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WEB.COM TOUR - DAP CHAMPIONSHIP 00:00:32:22 STEVE BURKOWSKI: Welcome to the Canterbury Golf Club for opening-round coverage of the DAP Championship, presented by NewBrick, as for the second consecutive week, the Web.com Tour in the state of Ohio, the second of four Finals events, as the drive for 25 PGA Tour Cards continues. Steve Burkowski with you, alongside my partner, Craig Perks. From earlier today, Adam Schenk for birdie at 16. 00:00:57:07 CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. A phenomenal start for Adam, six birdies on the day, would post 66 Day One. 00:01:02:08 STEVE BURKOWSKI: Some reasonably good scores we've seen so far here in the early going. This afternoon, Wyndham Clark out quickly. This is second at 6. 00:01:11:08 CRAIG PERKS: Well, the 6th, only a par 4, 501 yards. And it's nasty. But that is a phenomenal shot there for Wyndham. 00:01:18:13 STEVE BURKOWSKI: That would lead to birdie, get him to 2 under. Now his tee shot at 7. 00:01:22:13 CRAIG PERKS: Well, it requires a high cut on the 190-yard, par-3 hole location. Just seven paces from the right. Obviously, Wyndham Clark has that shot. Gorgeous. 00:01:32:28 STEVE BURKOWSKI: That would get him to 3 under par, as he's cruising right along on a Thursday afternoon. Page 1 of 45

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00:00:32:22STEVE BURKOWSKI: Welcome to the Canterbury Golf Club for opening-round coverage of the DAP Championship, presented by NewBrick, as for the second consecutive week, the Web.com Tour in the state of Ohio, the second of four Finals events, as the drive for 25 PGA Tour Cards continues. Steve Burkowski with you, alongside my partner, Craig Perks. From earlier today, Adam Schenk for birdie at 16.

00:00:57:07CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. A phenomenal start for Adam, six birdies on the day, would post 66 Day One.

00:01:02:08STEVE BURKOWSKI: Some reasonably good scores we've seen so far here in the early going. This afternoon, Wyndham Clark out quickly. This is second at 6.

00:01:11:08CRAIG PERKS: Well, the 6th, only a par 4, 501 yards. And it's nasty. But that is a phenomenal shot there for Wyndham.

00:01:18:13STEVE BURKOWSKI: That would lead to birdie, get him to 2 under. Now his tee shot at 7.

00:01:22:13CRAIG PERKS: Well, it requires a high cut on the 190-yard, par-3 hole location. Just seven paces from the right. Obviously, Wyndham Clark has that shot. Gorgeous.

00:01:32:28STEVE BURKOWSKI: That would get him to 3 under par, as he's cruising right along on a Thursday afternoon.

00:01:39:19STEVE BURKOWSKI: But some others also playing well. Like Kramer Hickok, this for birdie at the 8th.

00:01:44:13CRAIG PERKS: Just 410 yards straight up the hill here for Kramer. The 26-year-old has graduated off this Tour this year,

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23rd on the Money List. But playing well last week, and continuing here the first round at Canterbury.

00:01:56:16STEVE BURKOWSKI: So the birdie at 8 got him to 3 under. We jump ahead to the Leaderboard, and see where he stands there. Just a shot off the pace, and Schenk and Jaeger in the clubhouse, 4 under, 66, leading the way.

00:02:19:10PHIL BLACKMAR: Yeah. Wyndham Clark now, for birdie at 9.

00:02:20:25TRIPP ISENHOUR: It needs his full attention.

00:02:23:19PHIL BLACKMAR: Yeah. He stroked it right in there. Good putt.

00:02:29:02STEVE BURKOWSKI: Norlander, just a mere formality, here at the 10th.

00:02:35:17STEVE BURKOWSKI: That gets Henrik to 1 under par. He finished 32nd on the Regular Season Money List. So he had to get the job done in the Finals, and got off to a great start in Columbus.

00:02:45:01STEVE BURKOWSKI: Up to 12, Kramer Hickok for birdie to extend his lead to 2.

00:02:48:24CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. Down the hill, breaking slightly left-to-right. 16 putts for 11--how about 17 putts through 12 holes for Kramer? He's figured these Poa annua greens out.

00:03:01:17PHIL BLACKMAR: As we head back to the 11th, and Romero for birdie.

00:03:04:22TRIPP ISENHOUR: For two in a row.

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00:03:10:16PHIL BLACKMAR: Yeah. That would just slide by. Hunter's won on the European Tour in 2017, when he had no status on the PGA Tour or the European Tour.

00:03:23:04PHIL BLACKMAR: Over to the 13th, now. Hickok for par.

00:03:29:20PHIL BLACKMAR: All right. He can notch a "sandie" on his belt for today, as well.

00:03:35:08PHIL BLACKMAR: Eric Axley coming down the hill here at 11, just tap it. Here you go. Oh, good putt. Good putt. He's glad to walk away from this little short par-3 with a par. He stays at minus-4.

00:03:51:22PHIL BLACKMAR: Now over at 13, Wyndham Clark has this for par.

00:03:54:12TRIPP ISENHOUR: A pretty straightforward putt, as far as the read goes. Uh, maybe a little bit downhill.

00:04:05:22PHIL BLACKMAR: [Laugh]

00:04:05:22TRIPP ISENHOUR: What a 4.

00:04:07:29PHIL BLACKMAR: How about that one, Tripp?

00:04:11:17PHIL BLACKMAR: Coming on the heels of that double-bogey at 12. So a little momentum coming off that par here at the 13th.

00:04:20:04PHIL BLACKMAR: 15 now, Jim Knous for birdie.

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PHIL BLACKMAR: [clapping] That's how you do it, right there. His fine play has continued. Good to see him bouncing back after struggling that last nine or ten holes so much last week. He's showing a lot of heart and fortitude.

00:04:46:24SHAWN STEFANI: I don't--I don't like that one. But I--I just--I know what's gonna happen if it comes up short.

00:04:52:07CADDIE: I know it's happened at the [indistinct].

00:04:55:28SHAWN STEFANI: Yeah. I mean, what do you think you can get out of this hole? Like, that big tree right of the hole?

00:05:03:26CADDIE: Forty-two-and-a-half.

00:05:05:15SHAWN STEFANI: Okay. All right.

00:05:07:05CADDIE: I--I--I think this is better.

00:05:08:05SHAWN STEFANI: Okay. All right.

00:05:08:02CADDIE: Yeah.

00:05:08:23SHAWN STEFANI: Take your time. And just trust it. Right?

00:05:10:05CADDIE: Yeah. Because that 52 is adjusted thin. Right?

00:05:12:09SHAWN STEFANI: Yes, sir.

00:05:12:20CADDIE: Okay.

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00:05:13:00SHAWN STEFANI: Okay.

00:05:16:09PHIL BLACKMAR: Shawn is headed to the PGA Tour. He was 10th on the Regular Season Money List, including 2nd-place finish in Portland in the last event.

00:05:24:15TRIPP ISENHOUR: Now, this is a wedge, Phil. He can go ahead and hit it. [club swing] I like the choice.

00:05:30:08PHIL BLACKMAR: Yeah. Coming up that hill, he can sure--sure can hit it.

00:05:32:18TRIPP ISENHOUR: Just left of the hole. It's got to get back there, though.

00:05:34:21PHIL BLACKMAR: It did. Good shot.

00:05:39:05STEVE BURKOWSKI: Up to 18, Wes Roach for birdie to shoot 67 here on Thursday.

00:05:44:05CRAIG PERKS: This would be a heck of a finish, three birdies in his last four holes. Carrying some speed.

00:05:48:09MALE: Yeah. [clapping]

00:05:50:25CRAIG PERKS: And thank you very much.

00:05:52:26STEVE BURKOWSKI: [Chuckle] He uses it all, does a victory lap around the hole, but gets it to go. Good start for Wes, the 29-year-old, former standout at Duke, looks to get back to the PGA Tour.

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00:06:05:16PHIL BLACKMAR: Over at the 17th, now. It looks like Yip might be first to go for par. I think part of the reason on those downhill putts, Craig, is that it--it's hard not to take too much backstroke.

00:06:17:27CRAIG PERKS: Mm-hmm.

00:06:18:03PHIL BLACKMAR: It's hard to take it back short enough. And so then you end up decelling a little bit as you come down, so. Daugherty, actually, is gonna be the first one to go, putting for par here.

00:06:32:10PHIL BLACKMAR: Up-and-down round. He's made five birdies. But he's made four bogeys, and in danger here of making the fifth. And any time you can make five or six birdies around this golf course, that's some good playing, because you get a lot of putts like this, this one here, where you have to start it outside the hole quite a bit, which means you have to be really precise with both your line and your speed.

00:07:01:24PHIL BLACKMAR: I like that, right there. About the length of the putt he made on 17 in Portland to give himself a chance on the 18th.

00:07:19:08STEVE BURKOWSKI: Now Sungjae Im for a birdie. It would be his first. He parred the first 16 holes of this opening round, bogeyed 17. So let's see if he can just right ship and shoot even par.

00:07:31:27GARY CHRISTIAN: He's got just a little blemish, a little spike mark about three feet in front of his ball. I think if he just misses that barely left, at that pace, it should curl nicely in.

00:07:41:12CRAIG PERKS: 2019, you can tap those down, Gary.

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00:07:44:00GARY CHRISTIAN: It would be nice, wouldn't it?

00:07:44:24CRAIG PERKS: Yeah.

00:07:57:29CRAIG PERKS: Oh, yes. There you go. [clapping] Nice bounce-back birdie. Wow.

00:08:02:05STEVE BURKOWSKI: 16 pars, bogey-birdie finish, even par for the 20-year-old that has led the Money List since the opening week on the Web.com Tour, 24 consecutive weeks, he has been the man everyone has tried to catch.

00:08:19:01STEVE BURKOWSKI: We go to a couple of pages of the Leaderboard. The 25 right next to that 7 under par, those are the players that already earned their PGA Tour Cards through the Regular Season. So everyone else that doesn't have them, they're sprinting on this Finals Money List. Throw a couple of names as we scroll through that stand out that maybe need a good week.

00:08:38:01CRAIG PERKS: Well, Nicholas Lindheim, obviously, uh, he's our Defending Champion. Uh, you could just go--you could go down this entire list. Aaron Baddeley has won plenty of times on the PGA Tour. Guys just looking for the opportunity, looking for spark in their game to play well.

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00:09:02:03STEVE BURKOWSKI: Welcome to Canterbury Golf Club, as for the second consecutive week, the Web.com Tour Finals in the state of Ohio. It's second-round coverage of the DAP Championship, present by NewBrick, as the drive for 25 PGA Tour Cards continues. Steve Burkowski with you, alongside my partner, Craig Perks. And Kramer Hickok continues to roll. This for birdie at 8.

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CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. Following up that course-record-tying 63 that--his--he made eight birdies in that first round. That's his fourth birdie for the day. And that's tough to do, following up a super-low score with another good one.

00:09:34:27CRAIG PERKS: The 26-year-old earned his PGA Tour Card through the Regular Season. But making a big statement here in the Finals, as there is a lot on the line. So much to play for.

00:09:48:27PHIL BLACKMAR: Peter Malnati, who lost in a playoff last week, having another good week. And a good putt there at the 17th, really a difficult par 3. And that's a hard-earned birdie, there.

00:10:03:06PHIL BLACKMAR: And now we on the 9th--I'm sorry. The 15th. It looks like Hueber is getting to play his 3rd. And with this group today is Tripp Isenhour.

00:10:11:20TRIPP ISENHOUR: Good afternoon, Phil. Uh, he's gonna stay on the ground, it looks like. I think this is a wise choice, because this is an extremely tight lie. There is not much green to work with between this false front and the hole location. But the penalties of hitting it in the rough, even though the rough is not real high, Phil, he drove it in the right rough, and just really didn't have many options except to leave it short.

00:10:41:03PHIL BLACKMAR: A great angle from behind, Tripp, what he was looking at, there, coming up that slope.

00:10:44:26TRIPP ISENHOUR: He couldn't have chipped that any closer than that.

00:10:51:24PHIL BLACKMAR: We go over to the 9th, second shot for Kramer Hickok. And Gary Christian is with this group.

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GARY CHRISTIAN: Yeah. Thank you, Phil. About 270 yards [club swing] uphill, off a slight upslope. And that just seems to be pulled a little left.

00:11:04:04PHIL BLACKMAR: Just catches the corner of the green. And a good shot for Kramer Hickok. He'll have a chance for eagle.

00:11:12:02PHIL BLACKMAR: Back over to the 17th tee, the par-3 today playing 198 yards, the hole cut far left, as you can see. Sang-moon Bae, whose--whose game has just started coming back around. You know, he spent two years in the Korean Military, and didn't play any golf at all for two years. And really struggled on Tour this year. In fact, he missed seven of his first nine cuts. But his game's started coming around here at the tail end, and he's having a really good round today.

00:11:50:19PHIL BLACKMAR: Six under on his round. The course record yesterday was equaled by Kramer Hickok with 63. Par is 70. [club swing]

00:12:03:00PHIL BLACKMAR: One more birdie would be 63 for Sang-moon Bae.

00:12:08:08PHIL BLACKMAR: Oh, he's gonna have a great chance at it, there. What a shot.

00:12:16:14PHIL BLACKMAR: Back over to the 9th, now. And Jim Knous' caddie doing a little cleaning, a little vacuuming on the green, get some of the sand out of the way. And Gary, this has to be a pretty tough little pitch.

00:12:26:22GARY CHRISTIAN: It does. This first cut is that type of rough for the ball to sort of settle. So it's almost like a semi-buried lie. A lot of the people just blading it, sort of just running it down through that rough. You know, it might be the right shot.

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00:12:44:08GARY CHRISTIAN: And he popped and run it. Very nice.

00:12:47:09PHIL BLACKMAR: Yep. It's hard when you only have to carry it three or four feet to get enough speed on the club to get the ball to come out of that thick rough the way you expect it. A pretty good job, there.

00:12:59:05PHIL BLACKMAR: Now at 17, let's see if Sang-Moon Bae can convert after that beautiful shot here on the par-3. Get to minus-8. Yep. Center cut. Good stroke. 7 under on his round today, now. Birdie on the last will best the course record. Par will tie it.

00:13:17:12PHIL BLACKMAR: Now back to the 9th, our leader, Kramer Hickok, for birdie on his final hole.

00:13:22:28GARY CHRISTIAN: And what a finish it would be, wouldn't it? Two birdies in a row. A great way to finish the day.

00:13:40:29PHIL BLACKMAR: All right. Birdie-birdie for Kramer Hickok. [clapping] He is the clubhouse at 10 under par. That is some playing. 63-67, 130, tournament record here for the 36 holes.

00:13:58:16STEVE BURKOWSKI: Now Robert Streb for birdie at the last.

00:14:01:05CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. How about three birdies in his last five holes to post 66? And our winner last week in Columbus. He'll be going back to the PGA Tour for the 7th year as a winner on the PGA Tour, as well.

00:14:15:00TRIPP ISENHOUR: I mean, not a breath of wind out here, right now. Just an ideal day to play golf. [club swing]

00:14:27:00PHIL BLACKMAR: Just don't miss it left.

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00:14:29:08TRIPP ISENHOUR: It's really on a good line.

00:14:31:10PHIL BLACKMAR: I should say.

00:14:33:02MALE: Nice. [clapping]

00:14:33:18PHIL BLACKMAR: Right below the hole, about 12 feet for birdie.

00:14:38:00PHIL BLACKMAR: Back over to the 15th, now. Adam Long has this for birdie. He needs it to get to even par and try to make that cut. It will most likely come at even. [clapping] All right. Good putt for Adam. He's got three holes to go. He could use another birdie as a little insurance on that cut line.

00:14:54:28PHIL BLACKMAR: Over to the 13th, now. This is Brian Campbell. And [club swing] he was--got the final spot, the 75th spot in the Regular Season to get into these Finals events, to give him a chance to earn his PGA Tour Card.

00:15:09:16PHIL BLACKMAR: And back over to the 15th. Great view from behind, here, Cameron Percy having a really good week. He's only missed one green [club swing] today. You can see what he's facing coming up that big hill to the plateau on top, with the hole cut there. And he almost makes it.

00:15:26:04STEVE BURKOWSKI: 37-year-old Ricky Barnes for birdie at 18. He's made it through the Web.com Tour Finals twice, in 2013 and '15.

00:15:35:00CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. 58th last week. And 3 under currently, just inside the Top 20. Just keep making cuts, and look for one of those really good weeks. And he may do it again. 68-69 for Ricky.

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00:15:52:19STEVE BURKOWSKI: 175th in the Fed-Ex Cup Standings this past season on the PGA Tour.

00:15:57:29PHIL BLACKMAR: To the 13th now, Brian Campbell has this for birdie. He was a star at Illinois. Mike Small seems to turn out so many great players. And he was one of them. [ball rattles in cup] And a good putt there. A good-looking putting stroke, as well. Had his Tour Card a couple of years ago, and is back here trying to earn it again.

00:16:16:11PHIL BLACKMAR: The 15th now, Cameron Percy, a little short one for birdie up the hill.

00:16:25:11PHIL BLACKMAR: Oh, no. Oh, no.

00:16:29:25STEVE BURKOWSKI: Cameron Champ off and running here. His second round beginning on the back nine. His second here at 12. [club swing]

00:16:35:20PHIL BLACKMAR: Just a short little par-4 here. Players, if they find the fairway, as Cameron did, have a short iron or wedge into the green. And taking advantage. Good approach, there.

00:16:46:19PHIL BLACKMAR: And we head over to the 17th, Chris Thompson, a big breaker for birdie. A great angle we've got here.

00:16:56:05PHIL BLACKMAR: Some of these greens, they get quick. And you get up on these plateaus, and they get that shiny sheen to them, they're starting to get that look. Boy, Wednesday, before it rained, they were firm, and quick. And the golf course really changed with rain. This weekend, it may, uh, play like that again. Get a little more sun, maybe a little breeze, dry it out a little. That's when this course really shows its teeth.

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00:17:29:03PHIL BLACKMAR: All right.

00:17:35:05STEVE BURKOWSKI: Over at 16, third on the par-5 for Billy Kennerly.

00:17:39:27CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. Flight it in low to that back-left hole location, but do not go above the hole.

00:17:46:28STEVE BURKOWSKI: Back to 14, Cameron Champ.

00:17:50:06TRIPP ISENHOUR: 138 yards, ball above his feet, which, commonly, you're gonna pull it, which is what he did.

00:18:01:08STEVE BURKOWSKI: Now up to 16, Billy Kennerly for birdie.

00:18:05:06CRAIG PERKS: Tap it. Just tap it. Breathe on it. Ball carrying speed. [ball rattles in cup] Oh, that's a confident stroke down the hill.

00:18:12:28STEVE BURKOWSKI: That's a smart combo. Pink shirt, pink shoes.

00:18:17:05CRAIG PERKS: Where did he go to school, Steve?

00:18:18:13STEVE BURKOWSKI: He went to Clemson University.

00:18:20:08CRAIG PERKS: Well, there you go.

00:18:21:25STEVE BURKOWSKI: Up at 18, Adam Long, birdie putt, virtually ensure him making it to the weekend.

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CRAIG PERKS: Oh, yeah. This would do it. He shoots 67 today, after a 2-over-par round yesterday. But yeah, Phil--Phil did mention it. I--I actually agree with him. There are 60 players, actually 62 players now in red figures. So I'm thinking, with the way the golf course is playing, that the forecast is not for any wind this afternoon, and this cut will be under par here at Canterbury. So it will be a long afternoon's wait around for Adam Long to see if he gets to play the weekend.

00:19:01:16STEVE BURKOWSKI: Back at 14, second for Shawn Stefani. He knows he's heading back to the Tour after a 4th-place finish in Columbus.

00:19:07:08CRAIG PERKS: And got to feel good coming out of the rough to right hole location. Holy cow, watch out. There you go. Nice. He shot 69 yesterday. Opened with four pars, and a--and he--

00:19:20:13STEVE BURKOWSKI: He'll take a 2 anytime on this scorecard.

00:19:23:00CRAIG PERKS: Yes.

00:19:23:19PHIL BLACKMAR: Adam Schenk has this for birdie.

00:19:33:22PHIL BLACKMAR: If that gets a break right, well, the 13th is a tough par 4. [ball rattles in cup] But a professional golfer with the name "Schenk," that takes--you know he's got some ribbing over the years a little bit.

00:19:43:12STEVE BURKOWSKI: It was that--

00:19:43:25PHIL BLACKMAR: Maybe that's good.

00:19:44:11STEVE BURKOWSKI: It was that grouping out here a couple of years ago, Schenk, Yip, and Hack.

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00:19:49:16PHIL BLACKMAR: [Chuckle]

00:19:51:01STEVE BURKOWSKI: How about that?

00:19:51:07STEVE BURKOWSKI: Over at 16, Cameron Champ, his 3rd, just short of the green.

00:19:55:26TRIPP ISENHOUR: And kind of fortunate. You know, this ball could have rolled back down. It's right in between the--you know, a flat area. But my gosh, that's so impressive.

00:20:11:23CRAIG PERKS: Three-putted the 14th hole from long distance. Looked to judge the speed much better here, Tripp.

00:20:16:15TRIPP ISENHOUR: No three-putts here.

00:20:17:18CRAIG PERKS: No, sir.

00:20:19:18STEVE BURKOWSKI: He'll need just one putt, as he was off the green.

00:20:22:16CRAIG PERKS: That's a very well-played hole.

00:20:24:07STEVE BURKOWSKI: So that will be a birdie for Cameron Champ. And "impressive" might just be an understatement with what he's able to do, especially off the tee.

00:20:35:28STEVE BURKOWSKI: Garrigus, now, at 16.

00:20:40:27TRIPP ISENHOUR: And this is incredibly hard.

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00:20:45:00CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. Coming from the downslope, everything runs away to the center of the green. And that's about as well as he could have done.

00:20:50:12STEVE BURKOWSKI: That was his fourth shot at the par-5 16th. So Garrigus struggling to make a par.

00:20:58:00STEVE BURKOWSKI: And Cameron Champ makes it official with the birdie at 16.

00:21:04:15STEVE BURKOWSKI: Driver, 4-iron, Craig, what would you say? About 620 yards. We're--we're not over-stating the impressive, prodigious length of the rookie on the Web.com Tour, and soon-to-be rookie on the PGA Tour.

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00:21:27:18STEVE BURKOWSKI: Welcome to Beachwood, Ohio, revered Canterbury Golf Club hosting the DAP Championship Presented by NewBrick for the third consecutive year on the Web.com Tour Finals. A warm one. Temperatures in the mid-80s just outside of downtown Cleveland. Steve Burkowski with you, alongside the Player's Champ, Craig Perks. And what a start for Ben Crane.

00:21:46:04CRAIG PERKS: He began the day 3 back, out in 3-under 32. [clapping] Experienced, reliable performer, Ben Crane.

00:21:53:07STEVE BURKOWSKI: That got Ben to 10 under par. How about the 36-hole leader, Kramer Hickok? His second shot at 10.

00:21:58:13CRAIG PERKS: And it's a dangerous one. You could could fall off front. You cannot go long. But Kramer Hickok was spot on, right there.

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00:22:06:14STEVE BURKOWSKI: That would lead to birdie. That would move him to 11 under par. But plenty giving chase. Like Stephan Jaeger. This for birdie at 10.

00:22:12:20CRAIG PERKS: Boy that first birdie today came at 9. Then backed it up with 10. That's a good putt, straight up the hill.

00:22:17:29STEVE BURKOWSKI: So that got him within one of Hickok. But he wasn't done, as he reached the tee at the 11th.

00:22:22:22CRAIG PERKS: Dangerous hole location, pushed all the way to the right, just three from the edge, 172 yards. This guy is streaky. He's once shot 58 on this Tour. When he gets it going, watch out. [clapping]

00:22:34:11STEVE BURKOWSKI: Three in a row for Stephan Jaeger. That moved him to 11 under par. And what do you know? The lead for Kramer Hickok now shared with Stephan Jaeger. Sang-moon Bae, just a shot back.

00:22:48:20STEVE BURKOWSKI: Jaeger now at 12.

00:22:50:21TRIPP ISENHOUR: After just a beautifully-cut tee shot, 81 yards. And this looks good.

00:22:56:29CRAIG PERKS: Oh. Just a tap-in for four straight birdies. [clapping]

00:23:01:25STEVE BURKOWSKI: Now Sang-moon Bae, his third at 12. [club swing]

00:23:06:13TRIPP ISENHOUR: Gap wedge on the way, 112 yards. It needs to get up a little. Not much.

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00:23:11:26STEVE BURKOWSKI: Oh, wow.

00:23:12:24CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. That's a great break. Land in the rough and catch the downslope, and he'll have a putt inside 10 feet to save his par.

00:23:25:08STEVE BURKOWSKI: Stephan Jaeger has this for birdie, and the outright lead. Let you know that Sang-moon Bae did save his par. So good 4 there by Bae.

00:23:33:08TRIPP ISENHOUR: Boy, this is just dead straight. I like his chances. [ball rattles in cup]

00:23:39:01CRAIG PERKS: Good call, there, Tripp. Four straight birdies. On a bit of a heater, right now.

00:23:48:04PHIL BLACKMAR: Well, I know I could, as we go to the 13th, and Ben Crane with a birdie opportunity from just off the front of the green.

00:23:54:20GARY CHRISTIAN: Well, we get back to the experience that he's using here. He's made a six-footer for bogey on 10, a six-footer for par on 11, and a six-footer for par on the last hole. And he's doing everything that he can to hang in here. Now with a good opportunity from just off the green.

00:24:08:23PHIL BLACKMAR: Yeah. You're so right, Gary. That's what veteran players can do. They learn the ability to find something, a way to get it around the golf course when things aren't going well, until all of a sudden, they find that little spark, that little feel key, and then they're off to the races. You've got to save it until you find it.

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PHIL BLACKMAR: Ooh, dog. That sure looked good. [ball rattles in cup]

00:24:45:20STEVE BURKOWSKI: A winner a week ago in Columbus, Robert Streb has his for birdie at 14.

