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Third-Round Leaderboard

Erik van Rooyen (Winner/-27)

Wins second PGA TOUR title in his 91st start at the age of 33 years, 8 months, 15 days (first title: 2021 Barracuda Championship)
Becomes first player to make eagle on the 72nd hole and go on to win since Hideki Matsuyama at the 2021 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP
Becomes the first winner to play the final three holes (in regulation) in 4-under or better since Rickie Fowler at the 2015 PLAYERS Championship (eagle, birdie, birdie, then won in playoff)
With a final-round 63, becomes the seventh winner on TOUR this season with a final-round score of 63 or better and second consecutive (Collin Morikawa/63, ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP)
Becomes the first player to win a PGA TOUR event at a golf course designed by TGR Design, led by 82-time TOUR winner Tiger Woods
Is responsible for the last two wins on the PGA TOUR by a player from South Africa (2021 Barracuda Championship, 2023 World Wide Technology Championship)
Becomes third player from outside the United States to win the World Wide Technology Championship, joining Graeme McDowell (2015) and Viktor Hovland (2020, 2021)
Earns fourth top-10 of the season and first since the Barracuda Championship (T6)
Collects 500 points and moves from No. 125 to No. 63 in the FedExCup standings
Can moves as high as No. 81 in the Official World Golf Ranking (entered week No. 193)
Has recorded 13 consecutive rounds of par or better, tied for the third-longest active streak on TOUR (longest: 23, Beau Hossler)

Camilo Villegas (T2/-25)

263 ties his low 72-hole score on TOUR (2014 Wyndham Championship/won)
Finished runner-up for the fifth time in his 387th career start on TOUR
Was seeking to become the first player to win while competing on a sponsor exemption since Martin Laird at the 2020 Shriners Children’s Open
Moves to No. 147 in the FedExCup standings
With first top-10 finish since 2021 Classic in The Palm Beaches, earns a spot in next week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Matt Kuchar (T2/-25)

2018 World Wide Technology Championship earns 15th runner-up finish on TOUR in his 535th career start
Was seeking to become the 117th player to reach 10 wins on the PGA TOUR
With a win, would have become the sixth player to make a quadruple bogey (or worse) and go on to win and first since Tom Kim at the 2022 Wyndham Championship

FedExCup Fall Notes

The top 125 in the FedExCup Fall standings thru The RSM Classic will be exempt into all Full-Field events and THE PLAYERS Championship next season
Nos. 51-60 in the standings at the conclusion of The RSM Classic will qualify for two Signature Events in 2024 via The Next 10 (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Genesis Invitational)
Player(s) currently projected to move into the top 125: none
Player(s) currently projected to move out of the top 125: none
Player(s) currently projected to move into The Next 10: Matt Kuchar (No. 66 to No. 52), Sam Ryder (No. 63 to No. 59)
Player(s) currently projected to move out of The Next 10: Thomas Detry (No. 60 to No. 62), Luke List (No. 59 to No. 61)

The Next 10 entering the Butterfield Bermuda Championship:

Additional Player Notes

In search of his first TOUR title Justin Suh (4th/-24) earns his career-best finish in his 59th start (previous: T5/2023 Classic in The Palm Beaches)
Adam Long (T23/-17) hit 56-of-56 fairways in the event, becoming the first player with a Driving Accuracy Percentage of 100 percent over four rounds in a PGA TOUR event since Brian Claar at the 1992 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday