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Sunday 22 June 2014PGA TourYear in Review
Streelman wins Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 2014 · Kevin Streelman’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · Travelers
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/10°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 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
- Sergio Garcia ESP · 266closed with a 67; birdied the 17th to get within one, then drove into a divot on 18 and could not make the birdie needed for a playoff ASAP Sports transcript: Sergio Garcia, Travelers Championship, 2014-06-22
- K.J. Choi KOR · 266closed with a 67 to tie for second, one behind after Streelman birdied the last seven holes Streelman sets birdie record in win (AP via ESPN)
· cut -1, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Kevin Streelman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 June 2014
I was thinking about pulling in some rainbow trout, and I said, I better focus on what I gotta do here, and backed in and buried it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 June 2014
It's almost to a point it doesn't matter how you read the putts because you just know they're going in before you hit them.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 June 2014
I mean obviously he played amazing on the back 9, and it was birdie, birdie. We were also trying, but I wasn't able to do it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Streelman | 69 · 68 · 64 · 64 | 265 | −15 |
| T2 | Sergio Garcia | 65 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | K.J. Choi | 65 · 65 · 69 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| 4 | Aaron Baddeley | 67 · 66 · 65 · 69 | 267 | −13 |
| T5 | Brendan Steele | 62 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T5 | Ryan Moore | 63 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| T7 | Jeff Maggert | 64 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Harris English | 66 · 64 · 72 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Carl Pettersson | 68 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Chad Campbell | 64 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1978-11-04, Winfield, Illinois; USA; turned pro 2001; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 58 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
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