Round 4 Notebook: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

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Weather: Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching 74 degrees. Winds S/SW 10-20 mph.

• Jonathan Byrd recorded a hole-in-one with a 6-iron on the fourth playoff hole (204-yard par-3 17thhole) to defeat defending champion Martin Laird and rookie Cameron Percy. Byrd, Percy and Laird all finished regulation at 21-under 263.

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• The last four-hole playoff on TOUR was earlier this year when Lee Westwood defeated Robert Karlsson at the St. Jude Classic.

• Byrd's hole-in-one is the first to win a tournament on the final shot in TOUR history.

• Before Byrd's hole-in-one today, the last time a player holed a final shot from off the green to win was Boo Weekley at the 2007 Verizon Heritage.

• Byrd records his fourth win on TOUR and first since the 2007 John Deere Classic.

• Today was the eighth playoff in tournament history and the second time the tournament has had back-to-back playoffs.

• Byrd is the second straight player to record a hole-in-one in a tournament and go onto victory. Last week at the Frys.com Open Rocco Mediate made a hole-in-one in the first round before winning. Before last week the last player to achieve the feat was Richard S. Johnson at the 2008 U.S. Bank Championship.

• In 12 career rounds at TPC Summerlin, Martin Laird has only one round in the 70s (70 in round three in 2008).

• Last year at the JTSHO, Martin Laird defeated George McNeill on the third playoff hole (No. 18) with a birdie-3. Chad Campbell was eliminated on the second playoff hole (No. 17) with a bogey-4.

• Martin Laird has lost his last two playoffs. Laird lost to Matt Kuchar on the first extra hole at The Barclays earlier this year.

• Cameron Percy (P2) missed three of four cuts coming into this week. He was ranked No. 185 on the money list coming into the JTSHO and moved up to No. 144.

• Percy (P2) records his first top-10 on TOUR in his 24th start. His previous best finish was T22 at the Valero Texas Open.

• After recording four top-10s last year in his rookie season, Webb Simpson (T4) now has two this season.

• Aaron Baddeley (T8) records his second top-10 of the season (T3 Valero Texas Open) and ensures his TOUR card for 2011 by moving from No. 120 on the money list to No. 110 going into the final event of the season at Disney.

• Nick Watney (T6) moved from No. 29 on the money list to No. 27. The top-30 on the season-ending PGA TOUR Official Money List earns several perks, including invitations to the Masters and U.S. Open.

• Watney records his eighth top-10 finish of the season, which moves him to T4 with Bo Van Pelt on TOUR. Matt Kuchar leads the TOUR with 11 top-10s this year.

• Troy Matteson will enter the Children's Miracle Network Classic in two weeks on the bubble at No.125 on the money list. Woody Austin moves from No. 125 to No. 123.

• No players moved inside or dropped out of the top-125 on the money list this week.

• Troy Merritt eagled the par-5 16thhole Sunday to move into the Kodak Challenge lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Aaron Baddeley atop the Kodak Challenge leaderboard at 16-under.

• Chris DiMarco made his 13th consecutive cut this week which is T5 on TOUR with Zach Johnson and Andrew Coltart. Steve Stricker leads the TOUR with 23 consecutive cuts. DiMarco is No. 165 on the money list going into the final event of the season at Disney. DiMarco has not finished lower than the top-150 on the money list since 1996 (245th). DiMarco is currently No. 25 on the PGA TOUR's Career Money List.

• Scoring Averages at the par-71 TPC Summerlin:

• The par-4 3rd hole played the toughest this week, yielding a 4.205 average. The par-5 16thhole was the easiest with a 4.501 average.

• Chris Tidland recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th hole with a 6-iron from 204 yards.

• Brian Gay (neck) withdrew prior to the final-round.