Sanderson Farms Championship 2018: final leaderboard

Ryan Armour won the 2018 Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson (Jackson, Mississippi), October 26, 2017 to October 29, 2017, finishing -19 (269), 5 strokes ahead of Chesson Hadley. 130 players; 49 missed the cut.

Final · Updated October 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM ET · StatsNext tournament records · Course profile: The Country Club of Jackson

What statistics matter most at Sanderson Farms Championship?

Putting matters more at The Country Club of Jackson than at a typical PGA Tour stop: it accounted for 36% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 31% tour-wide (3 editions, 391 golfer-weeks, Oct 26, 2009 to Oct 25, 2017), a clear difference.

Putting explains 36% of the spread in total strokes gained here vs 31% tour-wide, a clear difference (3 editions, 391 golfer-weeks).

Off the tee matters less than usual: 16% here vs 18% tour-wide.

Category	Share of the spread here	Tour-wide	Stands out
Putting	36%	31%	Yes
Around the green	14%	15%	No
Approach	34%	36%	Yes
Off the tee	16%	18%	No

Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through October 25, 2017. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.

What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.

Course

Course	Par	Yardage	Greens	Fairways	Rough	Architect	Established
The Country Club of Jackson	72	7,461	Bermudagrass	Bermudagrass	Bermudagrass	John Fought	2008

The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 192 yards), 10 par 4s (average 426 yards), 4 par 5s (average 580 yards).

What it took to finish top 10 on this course

Strokes gained per round	Top 10s on this course	Top 10s at every tournament	Difference
Off the tee	+0.30	+0.45	-0.15
Approach	+0.71	+0.82	-0.11
Around the green	+0.31	+0.34	-0.03
Putting	+1.29	+0.82	+0.47

Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (160 rounds, 4 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.

Scoring by round

Round	Players	Field average	Average to par	Low round
1	128	71.47	-0.53	66
2	124	71.65	-0.35	65
3	74	72.18	+0.18	67
4	74	72.35	+0.35	66

