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Sunday 28 April 2013PGA TourYear in Review
Horschel wins Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 April 2013 · Billy Horschel’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,600,000 USD · Zurich · two final-round weather delays on Sunday (2 hours 54 minutes, then 52 minutes for lightning); finished Sunday
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/15°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 21 · 37.2 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
- D.A. Points USA · 269Closed with a bogey-free 65 and birdied the 18th from 5 feet, but Horschel holed a 27-foot birdie putt on the last to win by one Billy Horschel takes Zurich Classic (Associated Press, via ESPN)
156 started, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Billy Horschel
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 April 2013
Hit a great putt, and about 5 feet from the hole dead center, I said don't do anything stupid, ball, and it went in.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 April 2013
I just tried to impress him, and it was somewhat of a dumb comment, but obviously, I lived up to it, so it's not a dumb comment now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 April 2013
7-under, no bogeys. I'll take that every day for the rest of my life, and I'll come out on top more often than not.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Horschel | 67 · 71 · 66 · 64 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | D.A. Points | 66 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Kyle Stanley | 72 · 67 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Bobby Gates | 67 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Lucas Glover | 65 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Harris English | 68 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Boo Weekley | 65 · 68 · 73 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Aaron Watkins | 71 · 69 · 70 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | D.H. Lee | 70 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 70 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | John Peterson | 71 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Luke Guthrie | 67 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Kevin Stadler | 68 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Jimmy Walker | 67 · 71 · 66 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1986-12-07, Grant, Florida; USA; turned pro 2009; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 91 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet