Brendan Steele posted a final-round 3-under 68 at Silverado Resort & Spa and successfully defended his Safeway Open title.
It was the Steele’s third career PGA Tour victory (2011 Valero Texas Open, 2016 and 2017 Safeway Open). Since moving the Safeway (formerly the Frys) to the Silverado Resort and Spa in 2014, Steele is the most under par of any player at 50 under.
SUPER STEELE AT SILVERADO
2014: T21 (-7)
2015: T17 (-10)
2016: 1 (-18)
2017: 1 (-15)
Steele joins Jhonattan Vegas (Canadian Open), Daniel Berger (St Jude’s Classic), Hideki Matsuyama (Phoenix Open), and Justin Thomas (CIMB Classic) as players who’ve successfully defended their PGA Tour titles in the past 12 months.
The win earned the 34-year old Californian $1,080,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points, which moved him into the top spot for the new 2017-18 PGA Tour season.
Tony Finau, who was the tournament favorite, following a break-through 2016-17 season, finished solo-second and walked away with a nice check for $669,600 along with 300 points.
FINAL MONEY, POINTS – SAFEWAY OPEN
Silverado Resort & Spa | Napa, CA | October 8, 2017
| POS | PLAYER | PAR | MONEY | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan Steele | -15 | $1,116,000 | 500 |
| 2 | Tony Finau | -13 | $669,600 | 300 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | -12 | $359,600 | 163 |
| T3 | Chesson Hadley | -12 | $359,600 | 163 |
| T5 | Graham DeLaet | -11 | $235,600 | 105 |
| T5 | Tyler Duncan | -11 | $235,600 | 105 |
| T7 | Andrew Landry | -10 | $199,950 | 88 |
| T7 | Bud Cauley | -10 | $199,950 | 88 |
| T9 | Tyrone van Aswegen | -9 | $161,200 | 73 |
| T9 | Grayson Murray | -9 | $161,200 | 73 |
| T9 | Brandon Harkins | -9 | $161,200 | 73 |
| T9 | Nick Taylor | -9 | $161,200 | 73 |
| T13 | Hunter Mahan | -8 | $116,250 | 56 |
| T13 | Chez Reavie | -8 | $116,250 | 56 |
| T13 | Kevin Streelman | -8 | $116,250 | 56 |
| T13 | Zach Johnson | -8 | $116,250 | 56 |
| T17 | Scott Piercy | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Brice Garnett | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Ollie Schniederjans | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Ryan Moore | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Bryson DeChambeau | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Webb Simpson | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Ben Martin | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Martin Laird | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Bronson Burgoon | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Jason Kokrak | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T17 | Bill Haas | -7 | $70,849 | 41 |
| T28 | Ted Potter Jr. | -6 | $44,950 | 30 |
| T28 | Emiliano Grillo | -6 | $44,950 | 30 |
| T30 | Zac Blair | -5 | $36,846 | 24 |
| T30 | Lucas Glover | -5 | $36,846 | 24 |
| T30 | Peter Malnati | -5 | $36,846 | 24 |
| T30 | Chris Kirk | -5 | $36,846 | 24 |
| T30 | Corey Conners | -5 | $36,846 | 24 |
| T30 | Stephan Jaeger | -5 | $36,846 | 24 |
| T30 | Andrew Putnam | -5 | $36,846 | 24 |
| T37 | Xin-jun Zhang | -4 | $27,280 | 17 |
| T37 | Abraham Ancer | -4 | $27,280 | 17 |
| T37 | Tom Hoge | -4 | $27,280 | 17 |
| T37 | Richy Werenski | -4 | $27,280 | 17 |
| T37 | Luke List | -4 | $27,280 | 17 |
| T37 | Kevin Na | -4 | $27,280 | 17 |
| T43 | Patrick Rodgers | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Fabian Gomez | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Brian Davis | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Brett Stegmaier | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Cameron Tringale | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Benjamin Silverman | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Tom Lovelady | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Jamie Lovemark | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T43 | Matt Jones | -3 | $18,476 | 10 |
| T52 | Maverick McNealy | -2 | $14,756 | 0 |
| T52 | Kevin Tway | -2 | $14,756 | 7 |
| T54 | Jonas Blixt | -1 | $14,136 | 6 |
| T54 | David Hearn | -1 | $14,136 | 5 |
| T54 | Talor Gooch | -1 | $14,136 | 6 |
| T54 | Whee Kim | -1 | $14,136 | 6 |
| T54 | Rick Lamb | -1 | $14,136 | 6 |
| T59 | Cody Gribble | E | $13,640 | 5 |
| T59 | Harold Varner, III | E | $13,640 | 5 |
| T59 | Steve Wheatcroft | E | $13,640 | 5 |
| T62 | Brian Stuard | 1 | $13,268 | 4 |
| T62 | Sung-hoon Kang | 1 | $13,268 | 4 |
| T62 | Scott Brown | 1 | $13,268 | 4 |
| T65 | Shawn Stefani | 2 | $12,896 | 4 |
| T65 | Martin Flores | 2 | $12,896 | 4 |
| T65 | Robert Garrigus | 2 | $12,896 | 4 |
| 68 | Chad Campbell | 3 | $12,648 | 3 |
| T69 | Martin Piller | 4 | $12,400 | 3 |
| T69 | Kelly Kraft | 4 | $12,400 | 3 |
| T69 | Troy Merritt | 4 | $12,400 | 3 |
| 72 | John Daly | 5 | $12,152 | 3 |
| 73 | Camilo Villegas | 6 | $12,028 | 3 |
| 74 | Beau Hossler | 9 | $11,904 | 3 |
| 75 | Smylie Kaufman | 10 | $11,780 | 3 |
| - | Ben Crane | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Kurt Kitayama | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Sam Saunders | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Harris English | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Rory Sabbatini | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Nate Lashley | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Lanto Griffin | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Anthony Paolucci | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Ethan Tracy | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | D.A. Points | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Aaron Baddeley | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Greg Chalmers | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | K.J. Choi | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Vaughn Taylor | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Dicky Pride | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | J.J. Spaun | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Andrew Yun | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Scott Stallings | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Keegan Bradley | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Ryan Blaum | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Ryan Armour | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Conrad Shindler | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Michael Kim | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Johnson Wagner | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Adam Schenk | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Jonathan Randolph | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Patton Kizzire | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Sam Ryder | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Seamus Power | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Daniel Summerhays | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | John Huh | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Cameron Champ | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Joel Dahmen | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Ken Duke | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Aaron Wise | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Ze-cheng Dou | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Andrew Loupe | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Eric Axley | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Billy Hurley III | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Brian Gay | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Dino Giacomazzi | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Kyle Thompson | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Matt Every | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Denny McCarthy | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Matt Atkins | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Mackenzie Hughes | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Chris Stroud | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Jamie Sadlowski | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Charlie Wi | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Brendon de Jonge | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Kevin Dougherty | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Steve Allan | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Jon Curran | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Sang-Moon Bae | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Peter Uihlein | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Alex Cejka | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Trey Mullinax | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Bobby Wyatt | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Rob Oppenheim | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Carl Pettersson | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Jason Schmuhl | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | John Rollins | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Ricky Barnes | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Colt Knost | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Keith Mitchell | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Derek Fathauer | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Nicholas Lindheim | CUT | $0 | 0 |
| - | Roberto Diaz | WD | $0 | 0 |
| - | Jason Gore | WD | $0 | 0 |