00:24:52:25CRAIG PERKS: Pretty flat. Coming up and over a little bit of a rise. But not much movement either way. And he played a lot of golf this year. 30 events. He only made 10 cuts. And it was such a relief to win last week, to get his Card back. He--he's heading back to the Tour next year for the seventh year. And a gorgeous putt.

00:25:21:03STEVE BURKOWSKI: Justin Hueber now for birdie at 16.

00:25:25:01CRAIG PERKS: Well, after getting it hole-high within about 40 feet of the flag in two at the 600-yard par-5, you'd hate to walk away with a par. [clapping]

00:25:31:10JUSTIN HUEBER: Thank you.

00:25:32:20CRAIG PERKS: So nice putt there. 5 under on his round.

00:25:37:01STEVE BURKOWSKI: Peter Malnati now at 14, this for a birdie to get to 9 under par. [ball rattles in cup]

00:25:47:14CRAIG PERKS: Boy, 11th on Tour in Strokes Gain Putting, he probably hasn't missed many that length all year long.

00:25:53:07PHIL BLACKMAR: Now back to the 13th, Hickok for par.

00:25:55:16TRIPP ISENHOUR: You know, Phil, the conundrum on this length putt, and a downhill one is, you want to hit them hard,

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especially on Poa annua. But boy, oh, boy, you do that, and you're gonna be faced with a longer putt coming back. [ball rattles in cup]

00:26:16:00PHIL BLACKMAR: Well, he's been looking very solid with the putter all week. And that was a nice up-and-down there for par.

00:26:22:28PHIL BLACKMAR: To the 17th, and the second shot, Justin Hueber, gonna have to flop this way up in the air. He is--you can't see it on your screen. But he's well down--way down below the level of the green. [club swing] Oh, he got a lot of ball. Oh.

00:26:33:12STEVE BURKOWSKI: He got a lot of the flag, too.

00:26:34:17PHIL BLACKMAR: Yes, he has. [laugh] I didn't see that as the--as the way to stop it.

00:26:38:07STEVE BURKOWSKI: I know. [laugh]

00:26:39:06PHIL BLACKMAR: I pictured it landing on the side of the--edge of the green. Looky here. He got it way up there, and--

00:26:46:20CRAIG PERKS: Hmm.

00:26:47:01PHIL BLACKMAR: That's a good break, right there. Give him a chance to make par.

00:26:52:05PHIL BLACKMAR: 13 now, Bae for par.

00:26:55:04TRIPP ISENHOUR: Just on the left edge and firm.

00:26:59:22PHIL BLACKMAR: Good up-and-down. Good up-and-down there from

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that back fringe. Keeps him at minus-10, one shot out of the lead at this point.

00:27:08:27STEVE BURKOWSKI: Go up to 16, the par-5. Third for Brian Campbell.

00:27:11:25CRAIG PERKS: A very speedy one. Down the hill, breaking to his right. Oh, that is magnificently judged.

00:27:25:21PHIL BLACKMAR: The 15th now, Ben Crane.

00:27:28:03GARY CHRISTIAN: Nasty line of sand to divot. Got to get this absolutely perfect. [club swing] Came out low, but he looked like he got good contact. What a skip that was.

00:27:37:09PHIL BLACKMAR: Yeah, it was. What a shot out of that lie, Gary. [clapping] He skipped it back in there. It was a terrible time for a lie like that. And he handled it nice.

00:27:45:15STEVE BURKOWSKI: Third for Mark Anderson. He's 7 under, four off the lead.

00:27:49:28CRAIG PERKS: And a face wide open like a flop shot here. Just throw the club on the ball. Played well last week, too, to start these Finals. 24th. [clapping] Currently inside the Top 10.

00:28:02:19STEVE BURKOWSKI: Now, back at 14, the fourth shot for Sang-moon Bae.

00:28:09:14TRIPP ISENHOUR: Well, this one, you know, he's--like the chip kind of he faced, although not as long, on the last hole, just bump it and get it going. Try to get the line right. Should break just a touch to his right.

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00:28:22:26CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. It looks like he may be belling this one.

00:28:25:27TRIPP ISENHOUR: Yeah.

00:28:26:03CRAIG PERKS: Hit it right in the middle of the equator of the ball.

00:28:28:10TRIPP ISENHOUR: Yeah, with those practice strokes, that's what he's doing, which is the smart play here.

00:28:31:17CRAIG PERKS: Get a little top spin on it.

00:28:37:07TRIPP ISENHOUR: See how fast they are getting.

00:28:39:10CRAIG PERKS: Well, the five made from the poor wedge shot.

00:28:43:29STEVE BURKOWSKI: Third now for Brian Campbell at 18. Missed the cut in Columbus.

00:28:49:20CRAIG PERKS: Needs a good touch here. See how the face remained open there through the strike and beyond. That was nicely done. [clapping]

00:28:59:28PHIL BLACKMAR: Peter Malnati now, his second here at 17. The ball doesn’t appear to be sitting very well. Big stance. Going to try to slide the face open. That's a pretty well-played shot, right there. [clapping] You see how hard he hit that. He had to hit it hard enough to get the club to work through the grass.

00:29:16:25STEVE BURKOWSKI: Final group, 16th fairway, where Stephan Jaeger in the rough. His second.

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00:29:21:24TRIPP ISENHOUR: Yeah. The ball above his feet 295. The problem is this layup. But the fairway goes from right to left. So really got to try to cheat the right-hand side. [club swing] That's working towards the left. It needs some help to probably stay in the fairway.

00:29:41:13CRAIG PERKS: That's the right idea, though, go left, and especially if you're out of position off the tee, and potentially out of position with the second. Just--just make the 5. Take 6 out of the equation.

00:29:53:27PHIL BLACKMAR: Now over at the 17th, Malnati to see if he can convert this good par save. Currently in a tie for 4th, 2 under in his round today. Yeah, that's a really nice up and down, right there. [clapping]

00:30:07:11STEVE BURKOWSKI: Ben Crane for par at 16.

00:30:09:26GARY CHRISTIAN: It's going to be the three-feet left uphill.

00:30:16:26CRAIG PERKS: Well, some of have been confused on these greens at Canterbury. Not for Ben Crane, only 23 putts through 16 holes.

00:30:25:08STEVE BURKOWSKI: Sang-moon Bae now, par at 16.

00:30:29:08TRIPP ISENHOUR: Back up the hill, should move to his left ever so slightly. That's a good two-putt, right there.

00:30:39:17STEVE BURKOWSKI: Solid. Sang-moon remains 9-under, 1-under here in the third round of play. Two shots back of Hickok and Jaeger.

00:30:49:13PHIL BLACKMAR: Well, Kramer Hickok started the day with a one-shot lead. He has a chance here to take a one-shot lead if he

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can make this.

