Overview
- Brown played the final round with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Si Woo Kim, and Scheffler pulled away to win by four.
- A water ball and double bogey at the par-5 fifth stalled Brown’s charge, leading to a two-over Sunday and a finish eight shots back.
- He fired a 12-under 60 in Round 2 after flying in from a Bahamas Korn Ferry event to compete on a sponsor invite.
- Brown said Scheffler’s short game was “underrated,” noted a quiet mid-round compliment from the champion, and prioritized sharpening his own wedges and putting.
- He missed the top-10 cutoff that would have earned a Torrey Pines start, and reports on his payout differ, with figures clustered near the six-figure mark.