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Sunday 17 July 2011PGA TourYear in Review
Kirk wins Viking Classic
Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Mississippi, USA · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July 2011 · Chris Kirk’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,600,000 USD · Viking
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/24°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 22 · 9.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/24°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 24 · 18.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/24°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 21 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/24°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0.1 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
- Tom Pernice Jr. USA · 267closed with a 67 but missed a birdie putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff (and made the 51-year-old the tour's second-oldest winner) Kirk holds on for maiden victory (Golf365)
- George McNeill USA · 267was tied with Kirk until Kirk birdied the 17th from five feet; closed with a 68 to finish one back Golf Roundup (AP), Salisbury Post, 2011-07-17
· cut -4, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Viking Classic
Annandale Golf Club, Annandale Golf Club, Madison, Mississippi, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Chris Kirk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf365
18 July 2011
It was 140 yards and it was a 9-iron … So I was aiming right at the pin and nowhere else. That was my only thought.
Golf365
18 July 2011
I just needed to make a good firm stroke, maybe just outside the right edge and all that good stuff. But it looked like I pulled it
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Kirk | 67 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 66 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | George McNeill | 67 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Bud Cauley | 68 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Jim Renner | 69 · 69 · 62 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Hunter Haas | 66 · 64 · 70 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T7 | Tommy Gainey | 67 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T7 | Sung Kang | 65 · 70 · 64 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| T9 | Shane Bertsch | 68 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T9 | Blake Adams | 72 · 62 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T9 | D.J. Trahan | 68 · 65 · 66 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
| T9 | Peter Lonard | 65 · 65 · 69 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1985-05-08, Knoxville, Tennessee; USA; turned pro 2007; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 106 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet