After 70 starts, Adam Svensson has his moment on PGA Tour

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Adam Svensson is the eighth player to earn his first career title at the RSM Classic after Tommy Gainey/2012, Robert Streb/2014, Kevin Kisner/2015, Mackenzie Hughes/2016, Austin Cook/2017, Tyler Duncan/2019 and Talor Gooch/2021. Photo: skysports.com

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Victory comes in his 70th career start at the age of 28 years, 10 months, 20 days.

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Svensson is the first player to earn his first PGA TOUR victory this season; there has been at least one first-time winner during the fall portion of the schedule in each season since the wraparound schedule began in 2013-14.

 

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Eighth player to earn his first career title at The RSM Classic (Tommy Gainey/2012, Robert Streb/2014, Kevin Kisner/2015, Mackenzie Hughes/2016, Austin Cook/2017, Tyler Duncan/2019, Talor Gooch/2021).

A native of Surrey, British Columbia, is the second player from Canada to win The RSM Classic (Mackenzie Hughes/2016) and the second to win on TOUR this season (Hughes/Sanderson Farms Championship).

Carded a first-round 73, the highest first-round score by a winner since Jon Rahm at the 2020 BMW Championship (75).

 

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Stood T108 after the first round, the lowest 18-hole position by a winner since Ian Poulter at the 2018 Cadence Bank Houston Open (T123).

Played the second through final rounds in 190 (64-62-64), the lowest 54-hole score (any consecutive rounds) since Matt Jones at the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions (190, 2-4).

 

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In his third season on the PGA TOUR; joined as a rookie at the start of the 2018-19 season and finished No. 167 in the FedExCup before returning in 2021-22, qualifying for the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time in his career.

His previous-best result on TOUR: 6th, 2022 Barbasol Championship.

Tarren finished a career-best T2 in his 34th career start on TOUR (previous-best result: T5/2022 Puerto Rico Open).

 

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Theegala finished T2, his second career runner-up (2022 Travelers Championship), and moved to No. 43 in the Official World Golf Ranking, his first time inside the top 50.

Harman recorded his second runner-up of the season with a T2, becoming the first player since Matthew Wolff in 2020-21 to collect multiple runner-up finishes in the fall portion of a single season; Harman now has 26 top-10s on TOUR since the start of the 2017-18 season, the most of any player without a win in that span.

 

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Harman is the first player to finish runner-up in back-to-back starts on TOUR since Sungjae Im in 2021-22 (3M Open, Wyndham Championship).

FedExCup leader Seamus Power finished T5, his third consecutive top-five on TOUR (only player with three top-fives this season).