Final-Round Notes – Sunday, March 10, 2024

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 86. Wind E 12-16 mph, gusting to 20 mph.

Final Leaderboard

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	**Brice Garnett	66	66	68	69	269 (-19)
2	Erik Barnes	66	66	69	68	269 (-19)
T3	Victor Perez	69	68	68	65	270 (-18)
T3	Hayden Springer	68	65	69	68	270 (-18)
T3	Jimmy Stanger	68	65	67	70	270 (-18)

**won with a birdie-4 on the fourth playoff hole, the par-5 18^th

Brice Garnett (P1/-19)

• After opening with back-to-back 6-under 66s in his first start of the season, used a 3-under 69 to overcome a two-stroke deficit beginning the final round and match Erik Barnes at 19-under 269; on the fourth hole of sudden death (par-5 18^th), sank a 10-foot putt for birdie to win; on the first three playoff holes, the duo matched par-birdie-par
• The win comes in his 241^st career start on TOUR at the age of 40 years, 6 months, 4 days
• This week’s victory is his second on the PGA TOUR (2018 Corales Puntacana Championship)
• The win marks his third top-10 finish in his eighth Puerto Rico Open start: 1^st/2024, T7/2022, T5/2021
• With the win, earns 300 FedExCup points
• With the win, becomes fully exempt for all of the 2024 season (thru 2026 season)
• With the win, earns a spot into this week’s PLAYERS Championship; the victory also includes starts into such select events as the 2024 PGA Championship, 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge and The Sentry in 2025
• This was the fourth playoff in Puerto Rico Open history and first since Tony Finau defeated Steve Marino in 2016
• This was the third playoff of the season and first since Nick Taylor defeated Charley Hoffman at the WM Phoenix Open on the second playoff hole
• This was the longest playoff on the PGA TOUR since Nick Taylor defeated Tommy Fleetwood on the fourth hole of a playoff at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open

Erik Barnes (P2/-19)

• With just one dropped shot all week (par-4 10^th/R1), closed with a 4-under 68 to finish at 19-under 269 along with Brice Garnett
• The runner-up finish comes in his fourth start of the season and 22^nd on the PGA TOUR
• Competing this season on the PGA TOUR by way of a Korn Ferry Tour Medical Extension
• Best finish of three starts on TOUR prior to this week: T43/Farmers Insurance Open

Miscellaneous Notes

• Highlighted by five birdies and an eagle, France’s Victor Perez (T3/-18) closed his second Puerto Rico Open (T55/2022) with a bogey-free 7-under 65; comes off a T16 at last week’s Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches
• PGA TOUR rookie Hayden Springer (T3/-18), who earned his exempt status as among the top five from the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament (T4), closed his fourth start of the season with a 4-under 68; the top-5 finish supplants his previous-best of T33/Farmers Insurance Open
• In his first Puerto Rico Open start, Jimmy Stanger (-T3/18) posted scores of 68-65-67-70; previous-best finish in five PGA TOUR starts this season was T14 at The American Express; winner of last year’s Compliance Solutions Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour
• Following his career-low score (relation to par) of 9-under 63 in round three, Ben Kohles (T6/-17) closed with a 1-over 73; came into the week on the heels of three missed cuts and a WD (Mexico Open at Vidanta) in his most recent four TOUR starts; Puerto Rico Open history: T6/2024, T16/2022, MC/2014, T39/2013
• Vanderbilt University senior Jackson Van Paris, the lone amateur (of five) who made the cut – which he made on the 4-under number – closed with a bogey-free 8-under 64 to claim T10 honors at 15-under 273; the only score of the week lower than his 8-under 64 was a third-round 9-under 63 from 54-hole leader Ben Kohles
• In his bid to become the first to successfully defend a Puerto Rico Open title, Nico Echavarria (T15/-14) closed with a 1-under 71
• In his 15^th Puerto Rico Open start, San Juan native Rafa Campos posted scores of 65-67-76-67 to finish T18 at 13-under 275; was seeking a fourth top-10 finish in his hometown event (T8/2016, T10/2017, T3/2021)