Michael Brennan cemented his status as the PGA Tour’s young star to watch after winning the Baycurrent Classic in Japan for his second title this year.
Adam Scott began the final round of the Baycurrent Classic one shot off the lead, but a one-over 72 left him tied for 13th, five shots behind winner Michael Brennan.
Michael Brennan closed with a six-under 64, including five straight birdies, to win the Wyndham Championship and punch his ticket to both the FedEx Cup Playoffs and next year’s Masters.
Michael Brennan’s Wyndham Championship win vaulted him into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, while Jackson Koivun clung to the final qualifying spot as the postseason field was locked in.
With the FedEx Cup playoff cut line on the line, Jackson Koivun, Beau Hossler and Michael Brennan head into the final round of the Wyndham Championship fighting to lock in their post-season spots.
In a brief statement, the PGA Tour announced in the evening that Michael Brennan had been disqualified for a breach of Model Local Rule G-11 because he used “non-permitted green-reading materials”.
If you pair professional golfers together in a scramble format in which they get to choose the best result of every shot, and give them benign weather and pristine greens, you’re rolling out a green carpet for crazy low numbers.