Final leaderboard

Sanderson Farms Championship 2018 final leaderboard
Pos	Player	To par	Rounds	Total	Earnings
1	Ryan Armour	-19	66-68-67-68	269	$774,000
2	Chesson Hadley	-14	68-70-68-68	274	$464,400
3	Jonathan Randolph	-12	69-69-71-67	276	$292,400
T4	Brian Stuard	-10	67-70-71-70	278	$177,733
T4	Smylie Kaufman	-10	67-72-71-68	278	$177,733
T7	Ben Silverman	-9	68-70-69-72	279	$134,017
T7	Jason Kokrak	-9	69-70-73-67	279	$134,017
T7	Nicholas Lindheim	-9	70-67-72-70	279	$134,017
T10	Beau Hossler	-8	69-69-69-73	280	$92,143
T10	Derek Fathauer	-8	67-71-73-69	280	$92,143
T10	Kevin Streelman	-8	71-69-71-69	280	$92,143
T10	Patton Kizzire	-8	71-72-69-68	280	$92,143
T10	Ricky Barnes	-8	69-70-75-66	280	$92,143
T10	Shawn Stefani	-8	72-71-67-70	280	$92,143
T10	Vaughn Taylor	-8	70-66-71-73	280	$92,143
17	Wyndham Clark	-7	66-71-75-69	281	$68,800
T18	Brandon Hagy	-6	71-71-72-68	282	$52,337
T18	Brian Gay	-6	72-69-68-73	282	$52,337
T18	Hunter Mahan	-6	70-71-69-72	282	$52,337
T18	Rob Oppenheim	-6	70-71-70-71	282	$52,337
T18	Seamus Power	-6	68-68-71-75	282	$52,337
T18	Tom Lovelady	-6	71-69-70-72	282	$52,337
T18	Zac Blair	-6	68-70-71-73	282	$52,337
T25	Aaron Wise	-5	68-74-70-71	283	$33,540
T25	Austin Cook	-5	72-67-70-74	283	$33,540
T25	Billy Hurley III	-5	72-68-69-74	283	$33,540
T25	Tyrone Van Aswegen	-5	70-65-74-74	283	$33,540
T25	William McGirt	-5	70-71-70-72	283	$33,540
T30	Aaron Baddeley	-4	69-68-74-73	284	$27,305
T30	Dru Love	-4	71-67-72-74	284	$27,305
T30	Ethan Tracy	-4	70-71-70-73	284	$27,305
T30	Talor Gooch	-4	71-71-72-70	284	$27,305
T34	Andrew Putnam	-3	68-73-70-74	285	$20,353
T34	Ángel Cabrera	-3	70-72-74-69	285	$20,353
T34	Cameron Percy	-3	69-74-71-71	285	$20,353
T34	Chris Kirk	-3	70-72-76-67	285	$20,353
T34	Derek Ernst	-3	72-70-74-69	285	$20,353
T34	Eric Axley	-3	68-71-72-74	285	$20,353
T34	J.J. Spaun	-3	66-75-71-73	285	$20,353
T34	Johnson Wagner	-3	69-70-71-75	285	$20,353
T34	Peter Malnati	-3	67-74-70-74	285	$20,353
T43	Adam Schenk	-2	71-72-71-72	286	$13,094
T43	Ben Crane	-2	70-71-72-73	286	$13,094
T43	Brett Stegmaier	-2	71-72-72-71	286	$13,094
T43	Brice Garnett	-2	72-71-71-72	286	$13,094
T43	George McNeill	-2	71-72-73-70	286	$13,094
T43	Martin Piller	-2	71-71-70-74	286	$13,094
T43	Sam Burns	-2	69-73-72-72	286	$13,094
T43	Scott Stallings	-2	71-71-74-70	286	$13,094
T51	Joel Dahmen	-1	70-70-73-74	287	$10,449
T51	Stephan Jaeger	-1	72-69-73-73	287	$10,449
T53	Cameron Tringale	E	71-72-70-75	288	$9,861
T53	David Skinns	E	70-73-74-71	288	$9,861
T53	J.T. Poston	E	69-74-72-73	288	$9,861
T53	Matt Every	E	74-69-74-71	288	$9,861
T53	Taylor Moore	E	69-71-70-78	288	$9,861
T53	Tim Herron	E	73-66-73-76	288	$9,861
T59	Andrew Landry	+1	66-74-74-75	289	$9,331
T59	Ben Martin	+1	70-72-74-73	289	$9,331
T59	Conrad Shindler	+1	66-75-75-73	289	$9,331
T59	David Hearn	+1	68-70-74-77	289	$9,331
T59	Spencer Levin	+1	69-70-76-74	289	$9,331
T59	Stuart Appleby	+1	70-71-75-73	289	$9,331
T65	Corey Conners	+2	72-71-74-73	290	$8,944
T65	Matt Atkins	+2	69-73-73-75	290	$8,944
T65	Nicholas Thompson	+2	71-71-74-74	290	$8,944
T68	Abraham Ancer	+3	70-71-73-77	291	$8,686
T68	Grady Brame	+3	72-67-75-77	291	$8,686
T68	Greg Chalmers	+3	69-71-76-75	291	$8,686
71	Omar Uresti	+4	72-69-75-76	292	$8,514
T72	Daniel Summerhays	+6	73-69-74-78	294	$8,385
T72	Fabián Gómez	+6	71-72-77-74	294	$8,385
T74	John Rollins	+8	69-72-78-77	296	$8,213
T74	Steve Wheatcroft	+8	71-72-77-76	296	$8,213
DQ	Alex Cejka	E	72	72	–
CUT	Andrew Yun	+8	72-80	152	–
CUT	Arjun Atwal	+6	74-76	150	–
CUT	Blayne Barber	E	76-68	144	–
CUT	Brandon Harkins	+8	74-78	152	–
CUT	Brendon de Jonge	+3	77-70	147	–
CUT	Brendon Todd	+5	76-73	149	–
CUT	Brian Davis	+6	78-72	150	–
W/D	Bronson Burgoon	+2	74	74	–
CUT	Carl Pettersson	+9	78-75	153	–
CUT	Charlie Wi	E	75-69	144	–
CUT	Cody Gribble	E	75-69	144	–
CUT	Craig Barlow	+3	72-75	147	–
CUT	D.J. Trahan	E	71-73	144	–
CUT	Davis Love III	E	72-72	144	–
CUT	Denny McCarthy	+1	74-71	145	–
CUT	Derek Bard	+1	70-75	145	–
CUT	Dicky Pride	E	72-72	144	–
CUT	Harris English	+2	76-70	146	–
CUT	Heath Slocum	+8	76-76	152	–
W/D	J.J. Henry	-1	73-70	143	–
W/D	Jason Bohn	+1	73	73	–
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	E	73-71	144	–
CUT	John Huh	+2	71-75	146	–
CUT	John Merrick	+4	72-76	148	–
CUT	Jonathan Byrd	+1	73-72	145	–
CUT	Keith Mitchell	+3	74-73	147	–
CUT	Ken Duke	+5	77-72	149	–
CUT	Kyle Thompson	+5	75-74	149	–
CUT	Lanto Griffin	E	70-74	144	–
DQ	Mark Hensby	–	–	–	–
CUT	Mark Wilson	+3	71-76	147	–
CUT	Matt Jones	E	70-74	144	–
CUT	Nate Lashley	+2	72-74	146	–
CUT	Nyasha Mauchaza	+1	72-73	145	–
CUT	Parker McLachlin	+6	75-75	150	–
CUT	Phil Schmitt	+5	76-73	149	–
CUT	Retief Goosen	+1	74-71	145	–
CUT	Richard Johnson	+2	73-73	146	–
CUT	Richy Werenski	+9	73-80	153	–
CUT	Rick Lamb	+8	76-76	152	–
CUT	Robert Allenby	E	75-69	144	–
CUT	Robert Garrigus	+8	76-76	152	–
CUT	Roberto Díaz	+2	73-73	146	–
CUT	Ryan Blaum	+1	71-74	145	–
CUT	Sam Ryder	+1	72-73	145	–
–	Scott Strohmeyer	–	–	–	$177,733
CUT	Shaun Micheel	+5	80-69	149	–
CUT	Steven Bowditch	+4	75-73	148	–
CUT	Ted Potter, Jr.	+4	74-74	148	–
CUT	Tom Hoge	+4	73-75	148	–
CUT	Tommy Gainey	+1	73-72	145	–
W/D	Trey Mullinax	+1	73	73	–
CUT	Troy Matteson	+3	73-74	147	–
CUT	Troy Merritt	+4	74-74	148	–
CUT	Tyler Duncan	E	76-68	144	–

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