Mayakoba Classic: Final-round notebook

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Cameron Beckman, a 40-year-old native of Minneapolis, Minn., posted a 4-under 67 to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic by two strokes over rookie Brian Stuard (66) and veteran Joe Durant (72). The win, which comes in Beckman's 303rd career start on the PGA TOUR, is worth 250 FedExCup points.

• Beckman's win is the first in come-from-behind fashion at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. He entered the final round three strokes behind the leader in all three of his victories:

• Beckman earns victory in his fourth career start at the Mayakoba Golf Classic (7th-2007, T42-2008, T15-2009, 1-2010).

• Cameron Beckman's win is the 265thon the PGA TOUR by a former Nationwide Tour member.

• Beckman's statistics for this week:

• Durant (72/T2) failed in his attempt to become the first wire-to-wire winner this season, instead recording his fourth career runner-up finish. He is now 1-for-3 when entering the final round with at least a share of the lead: 2001 Bob Hope Classic (Won), 2001 Shell Houston Open (T2) and 2010 Mayakoba Golf Classic (T2).

• Stuard posted a 5-under 66 on Sunday to finish T2 in just his fourth start on TOUR. The 27-year-old native and resident of Jackson, Mich. finished No. 26 on the 2009 Nationwide Tour before earning his TOUR card at q-school.

• John Daly (T67/68-69-69-81), making his 432ndstart on TOUR, carded a 10-over 81 on Sunday in his attempt to record just his fourth 72-hole TOUR event with all four rounds in the 60s:

• Five players played their way into next week's Waste Management field with top-10 finishes: Stuard (T2), Durant (T2), Skip Kendall (T4), J.P. Hayes (T4) and Jarrod Lyle (T9).

• Kendall's 7-under 64 equals the low round of the week (Durant, R1) and is the lowest final-round score at the four-year Mayakoba Golf Classic. It is his best score on TOUR since a third-round 63 at the 2007 Mayakoba Golf Classic. His T4 finish is his best on TOUR since a runner-up finish at the 2004 Bob Hope Classic.

• Spanish leaderboard: Alejandro Canizares (69-69-73-73?284/T59), Santiago Luna (71-70-68-72?281/T40).

• Hayes (T4) posted his second consecutive top-5 finish (T4 at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am).

• Richard S. Johnson (68-65) played his final 38 holes this week without a bogey en route to a T4 finish.

• Bogey-free rounds during the week: Thursday:Durant (64), Briny Baird (65), Thomas Levet (66). Friday: Billy Mayfair (65), Michael Connell (67), Brendon de Jonge (68), Tom Pernice Jr. (68), Chris Riley (68), Kirk Triplett (69), Michael Clark II (70). Saturday: Charles Howell III (66), Tim Herron (66), Johnson (68). Sunday: Johnson (65), Jarrod Lyle (67).

• The par-4 12th hole played the most difficult this week at 4.223. The par-5 13th hole played the easiest at 4.645.

• Scoring Averages at the par-71 El Camaleon Golf Club: