Final-round notebook – Turning Stone Resort Championship
* Robert Allenby, the highest ranked player in the field according to the Official World Golf Rankings (No. 33), recorded his fifth career runner-up finish and second of the season (Stanford St. Jude Championship). He collects $648,000 to move to No. 12 on the official money list, with $3,450,530 – representing the first time in his career he has surpassed $3 million in earnings.* A 3-under 69 on Sunday helped PGA Tour rookie Dustin Johnson capture the Turning Stone Resort Championship – the second of seven events in the PGA Tour Fall Series. Johnson, at 9-under 279, notches his first Tour win by one stroke over four-time Tour winner Robert Allenby (70). His previous best finish was T7 at the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
* Dustin Johnson collected a career-best $1,080,000 with the win, moving from No. 128 on the money list to No. 41, with $1,715,645. The win gives Johnson a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour, and an invitation into next year’s season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship.
* Champion Dustin Johnson entered Sunday’s final round sporting a 72.86 final-round scoring average this season (190th out of 202 players ranked). He was much better than that at Atunyote Golf Club, with a final-round 3-under 69.
* During a week when rain made the 7,482-yard Atunyote Golf Club play even longer, Dustin Johnson led the field in Driving Distance with a 303.7-yard average.
* Two players (Dustin Johnson and Charles Warren) were able to jump into the top 125 this week at the Turning Stone Resort Championship. As a result, Rich Beem (from No. 124 to No. 126) and Tom Lehman (from No. 123 to No. 127) fell out. The list includes:
Player Finish this week Prior $ Rank Current $ Rank
Dustin Johnson 1st No. 128 No. 41
Charles Warren T10 No. 127 No. 114
* Vaughn Taylor, who entered the Turning Stone Resort Championship on the bubble at No. 125, finished T15 to move to No. 121 on the money list.
* Davis Love III’s T3 finish is his best outing since winning the 2006 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. Throughout his career, he has 19 wins, 29 runner-up and 15 third-place finishes.
* Ryuji Imada carded a 3-under 69 on Sunday to finish in a seven-way tie for third place. Imada, who won the 2008 AT&T Classic, moves up to No. 12 on the Tour money list.
* Both third-round leaders struggled on Sunday. Charles Howell III posted a 1-over 73 to finish T3, while Tag Ridings finished T27 after a 7-over 79.
* The third-round leader/co-leader has now won exactly half (21) of the 42 stroke-play events on the 2008 PGA Tour, including most recently Camilo Villegas at the BMW Championship.
* J.J. Henry fashioned the round of the day with a 5-under 67, jumping 23 spots from T42 to T19.
* In addition to J.J. Henry, other players with bogey-free rounds on Sunday included Nick O’Hern (68), Mathew Goggin (69), Steve Elkington (69), John Senden (70).
* Seven Australians finished inside the top 20 this week, including Robert Allenby (2nd), Mathew Goggin (T3), Steve Allan (T3), Nick O’Hern (T10), Steve Elkington (T15), Mark Hensby (T15) and Jason Day (T19).
* None of the players managed to record all four rounds in the 60s this week. Michael Allen, in 2007, is the only player to perform the feat in the two-year history of the Turning Stone Resort Championship.
* Robert Allenby led the field this week in greens in regulation (60 of 72), while Olin Browne hit the most fairways in regulation (51 out of 56). Richard Johnson led the field in putting, with 26.75 putts per round.
* At the end of the week, the par-4 13th hole played as the most difficult at Atunyote Golf Club with a stroke average of 4.369. The par-5 fifth hole played the easiest at 4.672.
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