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Sunday 24 August 2014PGA TourYear in Review
Mahan wins the Barclays
Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 August 2014 · Hunter Mahan’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · Barclays
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/19°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 26 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/19°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 0 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
- Jason Day AUS · 272shared the 54-hole lead; needed to hole out from the rough on 18 to force a playoff and missed the green; closed with 68 Hunter Mahan birdies his way to win (ESPN)
- Cameron Tringale USA · 272bogeyed the 18th; closed with 66 on his 27th birthday Hunter Mahan birdies his way to win (ESPN)
- Stuart Appleby AUS · 272closed with 65 to share second, two behind Hunter Mahan birdies his way to win (ESPN)
122 started · cut +1, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Barclays
Ridgewood Country Club, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Hunter Mahan
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 August 2014
And all of a sudden, there's my wife and daughter and I'm like, wait a minute, should they be on the green or not, what do we do.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 August 2014
It feels good to get a W. It's been a couple years, and it feels good the way I did it with a great round on Sunday.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
24 August 2014
You can have a great year and if you don't win, it just feels like you missed out on something.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Mahan | 66 · 71 · 68 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Stuart Appleby | 73 · 66 · 68 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T2 | Cameron Tringale | 66 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T2 | Jason Day | 72 · 64 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T5 | William McGirt | 68 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Ernie Els | 68 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T5 | Matt Kuchar | 68 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| 8 | Jim Furyk | 66 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Patrick Reed | 71 · 66 · 73 · 65 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Rickie Fowler | 68 · 73 · 67 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Morgan Hoffmann | 70 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Kevin Na | 70 · 66 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1982-05-17, Orange, California; USA; turned pro 2003; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0; world No. 42 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet