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2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour.

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask this week’s winner, Camilo Villegas.

The 41-year-old won the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Club in Southampton, Bermuda, on Sunday for his fifth PGA Tour win and first since the 2014 Wyndham Championship.

For his efforts, Villegas will take home the top prize of $1,170,000 while runner-up Alex Noren, who finished two shots behind Villegas at 22 under, earned $708,500. Third-place Matti Schmid earned $448,500 at 21 under.

Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned at the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the penultimate event of the season.

Prize money payouts

Position Player Score Earnings
1  Camilo Villegas -24 $1,170,000
2  Alex Noren -22 $708,500
3 Matti Schmid -21 $448,500
4  Carl Yuan -20 $318,500
T5  Adam Scott -19 $251,063
T5  Ryan Moore -19 $251,063
7  Stewart Cink -18 $219,375
T8  Tyson Alexander -17 $177,125
T8  Kevin Roy -17 $177,125
T8  Ryan Palmer -17 $177,125
T8 Taylor Pendrith -17 $177,125
T8  Vince Whaley -17 $177,125
T13  Fred Biondi -16 $113,054
T13  Austin Cook -16 $113,054
T13  Doc Redman -16 $113,054
T13  David Lipsky -16 $113,054
T13  Adam Long -16 $113,054
T13  Kramer Hickok -16 $113,054
T13  Satoshi Kodaira -16 $113,054
T20  Luke List -15 $68,482
T20  Justin Lower -15 $68,482
T20  Mark Hubbard -15 $68,482
T20  Brendon Todd -15 $68,482
T20  Akshay Bhatia -15 $68,482
T20  D.A. Points -15 $68,482
T20  Ryan Brehm -15 $68,482
T27  Robert Garrigus -14 $48,425
T27  Scott Piercy -14 $48,425
T27  Ben Martin -14 $48,425
T30  Alex Smalley -13 $38,954
T30 Kevin Yu -13 $38,954
T30  Brice Garnett -13 $38,954
T30  Kyle Stanley -13 $38,954
T30  Brandon Wu -13 $38,954
T30  Lucas Herbert -13 $38,954
T30  Dylan Wu -13 $38,954
T37  Wesley Bryan -12 $27,625
T37  Brian Stuard -12 $27,625
T37  Ben Griffin -12 $27,625
T37  Kyle Westmoreland -12 $27,625
T37  Sean O’Hair -12 $27,625
T37  Brian Gay -12 $27,625
T37  Peter Malnati -12 $27,625
T37  Patton Kizzire -12 $27,625
T45  Lucas Glover -11 $18,216
T45  Nick Hardy -11 $18,216
T45  Kevin Chappell -11 $18,216
T45  Andrew Landry -11 $18,216
T45  Andrew Novak -11 $18,216
T45  Charley Hoffman -11 $18,216
T45  Cody Gribble -11 $18,216
T45  Davis Riley -11 $18,216
T53  Peter Kuest -10 $15,232
T53  Lanto Griffin -10 $15,232
T53  Ryan Armour -10 $15,232
T53  Max McGreevy -10 $15,232
T53  Matthias Schwab -10 $15,232
T53  Kelly Kraft -10 $15,232
T59  William McGirt -9 $14,560
T59  Martin Laird -9 $14,560
T59  D.J. Trahan -9 $14,560
T59  Austin Smotherman -9 $14,560
T63  Greg Koch -8 $14,170
T63  Augusto Núñez -8 $14,170
T65  Ted Potter Jr. -7 $13,780
T65  Martin Contini -7 $13,780
T65  Zecheng Dou -7 $13,780
T65  Robert Streb -7 $13,780
T69  Ryan Gerard -6 $13,325
T69  George Bryan, IV -6 $13,325
T69  Richy Werenski -6 $13,325
T72  Jim Herman -5 $12,870
T72  Cameron Percy -5 $12,870
T72  Troy Merritt -5 $12,870
T72  S.Y. Noh -5 $12,870
T76  David Lingmerth -4 $12,350
T76  Nico Echavarria -4 $12,350
T76  Kevin Stadler -4 $12,350
T76  Russell Knox -4 $12,350
80  Nick Watney -2 $12,025
81  Martin Trainer -1 $11,895

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Spider-Man returns: Camilo Villegas victorious at 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship, first win as a father and first PGA Tour win since 2014

The win is the fifth of his PGA Tour career and first since the 2014 Wyndham Championship.

Just over three years after his 22-month-old daughter died from cancer, Camilo Villegas won for the first time on the PGA Tour in more than nine years.

“My little one up there, she’s watching,” he said during a post-round interview on Golf Channel. “She’s where she needs to be after a long fight.”

The 41-year-old native of Colombia closed in 6-under 65 at Port Royal Golf Course on Sunday to clip Sweden’s Alex Noren by two strokes and win the Butterfield Bermuda Championship in Southampton, Bermuda, his first victory in 3,374 days at the 2014 Wyndham Championship.

Villegas, who once reached as high as No. 7 in the world and had dipped to No. 752 at the beginning of this month, had not recorded a top-10 finish since the 2021 Honda Classic before receiving a sponsor exemption into the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico and finishing T-2 to earn his way into this week’s event.

Prior to last week, he had planned to compete at second stage of Q-School, a tournament he hadn’t needed to play since 2004. Villegas had struggled with injuries, including shoulder surgeries, in recent years and ranked 223rd in the FedEx Cup standings before his strong performance in Mexico. In August, he did a tryout as a TV commentator on the Golf Channel.

“As a competitor, as a golfer, you never want to be done,” he told Golfweek ahead of his debut.

In February, he began working with instructor Jose Campra, who also caddies for pro Sebastian Munoz, on a major swing overhaul and Villegas had seen signs of progress.

“He told me when we started, you know what, I think you’re going to win again on the PGA Tour,” Villegas recalled. “I’m not sure I believed him, to be honest, but here we are.”

He added: “Nine years, where you kind of stop believing at times, but I never stopped waking up early and putting in the work.”

Of all the adversity he faced, nothing compared to dealing with the death of young Mia, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.

“She was always a little monkey around the gym, and I noticed she wasn’t being the little monkey she always was,” he said in June 2020. “I don’t know why, I just kind of got a bad feeling…You don’t need 10 doctors to tell you the good news.”

Since Mia’s death, he and wife Maria have devoted their energy into Mia’s Miracles, a foundation they formed to help other families dealing with pediatric cancer.

“My wife has been so busy with Mia’s Miracles – it’s become her mission in life – doing all this great stuff to change our kind of sad story to a positive to help others,” Villegas said last week.

The Villegas’s welcomed son Mateo in late 2021. Father and son dressed up for Halloween as police officers and mom was a bank robber. Young Mateo also wore a Spider-Man costume to a Halloween party, an homage to his father who frequently stretched out on all fours to study his putts near grass-level and earned the Spider-Man nickname.

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Despite his prolonged slump, Villegas enjoyed the challenge of Spider-Man’s return, tattooing the words ‘positive energy’ on his right wrist and ‘attitude’ on his left.

“There’s a lot of things you can’t control in life, but I guess these two you can,” he said. “The game comes and bites you, so, I’ve been trying to let the game be the game and let my mind be calm and at peace. It’s been pretty good the last couple weeks, so let’s keep it going.”

On Sunday, the wind, which is the main defense at Port Royal, shifted directions and blew the hardest it had all week out of the west but it didn’t bother Villegas. He reeled off three birdies in a row starting at the third, including a 25-footer at No. 4. Noren, the overnight leader, kept pace with a birdie at No. 6 but made bogeys at nine and 10, his first since the fifth hole of the first round on Thursday and just his second and third bogeys all week. He shot 68 and finished second for the third time on Tour. Villegas clung to the lead, answering with birdies at 15 and 17, to finish with a 72-hole total of 24-under 260. It marked his fifth career Tour title and his ninth consecutive round in the 60s, the most in his career. He had played a total of 8,496 holes since his previous victory.

“I felt the energy building up,” he said. “To everyone who has supported me on my journey, I just want to say thanks.”

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2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Sunday tee times, how to watch

Everything you need to know for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

It’s time for the final round at the penultimate PGA Tour event of the year.

Alex Noren continued his strong play Saturday in the third round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, shooting 4-under 67 to move to 19 under for the tournament. However, his lead was two after each of the first two rounds and is now down to one at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton.

Camilo Villegas shot 6-under 65 on Saturday and sits solo second. He’s searching for a chance to earn full status for the 2024 season with a strong finish in Bermuda. Matti Schmid and Ryan Moore are tied for third at 17 under.

Port Royal ranks 27th on the Golfweek’s Best 2023: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands and Central America list.

Butterfield Bermuda: Photos

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the final round of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. All times listed are ET.

Sunday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
6:40 a.m.
Luke List, Brian Stuard, Charley Hoffman
6:50 a.m.
Kyle Westmoreland, Ben Griffin, Fred Biondi
7 a.m.
Scott Piercy, Sean O’Hair, Tyson Alexander
7:10 a.m.
Robert Garrigus, Brandon Wu, Austin Cook
7:20 a.m.
Brendon Todd, Brian Gay, Kevin Roy
7:30 a.m.
Austin Smotherman, Akshay Bhatia, Doc Redman
7:40 a.m.
Peter Malnati, Mark Hubbard, Lucas Herbert
7:50 a.m.
Patton Kizzire, Ryan Palmer, Justin Lower
8 a.m.
D.A. Points, Ryan Brehm, Ben Martin
8:10 a.m.
Taylor Pendrith, David Lipsky, Davis Riley
8:20 a.m.
Satoshi Kodaira, Adam Long, Dylan Wu
8:30 a.m.
Carl Yuan, Kramer Hickok, Adam Scott
8:40 a.m.
Ryan Moore, Stewart Cink, Vince Whaley
8:50 a.m.
Alex Noren, Camilo Villegas, Matti Schmid

10th tee

Tee time Player
6:45 a.m.
Cody Gribble, Andrew Novak, Kyle Stanley
6:55 a.m.
Andrew Landry, Russell Knox, Martin Laird
7:05 a.m.
Kelly Kraft, Brice Garnett, D.J. Trahan
7:15 a.m.
Wesley Bryan, Augusto Nunez, Matthias Schwab
7:25 a.m.
Kevin Chappell, Max McGreevy, Kevin Yu
7:35 a.m.
Nick Hardy, Kevin Stadler, Ryan Armour
7:45 a.m.
Robert Streb, Alex Smalley, George Bryan IV
7:55 a.m.
Richy Werenski, S.Y. Noh, Greg Koch
8:05 a.m.
Troy Merritt, William McGirt, Lanto Griffin
8:15 a.m.
Peter Kuest, Lucas Glover, Zecheng Dou
8:25 a.m.
Nico Echavarria, Martin Contini, Nick Watney
8:35 a.m.
David Lingmerth, Cameron Percy, Jim Herman
8:45 a.m.
Ted Potter, Jr., Ryan Gerard, Martin Trainer

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. There is no PGA Tour Live coverage of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. All times ET.

Sunday, Nov. 12

Golf Channel/Peacock: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sirius XM: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Alex Noren leads, Camilo Villegas back in the mix and more from Saturday at 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Catch up on Saturday’s action here.

Alex Noren has 11 international wins, he has played in the Ryder Cup and he has represented Sweden at the Olympics. But come Sunday, he’ll have a chance to do something he has never done before — win on the PGA Tour.

After rounds of 61-66 over the first two days, Noren shot a 4-under 67 around Port Royal Golf Course on Saturday and holds a one-shot lead at the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship with 18 holes to play.

