One final comment. Maverick McNealy won the RSM classic in November, but I actually think his second-place finish at the Genesis is more impressive. The Genesis is one of just eight PGA Signature events with enhanced purses and fields. 46 of the Top 50 FedEx PGA points leaders were in the field. McNealy is now 7th in FedEx points (started at 25) and his Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) is 14th.
Maverick McNealy PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career
Patrick Rodgers turned pro in 2014 and has played in 287 tour events. He's had four runner-up and four third place finishes, 14 top five finishes and 28 top ten finishes. The Genesis Invitational second place finish is easily his best finish and his winnings for that event boosted his career earnings by 13%. He's currently 21st in FedEx points (started the tournament at 106). His OWGR is 75th.
Patrick Rodgers PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career
The list of golfers who finished behind McNealy and Rodgers is impressive: Cantlay, Fleetwood, Finau, McIlroy, Glover, Clark, Bradley, Scott, etc. And what I liked best about McNealy's tournament is that he improved every day with an impressive closing round, going 75-70-68-64. That 64 was the best round in the tournament by two shots.
Next Signature event is the Arnold Palmer Invitational in early March.
Incidentally, there's quite an SF Bay Area contingent of PGA touring pros form northern California colleges. Stanford has Joseph Bramlett, Patrick Rodgers, Maverick McNealy, Isaiah Salinda, Michael Thorbjornesen, Karl Vilips, Tiger Woods and Brandon Wu. There's also James Hahn, Max Homa, Byeong Hun, Michael Kim and Collin Morikawa of Cal; Mark Hubbard and Kevin Velo of SJSU and Matt McCarty (Santa Clara, with a tour win, the RSM last year). 16 PGA touring pros at once, out of the roughly 253* touring pros eligible to play on the PGA tour.
* The 253 includes two senior American players with tour exemptions and 82 international players who have exemptions to play occasional tournaments over here, leaving 169 U. S. touring pros.
Maverick McNealy PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career
Patrick Rodgers turned pro in 2014 and has played in 287 tour events. He's had four runner-up and four third place finishes, 14 top five finishes and 28 top ten finishes. The Genesis Invitational second place finish is easily his best finish and his winnings for that event boosted his career earnings by 13%. He's currently 21st in FedEx points (started the tournament at 106). His OWGR is 75th.
Patrick Rodgers PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career
The list of golfers who finished behind McNealy and Rodgers is impressive: Cantlay, Fleetwood, Finau, McIlroy, Glover, Clark, Bradley, Scott, etc. And what I liked best about McNealy's tournament is that he improved every day with an impressive closing round, going 75-70-68-64. That 64 was the best round in the tournament by two shots.
Next Signature event is the Arnold Palmer Invitational in early March.
Incidentally, there's quite an SF Bay Area contingent of PGA touring pros form northern California colleges. Stanford has Joseph Bramlett, Patrick Rodgers, Maverick McNealy, Isaiah Salinda, Michael Thorbjornesen, Karl Vilips, Tiger Woods and Brandon Wu. There's also James Hahn, Max Homa, Byeong Hun, Michael Kim and Collin Morikawa of Cal; Mark Hubbard and Kevin Velo of SJSU and Matt McCarty (Santa Clara, with a tour win, the RSM last year). 16 PGA touring pros at once, out of the roughly 253* touring pros eligible to play on the PGA tour.
* The 253 includes two senior American players with tour exemptions and 82 international players who have exemptions to play occasional tournaments over here, leaving 169 U. S. touring pros.
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