• Rookie Bubba Watson becomes the first player to go 72 holes without a bogey since Lee Trevino at the 1974 Greater New Orleans Open. His tie for third finish surpasses his previous PGA TOUR best when he finished fourth at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Watson is joined by Jerry Kelly, Aaron Baddeley, Justin Rose, Mike Sposa, Briny Baird and Hunter Mahan as players who went the final round without a bogey.

• Kirk Triplett recorded 24 birdies this week, one shy of matching his best mark for a four-round event. Triplett recorded 25 birdies at the 2004 Mercedes Championships (sixth), the 2002 FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY RESORT (tie for 14th) and the 2000 John Deere Classic (second). Triplett also had one eagle this week.

• Part of the reason for Jerry Kelly’s second-place finish was going the final two rounds without a bogey. He finished the tournament ranked No. 2 in scrambling for the week. For the season, Kelly ranks 51st in this category. Kelly cited the reason for finishing second in scrambling to the large number of greens he hit. For the tournament Kelly ranked tied for 14th in Greens in Regulation at 79.2%.

• This is Kelly’s first appearance in Tucson since 2001. Sunday’s 65 was his lowest final round since the 2004 TOUR Championship Presented by Coca-Cola. Kelly also fired a final-round 65 in winning the 2002 Advil Western Open.

• In a tournament known for producing first-time winners, five of the last six and 14 in all, Sunday’s leaderboard showed a different group of players. There are 11 PGA TOUR wins now between the top-five finishers Kirk Triplett (third), Jerry Kelly (second), Duffy Waldorf (fourth), Heath Slocum (second). Among the top five, only rookie Bubba Watson has yet to record a win on the PGA TOUR.

• Duffy Waldorf played the front nine at 10-under par for the first three rounds this week. Sunday, he shot even par on the opening nine holes with bogeys on the seventh and ninth hole. With a tie for third, Waldorf records his first top-10 finish since a tie for seventh at the 2004 84 LUMBER Classic. It is his best finish since he ended the 2003 FBR Capitol Open tied for second.

• With his tie for 14th finish, Bob Tway earned $52,500 and remains the tournament’s leading money winner with $937,112.

• Last year’s Chrysler Classic of Tucson Champion Geoff Ogilvy made the tournament proud at this week’s World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship by defeating Davis Love III in the finals. Ogilvy should return to Tucson next year as it was announced today that the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship will move from Carlsbad to the Tucson area next year.

Key Statistical Leaders for the tournament
Driving Distance: Tag Ridings 329.60 yards
Longest Drive: Bo Van Pelt 395 yards (No. 18), David Branshaw 379 yards (No. 13)
Driving Accuracy: Daisuke Maruyama, Jin Park 80.4% (45 of 56)
Greens in Regulation: Bob Estes 86.1%
Putting Average: Jason Gore 1.569
Putts Per Round: David Branshaw, Jason Gore, Charley Hoffman, Kirk Triplett 26.75

• “I was thinking about that all day. I got out of trouble real well this week. It’s one of those things that was probably really lucky. For a long hitter, you don’t think that’s possible.” -- Bubba Watson on going 72 holes without a bogey.