The Swede, who tied for third at the Shriners Children’s Open a month ago in Las Vegas, kept the bogeys off the card during his third round. Despite only hitting eight fairways (T-43 in the field), Noren was crisp with his irons, missing just four greens (T-12).

In 27 previous starts this season, Noren has six top-25 finishes and three top-10s. His last worldwide win came at the 2018 HNA Open de France.

If you missed any of the action on Saturday, no worries, we have you covered. Here are some takeaways from the third round of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal.

Alex Noren remains in front, NCAA champ lurking among 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship second-round takeaways

Here’s what you need to know from the second day of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

It’s time for the weekend in Bermuda.

The second round of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship is (almost) complete, as three groups remain on the course before the round will officially be completed.

However, the name at the top is the same as it was after the first round.

Alex Noren has had a stellar start at Port Royal Golf Club in Southampton, and he takes the lead into the weekend after setting a tournament scoring record through 36 holes. It’s also his best 36-hole start on the PGA Tour.

However, chasing him are numerous golfers looking to secure their cards for next year and those looking for their first victory, too.

Butterfield Bermuda: Photos

Here’s what you need to know from the second day at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Golfers on FedEx Cup bubble highlight those to miss cut at Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Here’s a look at who’s likely packing after the cut becomes official at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

With only two events left until the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall is finished, golfers near the top 125 had only a couple more chances to improve their position and secure a card ahead of next year.

However, plenty of those went backward and are heading home for the weekend.

The Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Club is on to the weekend. The second round finished Saturday morning, and the cut was 5 under.

Among those expected to head home early are the U.S. Amateur champion, a former major champion, a 15-year-old Bermuda native and plenty of golfers searching for job security next year.

Butterfield Bermuda: Photos

Here’s a look at who’s packing their bags at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Friday tee times, how to watch

Everything you need to know for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

It was birdies galore Thursday in the opening round of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

The leader, Alex Noren, had 11 of them en route to his 10-under 61. He has a two-shot lead over Vince Whaley, D.J. Trahan, Robert Garrigus and Dylan Wu. Of the 132 players in the field, 104 were under par when the horn sounded because of darkness at 4:31 p.m. ET.

Adam Scott finished eagle-birdie to shoot 6 under and is four shots off the lead.

Port Royal ranks 27th on the Golfweek’s Best 2023: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands and Central America list.

Butterfield Bermuda: Odds, picks to win

The first round will resume at 6:45 a.m. ET, and the second round will begin as scheduled.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. All times listed are ET.

Friday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
5:55 a.m.
Satoshi Kodaira, Kevin Stadler, Arjun Atwal
6:06 a.m.
Jimmy Walker, Taylor Pendrith, Zecheng Dou
6:17 a.m.
Ryan Armour, Kevin Chappell, D.J. Trahan
6:28 a.m.
Robert Streb, Jim Herman, Andrew Landry
6:39 a.m.
Russell Knox, Ricky Barnes, Harrison Endycott
6:50 a.m.
Kyle Stanley, David Lipsky, Kevin Yu
7:01 a.m.
D.A. Points, Cameron Percy, Paul Haley II
7:12 a.m.
David Lingmerth, Derek Lamely, Brian Davis
7:23 a.m.
Carl Yuan, Kyle Westmoreland, Scott Roy
7:34 a.m.
Trevor Werbylo, Kevin Roy, Chris Maker
7:45 a.m.
Michael Sims, Andy Zhang, Oliver Betschart
10:30 a.m.
Tommy Gainey, Kelly Kraft, Vince Whaley
10:41 a.m.
C.T. Pan, Bo Van Pelt, David Heard
10:52 a.m.
Patton Kizzire, Alex Noren, Justin Lower
11:03 a.m.
Lucas Glover, Davis Riley, Nick Hardy
11:14 a.m.
Luke List, Akshay Bhatia, Camilo Villegas
11:25 a.m.
Nick Watney, Hank Lebioda, Matthias Schwab
11:36 a.m.
Chris Stroud, Thomas Detry, Max McGreevy
11:47 a.m.
Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Derek Ernst
11:58 a.m.
Jason Dufner, S.Y. Noh, Sean O’Hair
12:09 p.m.
Scott Harrington, Tano Goya, Ryan Gerard
12:20 p.m.
Martin Contini, Chase Johnson, Greg Koch

10th tee

Tee time Player
5:50 a.m.
Ryan Moore, Peter Malnati, Brandon Wu
6:01 a.m.
Scott Piercy, Charley Hoffman, Harry Hall
6:12 a.m.
Brice Garnett, Andrew Novak, MJ Daffue
6:23 a.m.
Brian Gay, Adam Scott, Ben Griffin
6:34 a.m.
Nico Echavarria, Lucas Herbert, Brendon Todd
6:45 a.m.
Austin Cook, Doc Redman, Harry Higgs
6:56 a.m.
Ben Martin, Mark Hubbard, Austin Smotherman
7:07 a.m.
Wesley Bryan, Cody Gribble, Tyson Alexander
7:18 a.m.
Brian Stuard, Alex Smalley, Matti Schmid
7:29 a.m.
Trevor Cone, Peter Kuest, George Brian IV
7:40 a.m.
Fred Biondi, Sam Bennett, Nick Dunlap
10:35 a.m.
Jonas Blixt, Jeff Overton, Kramer Hickok
10:46 a.m.
Kevin Tway, Richard S. Johnson, Doug Ghim
10:57 a.m.
Martin Trainer, Ted Potter, Jr., William McGirt
11:08 a.m.
Stewart Cink, Martin Laird, Lanto Griffin
11:19 a.m.
Ryan Brehm, Richy Werenski, Troy Merritt
11:30 a.m.
Ryan Palmer, Fabian Gomez, Henrik Norlander
11:41 a.m.
Jonathan Byrd, Robert Garrigus, Omar Uresti
11:52 a.m.
Dylan Frittelli, Sung Kang, Adam Long
12:03 p.m.
Scott Brown, George McNeill, Dylan Wu
12:14 p.m.
Michael Gligic, Brent Grant, Augusto Nunez
12:25 p.m.
Eric West, Kyle Wilshire, Denny Guise

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. There is no PGA Tour Live coverage of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship. All times ET.

Friday, Nov. 10

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-4 p.m.

Sirius XM: 10 a.m.-4 p.m

Saturday, Nov. 11

Golf Channel/Peacock: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sirius XM: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 12

Golf Channel/Peacock: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sirius XM: 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Bubble watch, a PGA Tour record and more 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship first-round takeaways

Here’s what you need to know from the first round in Bermuda.

On a day when the weather was near perfect in Southampton, Bermuda, plenty of players took advantage.

The first round of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship has come and gone, and there were no shortage of players to take advantage of favorable scoring conditions Thursday at Port Royal Golf Club. And with everything on the line on the island in the North Atlantic Ocean, it shouldn’t be a surprise to see the leaderboard as packed as it is at the top.

In addition to the low scores, there was a PGA Tour record broken in the first round.

The first round was suspended due to darkness at 4:31 p.m. ET.

Here’s everything you need to know from the first round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

Instead of getting lost in the Bermuda Triangle, these 4 pros found their game in the first round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship

“I was just coming out to shake the rust off and have a good time today and I guess I did.”

The PGA Tour is visiting the eastern tip of the North Atlantic Ocean and the infamous Bermuda Triangle, which is best known as a place where planes, ships and people are alleged to have gone mysteriously missing. But this week at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, it is where a lot of veterans are finding their game.

None more so than Sweden’s Alex Noren, who made a tournament-record 11 birdies in calm conditions Thursday morning at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda. Noren tied the course record with a 10-under 61 and set his personal low 18-hole scoring mark in 510 official stroke-play rounds on the Tour en route to grabbing a two-stroke lead over four golfers when play was suspended during the first round due to darkness with nine players left to complete the round.

