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Sunday 14 June 2009PGA TourYear in Review
Gay wins St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 June 2009 · Brian Gay’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · final round started after a long weather delay on Sunday (rain); finished the same day
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 43 · 20.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/19°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 11.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/22°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- David Toms USA · 267bogey-free closing 65 but needed something really deep on the front nine and a Gay stumble that never came David Toms interview, 2009-06-14 (ASAP Sports)
- Bryce Molder USA · 267held on with an eagle at the 16th after a three-putt at the 14th; his best PGA Tour finish, five behind Bryce Molder interview, 2009-06-14 (ASAP Sports)
156 started, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brian Gay
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Brian Gay interview, 2009-06-14 (ASAP Sports)
14 June 2009
I was happy when my alarm went off and I had the text for suspended play. Kept it in the snooze and stayed in bed all morning.
David Toms interview, 2009-06-14 (ASAP Sports)
14 June 2009
It was a pretty good golf tournament except for one guy stealing the show.
Bryce Molder interview, 2009-06-14 (ASAP Sports)
14 June 2009
I said a lot of little prayers in the last four, five holes just to let me kind of stay with it and just kind of let go and played
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Gay | 64 · 66 · 66 · 66 | 262 | −18 |
| T2 | David Toms | 67 · 66 · 69 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T2 | Bryce Molder | 69 · 63 · 65 · 70 | 267 | −13 |
| T4 | John Senden | 69 · 66 · 69 · 64 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Paul Goydos | 72 · 64 · 64 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Robert Allenby | 67 · 64 · 68 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| T7 | Graeme McDowell | 66 · 71 · 69 · 63 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Jason Dufner | 68 · 67 · 69 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| 9 | Woody Austin | 67 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T10 | Jeff Overton | 68 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Heath Slocum | 71 · 63 · 67 · 70 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1971-12-14, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1994; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 54 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'St. Jude Classic Presented by FedEx' (week 24/2009), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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