00:30:56:00TRIPP ISENHOUR: Boy, twos at 17 go a long way, don't they, Phil?

00:30:58:07PHIL BLACKMAR: Yes they do. This will be the third one, Tripp.

00:31:01:00TRIPP ISENHOUR: This is outside about two cups to the left, and just match speed and line.

00:31:09:28PHIL BLACKMAR: Boy, that was a good-looking putt the entire way. [clapping] He matched it beautifully, the speed and the line, there. He now takes a one-shot lead. Gets to minus-12.

00:31:20:21STEVE BURKOWSKI: Matt Jones for birdie at 18. [cheers and clapping]

00:31:28:25CRAIG PERKS: Well, he played the last 10 holes 2 under par. Shoot 69 today for the Australian.

00:31:35:20STEVE BURKOWSKI: 8 under. He needs a solo 17th. So he's well ahead of that curve, with 18 holes of golf.

00:31:41:11CRAIG PERKS: And got his card through Finals last year, where he played really well at the Web.com Tour Championship. Finished 5th there in Atlantic Beach.

00:31:50:24STEVE BURKOWSKI: Sang-moon Bae now. This to get in at 10 under, a couple behind Kramer Hickok.

00:32:07:10TRIPP ISENHOUR: Well, the thing is, he's seen, you know, Jaeger's putt. It was on a very similar line. And, Craig, you know what? When you're a world-class player like he was, you never lose that golfing genius, if you will. It's there. He's

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just got to, as Tiger says, get the raps in.

00:32:27:06CRAIG PERKS: Yeah, get some raps. Yeah.

00:32:28:08TRIPP ISENHOUR: That's exactly what he needs.

00:32:29:29CRAIG PERKS: Get some competitive rounds under his belt. I think it's smart that he's going through these Finals event. That wasn't his best effort. Lost a little bit of the track on the greens. [clapping]

00:32:58:07STEVE BURKOWSKI: Parred the last four. Sang-moon Bae, the 32-year-old, bookend 69's first three days. That course-record-tying 63 on Friday.

00:33:11:24STEVE BURKOWSKI: Let's go through a bunch of Leaderboards as we wrap things up here at the DAP Championship. How about the move made today by Hunter Mahan, looking to get that PGA Tour Card back?

00:33:20:29CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. He played holes 7 through 13, that seven hole stretch 6 under, which sort of gave him, uh, the ability to shoot that 65 today.

00:33:30:29STEVE BURKOWSKI: Max Homa, a guy you like the way he's thinking right now.

00:33:33:23CRAIG PERKS: Well, he's gaining some confidence. I know that. Remember the four straight birdies to make the cut on Friday. And just in Portland to get to these Finals events.

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00:33:51:25STEVE BURKOWSKI: Championship Sunday just outside of Cleveland,

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the Web.com Tour Finals continue. This is tournament leader Kramer Hickok for birdie at 10. Steve Burkowski, Craig Perks with you. Tripp Isenhour down with this group.

00:34:04:27TRIPP ISENHOUR: A pretty straightforward putt, just a touch of break to his left. [ball rattles in cup]

00:34:08:23CRAIG PERKS: How about four birdies in his last five holes for the 26-year-old?

00:34:15:09STEVE BURKOWSKI: Awfully impressive for the man that has led after each and every round here at Canterbury. Hickok now with a two-shot lead on the back nine here in Beachwood, Ohio. But a lot going on on this Sunday. A lot of players making a move. Kramer Hickok, we pick him up at 6 in a second.

00:34:31:27CRAIG PERKS: It all started right here, Steve, the hardest hole at Canterbury. A 501-yard par 4, and this is a sensational iron shot set up the first birdie today. [clapping]

00:34:43:13STEVE BURKOWSKI: That would get him to 11 under after a slow start out of the gates for Kramer Hickok. Then at the 8th, the par 4, this for birdie.

00:34:51:24CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. He's putted beautifully this week. He's actually done everything so well. Has led through the first round, second round, and third round, open with that course record time 63, continues to play so well.

00:35:02:18STEVE BURKOWSKI: Stephan Jaeger playing alongside. This his third at 8.

00:35:05:25CRAIG PERKS: Oh, he's a fiery bloke when he gets a little taste of the lead. And he's hanging in there. [clapping]

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00:35:10:19STEVE BURKOWSKI: That got him to 11 under, one behind Hickok. How about Matt Jones on 10?

00:35:14:08CRAIG PERKS: Oh, man.

00:35:15:16STEVE BURKOWSKI: His third, nearly impossible.

00:35:16:11CRAIG PERKS: Absolutely impossible. Look at this thing. Huge swing. Pops it straight up. Coming straight down the hill out of some nasty rough. [clapping] That is perfection.

00:35:23:18STEVE BURKOWSKI: Matt Jones moved to 11 under. Peter Malnati playing well for the second straight week. This his tee shot at the par-3 11th.

00:35:31:04CRAIG PERKS: Aimed well left, trying to hit a little sautéed 9-iron in there from 155 yards. He's a--nice little run. Four birdies in his last five holes.

00:35:42:17STEVE BURKOWSKI: That got Peter Malnati to 11 under par. Then at the 9th, Hunter Mahan for birdie on the par-5.

00:35:49:00CRAIG PERKS: Fifteen years on Tour, 17th last week. He needs a Top 10 to get his card back. And he is right there.

00:35:54:21STEVE BURKOWSKI: Hunter Mahan joining the mix on a Championship Sunday. He moved to 11 under at that point. But the story is Kramer Hickok, the former Texas Longhorn, looking to hook a victory out here on the Web.com Tour.

00:36:11:04STEVE BURKOWSKI: Out to 12. Hunter Mahan for birdie to get within one.

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00:36:14:04GARY CHRISTIAN: His pace has been wonderful so far. Downhill from here.

00:36:20:07CRAIG PERKS: Oh, again, there, Gary, that was beautiful. Just broke late, even at that slow a speed. [ball rattles in cup] 4 under on his round, 12 under total, two back, bogey-free today. Impressive stuff. Four--

00:36:36:17STEVE BURKOWSKI: We're see--we're seeing signs from Hunter Mahan--

00:36:38:12CRAIG PERKS: Yes, we are.

00:36:38:23STEVE BURKOWSKI: --that he's turning in the corner.

00:36:40:04CRAIG PERKS: We are.

00:36:41:08PHIL BLACKMAR: Head over now to the 13th. And Malnati has this for par. [clapping]

00:36:46:21PHIL BLACKMAR: Right there, it catches the corner.

00:36:50:22PHIL BLACKMAR: That keeps him at 11 under, in striking distance, three back.

00:36:56:21STEVE BURKOWSKI: Fairway at 12. Kramer Hickok leads by two, his second.

00:37:00:05TRIPP ISENHOUR: 126 yards, this a gap wedge. Wind is helping.

00:37:08:13CRAIG PERKS: A little right of the flag should be about spot on,

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hole high. [club swing]

00:37:14:10TRIPP ISENHOUR: Well, it's not right of the flag. It's right at it.

00:37:18:16CRAIG PERKS: Oh, got a nice little advance forward from the bunker. And then a perfect leave, right underneath the hole. He's certainly got that look to him, sort of striding along comfortably.

00:37:31:28STEVE BURKOWSKI: Stephan Jaeger now.

00:37:34:05TRIPP ISENHOUR: Well, I tell you what. He took a, you know, risk with a 3-wood off the tee. But hit a beautiful fade to right here. And then leaving just 78 yards. A hole he birdied yesterday, hitting one in close. That'd go a long way right now. [club swing]

00:37:56:17CRAIG PERKS: Well, Tripp you talked about, all he can try and do is win this golf tournament. He's three back. I like how he's being aggressive, coming in with a short iron there.

00:38:11:25CRAIG PERKS: A little closer look at this famed venue. Canterbury Golf Club, unmatched history and tradition. A Herbert Strong gem, opened in 1922. These guys are playing some phenomenal golf. Look at all the 63's that have been shot this week. Poa annua greens, the three-and-a-half, four-and-a-half, five-inch Kentucky bluegrass. And this was the third most difficult course on the Web.com Tour. One of two clubs that have posted five rotating men's majors. The others are Oakhill and Rochester, New York, go all the way back to--they played a U.S. Open here in 1946. Yet the, uh, yardage, basically, has not changed today.

00:38:57:13STEVE BURKOWSKI: 26-year-old Kramer Hickok, standout season up in Canada in 2017. Player of the Year, Order of Merit Winner.

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Twice a winner. And it's the relationship we have discussed all season long on the Web.com Tour with his good friend, his former teammate, Jordan Spieth. We're going back in the archives for this one. Back to their junior golf days. And at the University of Texas. That's Brandon Stone on the far left. He shot 60 on the European Tour a month ago. There is Bo Hostler. There is Jordan Spieth. And then Kramer Hickok. And back in 2011 at the Byron Nelson when Jordan sort of burst onto the scene as a teenager, the man on the bag that week, none other than Kramer Hickok. Pretty good source of information to tack on there.

00:39:43:15CRAIG PERKS: Well, and he's talked about. You know, he's lived with Jordan. Uh, they talk about him being a mentor. He's gone into Jordan's trophy room. And a lot of--lot of good things for Kramer Hickok currently.

00:39:54:18STEVE BURKOWSKI: A couple of birdie putts upcoming here at 12. Jaeger up first.

00:39:58:11TRIPP ISENHOUR: Yeah. Putting, the good news, below the hole. It's got some break to the left. I've got it about a cup out, Craig. You have so few straight putts on this golf course, don't you?

00:40:07:23CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. You--you talked about the subtleties of these greens. And now that they're starting to increase in speed, getting probably close to 11 out of 12, got to be just spot on here.

00:40:18:23TRIPP ISENHOUR: And the firmness, Craig. They are really starting to get some spring in them.

00:40:28:25STEVE BURKOWSKI: Jaeger missed the cut in Columbus a week ago. Finished 165, uh--165th in the Fed-Ex Cup standings. So this is a huge day and a couple of events ahead for Jaeger to get back to the PGA Tour.

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00:40:41:12TRIPP ISENHOUR: Well, and you talk about that. Um, you know, the experience of one year on the PGA Tour, and then if you get right back out there, Craig, that's huge. I cannot believe that ball did not break. It all broke after the hole. Wow.

00:40:55:10CRAIG PERKS: Yeah, there. And that carrying way too much speed there, Tripp.

00:41:00:17STEVE BURKOWSKI: Up to 16, Max Homa for birdie to get to 10 under.

00:41:03:25CRAIG PERKS: Very quick coming down the hill.

00:41:10:01CRAIG PERKS: We project he needs an 8th place finish. Currently tied for 7th. Here is a guy that just barely made it into these Finals. Made the cut in Portland. Actually birdied his last four holes on Friday to shoot 66 to finish 73rd on the Money List, just to give him a chance through these Finals.

00:41:29:28STEVE BURKOWSKI: Back at 12, Hickok for birdie to extend his lead.

00:41:35:12TRIPP ISENHOUR: And this has got to move a smidgen to the left just a little bit. But you mentioned it, Craig, on his second shot. This is so well-placed. Because anything past this, it could run off the green with your second.

00:41:49:19CRAIG PERKS: Four birdies in the last six holes. I think you take the break out here, Tripp, and just ram it right in the back.

00:41:53:10TRIPP ISENHOUR: I agree. You--you could certainly do that here. And this was an opportunity to--to do that. [ball rattles in cup] [clapping]

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00:42:08:03STEVE BURKOWSKI: Awfully impressive what this young man is doing.

00:42:10:19CRAIG PERKS: No question about it.

00:42:12:03STEVE BURKOWSKI: 5 under in his last seven holes. After that bogey-bogey start, where you think there might be some nerves in a final round.

00:42:20:23STEVE BURKOWSKI: We go to 14, second here for Peter Malnati.

00:42:23:11CRAIG PERKS: Dangerous front hole location. Got to get this beyond the flag, [club swing] and even a little left of it. Significant fall-off short and right. Smartly done. Playing with a lot of confidence after that Playoff loss last week. [clapping]

00:42:44:18STEVE BURKOWSKI: A little bit of work for Jaeger at the 12th for his par. [ball rattles in cup]

00:42:52:00STEVE BURKOWSKI: All right. So in with a 4, 11 under, now trails by four. as Kramer Hickok, the leader after 18, 36, and 54 holes here at Canterbury. Looking to pick up his first career win, and just fly on, straight as an arrow, to the PGA Tour.

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00:43:23:17PHIL BLACKMAR: And back to the 13th now, Hunter Mahan, his second.

00:43:26:15GARY CHRISTIAN: A little over 200 yards left. Very narrow target. [club swing] Imagine he'll be bringing this from the left a little bit.

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00:43:35:21PHIL BLACKMAR: That ball was sitting up against the cut of--first cut of rough, too. That will not be an easy up-and-down from there. That's a terrible angle to try to pitch that to today's hole location, which is really difficult in the back right of the green.

00:43:50:16PHIL BLACKMAR: He thought that would hit on the downslope and bounce up. It carried the downslope into the flat. The other member of this group is Sang-moon Bae.

00:43:58:29GARY CHRISTIAN: And 175. I'm not sure what a club. I think can be more aggressive if he chooses to be. Only about a 40-feet-deep putt of green though.

00:44:06:13PHIL BLACKMAR: He's only hit five greens today. That's not very many. [club swing]

00:44:11:27PHIL BLACKMAR: It doesn't look like he hit that one. At 9 under, if he can get to 11, that would have a chance to get him to the 5th place finish that he needs. So he needs a couple of birdies coming in. And he'll have to get that one up and down for par from the bunker.

00:44:27:28STEVE BURKOWSKI: Up one to 14. Peter Malnati, this to get to 12 under par.

00:44:33:21CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. A very quick putt straight down the hill. Wow, how about six--six birdies? [clapping] What is that, his last eight holes?

00:44:48:18PHIL BLACKMAR: Back to 13 now, and Jaeger with his second.

00:44:50:17TRIPP ISENHOUR: He's got 188 yards, on line with the hole. [club

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swing] 182 covers on the right. This is an 8-iron, back into the wind. It's kind of floating up in the air.

00:45:02:14PHIL BLACKMAR: What a shot, Tripp.

00:45:03:25TRIPP ISENHOUR: Wow. That was brave. [clapping]

00:45:05:25PHIL BLACKMAR: It got a lot of spin on it. That ball took one hop, and checked like a wedge shot, too. With an 8-iron from that distance, that was incredible.

00:45:14:13STEVE BURKOWSKI: Seth Reeves looking to do it here on Championship Sunday. This for birdie at 16.

00:45:19:11CRAIG PERKS: Well, he finished 5th last week. He's currently tied for 4th. Oh.

00:45:24:10STEVE BURKOWSKI: How about that?

00:45:25:29CRAIG PERKS: My goodness. 5 under on his round today.

00:45:29:18STEVE BURKOWSKI: As you said, you got four Finals events, but you rather get it done sooner rather than later.

00:45:38:17STEVE BURKOWSKI: Now, Matt Jones at 18 for birdie.

00:45:40:21CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. Speak of earning his PGA Tour Card, really just needed a 17th place or better. Oh, uh, what a way to finish, tied for 3rd. [clapping] Matty Jones going back to the PGA Tour, where he spent 11 seasons. A couple of great weeks for the Australian.

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STEVE BURKOWSKI: 151st in the Fed-Ex Cup standings.

00:46:01:13STEVE BURKOWSKI: Back to 16 with Jaeger.

00:46:03:01TRIPP ISENHOUR: 44 yards. He's on a completely different mindset. He needs to be aggressive. [club swing] And he is. Well done. [clapping]

00:46:17:04CRAIG PERKS: He actually pitched it in here for eagle the first round. And excellent shot there.

00:46:23:28PHIL BLACKMAR: Over to the 17th, Hunter Mahan's second.

00:46:26:26GARY CHRISTIAN: Well, as you say, Phil, he got on a relatively flat spot. The rough's just matted down a little bit, though. Ball sits down. I think it's one of those ones you take a slightly bigger swing than maybe you're comfortable with. He's certainly working on a bigger backswing. He's going to drop it down and play it like a bunker shot.

00:46:56:02PHIL BLACKMAR: What a beautiful shot. Very nearly holed that. [clapping] Gorgeous shot, got it to come out nicely.

00:47:06:29STEVE BURKOWSKI: Well, that bogey by the 26-year-old makes things a little more interesting coming down the stretch.

00:47:16:17STEVE BURKOWSKI: Two remain on the course at the DAP Championship Presented by NewBrick. Stephan Jaeger, tied for 2nd. This man, 26-year-old Kramer Hickok, a three-shot lead, as he's inching closer to that breakthrough win on the Web.com Tour.

00:47:38:20STEVE BURKOWSKI: Both have birdie putts upcoming. Or actually, uh, Jaeger was just short of the green in 2. Played his third up. So the stage set for Kramer Hickok. This for birdie to do it

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in style, Tripp.

00:47:52:01TRIPP ISENHOUR: Yeah. But, uh, I'm sure he's--uh, would love to make a birdie but, look.

00:47:57:09STEVE BURKOWSKI: [Chuckle] Two putts doesn't hurt, either.

00:47:58:11TRIPP ISENHOUR: Three. Yeah. He'll take anything. Just get in ahead of everybody else.

00:48:29:23TRIPP ISENHOUR: Boy, this is an important putt, Craig. You talk about--we talk about money all the time. The difference between tied for second and not is huge.

00:48:36:05CRAIG PERKS: It's a $30,000 putt. If he's in a three-way tie for second $74,600. If he falls into a two-way tie for fourth, it's $44,000. Probably good enough. But you want to make this one.

00:48:49:02TRIPP ISENHOUR: Well, we know 70 is good enough. Right?

00:48:51:02CRAIG PERKS: Yes, sir.

00:48:51:22TRIPP ISENHOUR: [Chuckle]

00:49:07:27CRAIG PERKS: Hmm. That's a disappointing bogey with a wedge in your hand to come up short. Been a fight all day for Stephan.

00:49:22:00,STEVE BURKOWSKI: And when people hear about a $30,000 putt keep in mind, these are million-dollar purses. This isn't the PGA Tour, where a million goes to the winner. $30,000 putt is huge.

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CRAIG PERKS: And also, he's bogeyed 17 and 18.

00:49:38:23STEVE BURKOWSKI: Kramer Hickok now for par and the win. [cheers and clapping]

00:49:55:11CRAIG PERKS: What a virtuoso performance for the young 26-year-old.

00:49:59:07STEVE BURKOWSKI: Kramer Hickok, a winner on the Web.com Tour. He knew he had his PGA Tour Card secured through the regular season. But after a tie for 14th in Columbus, picks up a win here in Cleveland, and just cruising along with momentum to the PGA Tour. Jaeger now for bogey. [clapping] Not the finish Stephan wanted. As you said, bogey-bogey on 17 and 18. But likely done enough at $44,000. We've been saying 41, 42 the threshold, so.

00:50:32:24CRAIG PERKS: Yeah. If you get over $40,000, which is the most it's ever taken.

00:50:38:02STEVE BURKOWSKI: Halfway through the Web.com Tour Finals, here is a look at that Money List. And Robert Streb, with the victory in Columbus, and--

00:50:50:05CRAIG PERKS: Such great per--performances. Danny McCarthy tied for 9th, and now Seth Reeves, you see, solo 5th.

00:50:57:16STEVE BURKOWSKI: Impressive performance by Kramer Hickok. Opened up with that course-record-tying 63 on Thursday. Four rounds in the 60's. Good enough for a three-shot victory here at the DAP Championship Presented by NewBrick. I'm Steve Burkowski saying so long from Canterbury, where Kramer Hickok can now call himself a Web.com Tour winner.

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