We can debate whether eight tournaments is enough to try and dissect any trends as it pertains to who wins the RSM Classic. But there are two lessons I’ve learned from covering the Isles’ PGA Tour event in six of its eight years -- watch out for a weekend comeback and take note of golfers who haven’t won on Tour when they’re near the top of the leaderboard.

The comeback trend didn’t lead to victory this year, through J.J. Spaun’s surge up the leaderboard the final two rounds to a solo second-place finish did help reinforce that notion. It was trumped by another peculiar stat.

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