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Sunday 14 September 2014PGA TourYear in Review
Horschel wins Tour Championship by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 September 2014 · Billy Horschel’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · Coca-Cola
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/21°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/23°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 21 · 5.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/22°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/20°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 1.4 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
- Jim Furyk USA · 272one shot behind late, bogeyed the 17th to fall two back and three-putted the 18th; closed with 69 Billy Horschel collects $10M bonus (ESPN)
- Rory McIlroy NIR · 272tied for the lead through four holes, then made double bogey at the par-3 fifth and three bogeys around the turn; closed with 71 Billy Horschel collects $10M bonus (ESPN)
29 started, 29 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Tour Championship by Coca-Cola
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Billy Horschel
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 September 2014
It's surreal, it really is. It hits me a little bit and it still doesn't hit me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 September 2014
I remember holding up the FedExCup trophy, and as the season went along, I never thought about it, but I just said, well, maybe it was just a dream that wasn't real.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 September 2014
I've been focused the whole time on what I needed to do, and the drive Rory hit on No. 1 was just-- was dumbfounding.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Horschel | 66 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T2 | Rory McIlroy | 69 · 65 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Chris Kirk | 66 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 72 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Jason Day | 67 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| 7 | Ryan Palmer | 69 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| 8 | Rickie Fowler | 69 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Gary Woodland | 71 · 75 · 63 · 67 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | 69 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1986-12-07, Grant, Florida; USA; turned pro 2009; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 23 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet