, gusting to 28 mph. The final round featured threesomes off Nos. 1 and 10 between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. AST.
Final-Round Leaderboard
Ryan Brehm 66-67-68-67—268 (-20)
Max McGreevy 70-64-71-69—274 (-14)
Brandon Wu 69-69-68-69—275 (-13)
Tommy Gainey 69-67-69-70—275 (-13)
Things to Know
• In one and only start on a Minor Medical Extension, Ryan Brehm wins first PGA TOUR title
• Brehm earns 300 FedExCup points, full exempt status through 2023-24 season and a spot in this week’s THE PLAYERS • At No. 773 in the Official World Golf Ranking, becomes lowest-ranked player to win on TOUR since Jim Herman at 2019 Barbasol Championship (No. 1,252)
• With wife, Chelsey, as caddie, marks first time a wife has caddied for a victorious husband since Justine and Patrick Reed at 2013 Wyndham Championship
• PGA TOUR rookie Max McGreevy posts best finish in 11th start
• PGA TOUR rookie Brandon Wu joins Brehm as only players with four sub-70 rounds this week • Puerto Rico native Rafa Campos finishes T59 in his 13th appearance at the Puerto Rico Open
Ryan Brehm (1st/-20)
| Category | With Victory |
| Age | 35 (April 5, 1986) |
| Country | USA |
| FedExCup | Projected 50 |
| OWGR | Projected 280 |
| Starts – wins – top-10s in PGA TOUR career | 68-1-1 |
| Starts – wins – top-10s on TOUR in 2021-22 | 1-1-1 |
| Starts – wins – top-10s at Puerto Rico Open | 4-1-1 |
• Began the final round with a three-stroke lead, which he extended to four at the turn with birdies at Nos. 1, 5 and 9, where he holed a 35-foot putt; started the back nine birdie-birdie to stretch his lead to seven before closing with seven straight pars to win by six
• Made just one bogey (No. 14/R3) en route to becoming the seventh first-time winner this season • Wins first PGA TOUR title in 68th start at 35 years, 11 months, 1 day while playing his final event on a Minor Medical Extension
• His one and only Minor Medical start was granted after being forced to withdraw from the 2021 Zurich Classic of New Orleans when he tested positive for COVID-19 in advance of that event; his illness kept him from competing on a regular basis in PGA TOUR events for fewer than four months, therefore his eligibility category allowed for one (1) ‘available tournament’ on a Minor Medical in the 2021-22 season for the event that he missed in the 2020- 21 season (Zurich Classic)
• Victory this week satisfies Minor Medical Extension and earns full exempt status for the remainder of this season, plus the next two seasons; also earns 300 FedExCup points, a spot in the field at this week’s PLAYERS Championship and exemptions into 2022 PGA Championship and 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions
• Joins Viktor Hovland (2020) as the only players since 2014 to convert 54-hole lead/co-lead into victory at Puerto Rico Open; becomes seventh third-round leader/co-leader to win in 2021-22 season
• Claims title by a tournament-record six-stroke margin (previous, 3 strokes/Martin Trainer/2019) and the largest winning margin this season
• Having entered the week No. 773 in the Official World Golf Ranking, becomes lowest-ranked player to win on TOUR since Jim Herman at 2019 Barbasol Championship (No. 1252)
• Before this win, his best result of three top-25s on TOUR was T11 at 2021 Puerto Rico Open where he posted 68- 71-69-67—275 (-13)
• Owns two Korn Ferry Tour titles: 2016 WinCo Foods Portland Open, 2019 LECOM Health Challenge • Finished T9 at Astara Golf Championship in Colombia last month, his first top-10 on the Korn Ferry Tour since August 2019
• With his wife, Chelsey, as his caddie this week, win marks the first time a wife has caddied for a victorious husband since Justine and Patrick Reed at the 2013 Wyndham Championship
Miscellaneous Notes
• Former University of Oklahoma standout and PGA TOUR rookie Max McGreevy (2nd/-14) posts career-best finish in his 11th PGA TOUR start and first at Puerto Rico Open; made three cuts in 10 prior starts (previous-best, T16/The RSM Classic); owns victories on PGA TOUR China Series (2019 Guangzhou Open) and Korn Ferry Tour (2020 Price Cutter Charity Championship)
• PGA TOUR rookie Brandon Wu (T3/-13), records second top-10 on TOUR (T7/2021 Puerto Rico Open); all eight rounds at Puerto Rico Open are under par (66-67-71-70-69-69-68-69); made one cut in 10 prior starts this season (T34/Butterfield Bermuda Championship); joins Ryan Brehm as only players with four sub-70 rounds this week
• PGA TOUR veteran Tommy Gainey (T3/-13) notches 13th career top-10 and first since 2014 Zurich Classic of New Orleans (T8), a stretch of 57 starts
• England’s Callum Tarren (T5/-12) notches best result in his 10th start of the season as a PGA TOUR rookie; after seven missed cuts and a DQ (Butterfield Bermuda Championship) in his first eight starts this season, came into this week off a T30 at The Honda Classic; second-round 65 (-7) marks career-low round on TOUR
• PGA TOUR rookie Chad Ramey (T5/-12) cards his best result on TOUR
• 50-year-old Australian Mark Hensby (T7/-11) notched his first top-10 since 2015 Barbasol Championship (T6); marks third time since 2007 with four sub-par rounds in a single event (2007 Charles Schwab Challenge/T12, 2015 Barbasol Championship/T6)
• Making his PGA TOUR debut, Chris Gotterup (T7/-11) became the first amateur to post a top-10 on TOUR since Sam Burns at 2017 Barbasol Championship (T6); the University of Oklahoma senior earned his way into this week’s field by virtue of winning the Puerto Rico Classic collegiate event at Grand Reserve Golf Club two weeks ago after rounds of 66-64-66—196 (-20)
• Provided there is space available in the field, non-exempt professionals who finished T10 or better will earn spots in the field at the 2022 Valspar Championship • All six players at Puerto Rico Open who are also eligible for THE PLAYERS Championship next week, completed 72 holes; Brice Garnett (T7), Kyle Stanley (T16), Brian Stuard (T22), Richy Werenski (T28), Joseph Bramlett (T28), Chesson Hadley (T61); Ryan Brehm joins them following his win at the Puerto Rico Open