“It was a long time ago I had like a really low round, you know, lower than maybe 5, 6 under, so I feel good,” Noren said. “That was pretty much the closest I’ve got to the hole in a very, very long time.”

That included finishing the day in style by stuffing his approach inside a foot for his third birdie in his final four holes. Noren, for one, hopes that the trademark wind at Port Royal, which is the course’s main defense, will pick up as the tournament continues.

“I like the wind,” Noren said. “If it’s not windy, it’s like you’ve got to keep these unbelievable low rounds up and it’s not that easy.”

It’s been a bit of a struggle this season for the 41-year-old Noren. He has 10 career wins on the DP World Tour and once ranked as high as No. 8 in the world but remains winless in 162 career starts on the PGA Tour. He’s dipped to 62nd in the world and recorded just three top-10 finishes this season.

“It’s been a weird year,” he said, but he’s trending in the right direction after a T-3 at the Shriners Children’s Open last month.

Weird would be a kind description for the season to date for Robert Garrigus. He’s missed the cut in all eight of his PGA Tour starts this season and 15 in a row. But on Thursday, he signed for a bogey-free 8-under 63.

“My putting, it was just as good as I think I’ve putted in, I don’t know, 5 years,” he said.

Garrigus, 45, was a late addition into the tournament, flying to Bermuda figuring he’d enjoy a vacation if he failed to get a spot.

“Just knowing that I was playing in a tournament like gave me a little juice,” he said. “I was just coming out to shake the rust off and have a good time today and I guess I did. It was a lot of fun.”

He’s tied for second with D.J. Trahan, Vincent Whaley, and Dylan Wu. Whaley, 28, ranked No. 222 in the FedEx Cup standings during the regular season and is making just his 13th start this season as he battled back from a right wrist injury he suffered two years ago at the RBC Canadian Open. He said he’s finally healthy again. That and a coaching change to Cameron McCormick before the FedEx Cup Fall began has helped him make four straight cuts and shoot his career-low on Tour on Thursday.

“I grew up working with him in Dallas and kind of got back into it, and it’s been great,” Whaley said.

Trahan, 42, last won on Tour in 2008 and started the week at No. 214 in the FedEx Cup standings. He made four birdies in a row starting at the fourth hole, but it was a par at 16 that made his day.

“It was the best par on a par-3 I ever had in my life,” he declared. “I hit the worst tee shot and then I chipped it down in the bunker, it was about the best I could do, and then I holed it out of the bunker. But it was such a circus show.”

There was also a Tour record set on Thursday. Veteran pro Adam Long hit his 60th straight fairway when he found the short grass on his second hole, a par-5, after going 56-for-56 last week at the World Wide Technology Championship, shattering Brian Claar’s record of 59 straight fairways hit, set in 1992. Long’s streak dated to his final two holes at the Shriners Children’s Open and finally came to an end with 69 when he misfired at No. 15 at Port Royal.

“The one that missed, it was a 3-wood that I kind of hit up in the air a little too spinny and the wind caught it. Didn’t quite go far enough so it stayed in the rough,” Long said. “Made Thursday a little more exciting than usual.”

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Adam Long breaks 31-year-old PGA Tour record for consecutive fairways hit

The record keeps growing.

Adam Long can’t miss (the fairway).

Literally.

Long set a new PGA Tour record on Thursday morning in the opening round of the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Club. Long hit his 60th straight fairway when he found the short grass on his second hole, a par-5, after going 56-for-56 last week at the World Wide Technology Championship, breaking Brian Claar’s record of 59 straight fairways hit, set in 1992. His streak goes back to his final two holes at the Shriners Children’s Open.

In fact, Long hit every fairway on his front nine and his first four on the back nine before missing one, meaning the record now sits at 69 straight fairways hit. Ultimately, Long shot 5 under in the opening round and hit 12-of-14 fairways.

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