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Sunday 5 May 2013PGA TourYear in Review
Ernst wins Wells Fargo Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 May 2013 · Derek Ernst’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,700,000 USD · Wells Fargo
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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/15°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/10°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 52 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 62 · 13 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 Lynn ENG · 280Closed with 70 to tie at 8-under; lost the playoff on the first extra hole after driving onto the creek bank and blasting out of a greenside bunker over the green Rookie Derek Ernst wins Wells Fargo (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Phil Mickelson USA · 281Led by one with three holes to play, then bogeyed 16 and 17 (missed a 6-foot par putt, three-putted from 65 feet) and missed a 20-foot birdie putt at 18 to finish one out of the playoff Rookie Derek Ernst wins Wells Fargo (Associated Press, via ESPN)
156 started · cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Wells Fargo Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Derek Ernst
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 May 2013
I rented a car from New Orleans because I was going to play on the Web.com Tour event this week and rented a car, and then got the call when I was driving here, so came straight here instead.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 May 2013
The money is money, it will come and go. But winning and having a job and playing out here for the next two years, that's what I want to do.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 May 2013
No, I need a holiday now, to be honest. So I'm going to do that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Ernst | 67 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | David Lynn | 71 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | 68 · 67 · 73 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Robert Karlsson | 69 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 70 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Kyle Stanley | 74 · 68 · 73 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Bo Van Pelt | 74 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Kevin Streelman | 68 · 72 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Ryan Moore | 67 · 75 · 68 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Ross Fisher | 70 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Charles Howell III | 72 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Vaughn Taylor | 70 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Brian Harman | 70 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Rory McIlroy | 67 · 71 · 73 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Nick Watney | 67 · 70 · 71 · 76 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1990-05-16, Woodland, California; USA; turned pro 2012; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 1207 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet