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2016 Wells Fargo Championship results: James Hahn ends awful streak with Quail Hollow win

Rory and Phil went low. Rickie started with the lead. But it was a guy who had missed eight straight cuts that emerged in Charlotte.

by Brendan Porath
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The 2016 Wells Fargo Championship continued the recent spate of reminders that golf is the most completely unpredictable sport in the world. James Hahn, who won at Riviera last year and has some talent, came to the week having missed eight straight cuts. His game was in garbage shape. Then he went out and won on one of the Tour's toughest and most respected courses with a final round leaderboard that included Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose, and Phil Mickelson, among others.

Hahn did not make some big Sunday charge like Mickelson or McIlroy, who both went low with 6-under 66s to put the pressure on the late groups. Rather, he posted a steady 2-under 70, his fourth straight round in the red that was good enough to get him in a playoff with Roberto Castro, another unheralded afterthought on a loaded leaderboard. Hahn needed only a par on the first extra hole, which was a replay of Quail Hollow's brutal 18th. Par is a good score there and Hahn had the benefit of watching Castro lead off and put his tee shot in the water. Aside from the water ball, Castro's adventures in the playoff also included an approach shot that landed in a fan's loafer.

It's a dangerous approach shot, with a hazard and little margin for error. We saw McIlroy completely airmail the green on Sunday and to extinguish his desperate run to make it interesting and Mickelson make a quadruple bogey 8 on Saturday. Hahn, however, put it in the center of the green, club-twirling his way to a two-putt par.

Hahn was probably not the ideal winner for the PGA Tour, which has hit a lull here since Jordan Spieth put those two balls in the water on the 12th hole on Sunday at Augusta. This is a premier event at a pure course and it was set up with a heavy-duty leaderboard. Hahn was just the latest reminder that, hype and narrative aside, we have almost no idea what we're talking about or what to expect.

The Tour now swings back to Florida for the season's "fifth major" and the deepest field of the year at The Players Championship.

Here are your final results from Charlotte:

Place Player Score Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
1 James Hahn -9 70 71 68 70 279
2 Roberto Castro -9 71 66 71 71 279
3 Justin Rose -8 70 70 69 71 280
T4 Phil Mickelson -7 69 70 76 66 281
T4 Rory McIlroy -7 73 69 73 66 281
T4 Andrew Loupe -7 65 71 74 71 281
T4 Rickie Fowler -7 71 68 68 74 281
8 Lucas Glover -6 71 70 70 71 282
T9 Danny Lee -5 72 71 73 67 283
T9 Fabian Gomez -5 75 69 69 70 283
T11 Hideki Matsuyama -4 74 71 70 69 284
T11 Chesson Hadley -4 71 67 76 70 284
T11 Tim Wilkinson -4 68 73 70 73 284
T14 Daniel Summerhays -3 69 75 71 70 285
T14 Brendan Steele -3 71 70 72 72 285
T14 Retief Goosen -3 69 72 71 73 285
T17 David Lingmerth -2 71 71 76 68 286
T17 William McGirt -2 70 74 74 68 286
T17 Harris English -2 71 71 74 70 286
T17 Francesco Molinari -2 72 70 73 71 286
T17 Adam Scott -2 73 70 72 71 286
T17 John Senden -2 68 72 73 73 286
T17 Daniel Berger -2 68 71 74 73 286
T24 Harold Varner, III -1 72 69 74 72 287
T24 Patton Kizzire -1 72 69 74 72 287
T24 Gary Woodland -1 72 72 71 72 287
T24 Scott Langley -1 70 69 71 77 287
T28 Robert Streb E 75 70 73 70 288
T28 Robert Garrigus E 71 72 74 71 288
T28 Tony Finau E 74 69 74 71 288
T28 Patrick Reed E 73 71 73 71 288
T28 Johnson Wagner E 72 72 71 73 288
T28 Camilo Villegas E 74 71 70 73 288
T28 Dawie Van Der Walt E 67 77 69 75 288
T35 Sean O'Hair 1 71 71 76 71 289
T35 Vaughn Taylor 1 72 73 73 71 289
T35 Brian Harman 1 69 70 78 72 289
T35 Chris Stroud 1 70 72 75 72 289
T35 Boo Weekley 1 69 73 75 72 289
T35 Mark Hubbard 1 70 68 76 75 289
T41 Jason Gore 2 72 70 83 65 290
T41 Martin Kaymer 2 71 73 77 69 290
T41 Derek Ernst 2 71 73 75 71 290
T41 Colt Knost 2 73 68 76 73 290
T41 Kyle Reifers 2 72 72 73 73 290
T41 Kevin Chappell 2 67 74 74 75 290
T41 Steve Wheatcroft 2 65 74 76 75 290
T41 Cameron Tringale 2 72 70 73 75 290
T41 Anirban Lahiri 2 66 77 72 75 290
T41 Tom Hoge 2 73 72 70 75 290
T41 Martin Piller 2 69 72 72 77 290
T41 Paul Casey 2 70 71 72 77 290
T53 Angel Cabrera 3 73 72 74 72 291
T53 Alex Cejka 3 70 74 75 72 291
T53 Scott Stallings 3 71 74 74 72 291
T53 J.B. Holmes 3 72 72 74 73 291
T53 Hunter Mahan 3 75 70 73 73 291
T53 Jhonattan Vegas 3 73 70 74 74 291
T53 Matt Dobyns 3 72 71 73 75 291
T53 Jamie Lovemark 3 74 70 71 76 291
T61 Ian Poulter 4 70 74 77 71 292
T61 Scott Pinckney 4 73 72 73 74 292
T61 Adam Hadwin 4 71 74 73 74 292
T61 Emiliano Grillo 4 74 71 71 76 292
T65 Martin Laird 5 69 76 77 71 293
T65 Jeff Overton 5 71 71 77 74 293
T65 Carlos Ortiz 5 71 74 74 74 293
T65 Erik Compton 5 70 74 73 76 293
T69 Ernie Els 6 74 69 78 73 294
T69 Michael Kim 6 73 70 77 74 294
T71 Rob Oppenheim 7 71 73 79 72 295
T71 Henrik Norlander 7 72 71 79 73 295
T71 Trevor Immelman 7 72 73 77 73 295
T71 Luke Donald 7 76 69 77 73 295
T71 David Toms 7 72 73 75 75 295
T71 Brett Stegmaier 7 72 72 73 78 295
T77 Vijay Singh 8 73 72 77 74 296
T77 Graham DeLaet 8 71 71 76 78 296

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