Round 4 Notebook: Frys.com

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Weather: Cloudy with light rain throughout the day. High of 68 degrees. Winds W 5-8 mph.

• Rocco Mediate (-15) recorded an eagle each round this week to win the Frys.com Open by one shot over Bo Van Pelt and Alex Prugh.

• Mediate opened round one with a hole-in-one on No. 3 (191 yards), then followed in round two with an eagle-2 on No. 4 (160 yards). On Saturday, Mediate recorded an eagle-3 on No. 15 (111 yards) and then made his fourth of the week on Sunday with an eagle-2 on No. 17 (116 yards).

• Since 1983, 15 players have recorded at least one eagle in each round (Four-round stroke-play events)

Rocco Mediate (64-65-67-73--269, -15)

• Rocco Mediate is the oldest wire-to-wire winner on the PGA TOUR since records were kept in 1970.

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• Mediate records his first wire-to-wire with in 591 career starts on TOUR. He joins Jason Bohn (Zurich Classic of New Orleans) as the only wire-to-wire winners on TOUR this season.

• Mediate becomes the fourth player in the 2010 season and just the 12th player since 1983 to record eagles on a par-3, par-4 and par-5 in the same week (in stroke play events on TOUR).

• Mediate is the first player since Richard S. Johnson at the 2008 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee to make an ace and go on to win.

• At 47 years, 10 months, Mediate is the oldest winner on TOUR since Kenny Perry, who won the 2009 Travelers Championship at 48 years, 10 months.

• Mediate records the seventh win by a player in their 40s this year on TOUR: Steve Stricker (2), Cameron Beckman, Ernie Els (2), Jim Furyk.

• At 47 years, 10 months, Mediate is the oldest winner on TOUR since Kenny Perry, who won the 2009 Travelers Championship at 48 years, 10 months.

• This is Mediate's 194thstart since his last victory at the 2002 Greater Greensboro Classic.

• The 54-hole leader has now won 19 of 43 times so far this season, including the last four (Jim Furyk-TOUR Championship, Bill Haas-Viking Classic, Heath Slocum-McGladrey Classic and Mediate-Frys.com Open).

• Mediate has now recorded at least one top-10 in 22 of his last 25 seasons on TOUR.

• Mediate has now finished inside the top-125 on the money list in 19 of his 25 years on TOUR.

Misc Notes

• Rookie Alex Prugh (T2) recorded his first top-10 since he opened the season with top-10s in three of his first four events (5-Bob Hope Classic, T5-Farmers Insurance Open, T10-Northern Trust Open).

• The PGA TOUR's Fall Series is a time for players to move into the top 125 on the money list and earn full exempt status on the TOUR in 2011. Below are player's ranked No. 125-130 before the Frys.com Open and how they fared this week:

• Scoring Averages at the par-71 CordeValle Golf Club:

• The par-4 sixth hole played the toughest this week, yielding a 4.290 average. The par-5 15thhole was the easiest with a 4.686 average.

• Chris Stroud withdrew with a back injury