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Sunday 17 August 2014PGA TourYear in Review
Villegas wins Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2014 · Camilo Villegas’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,300,000 USD · Wyndham
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/14°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 18 · 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
- Freddie Jacobson SWE · 264needed par at the 18th to force a playoff; his second shot fell short of the green, his long birdie putt ran well past and he missed the par putt; closed with 66 Camilo Villegas cards 17-under 263 (ESPN)
- Bill Haas USA · 264closed with 64 to finish one stroke behind Camilo Villegas cards 17-under 263 (ESPN)
156 started · cut -2, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield Country Club, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Camilo Villegas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2014
It's been three and a half years of no wins. Part of the game, I guess. Part of a pro golfer's career. I'm pretty hard on myself.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2014
I didn't want to go to the range. I stay there, there was TV, nice air conditioner there in the scorer's tent. I was hanging there with my caddy and watch a little golf.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2014
tomorrow morning I'll be the same guy with this trophy or if I would have just missed the cut.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camilo Villegas | 63 · 69 · 68 · 63 | 263 | −17 |
| T2 | Bill Haas | 68 · 66 · 66 · 64 | 264 | −16 |
| T2 | Freddie Jacobson | 68 · 64 · 66 · 66 | 264 | −16 |
| 4 | Heath Slocum | 65 · 65 · 68 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| T5 | Brandt Snedeker | 68 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T5 | Webb Simpson | 64 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T5 | Nick Watney | 67 · 64 · 65 · 70 | 266 | −14 |
| T8 | William McGirt | 64 · 68 · 71 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| T8 | Jhonattan Vegas | 67 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 267 | −13 |
| T8 | Kevin Kisner | 69 · 64 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T8 | Brad Fritsch | 69 · 63 · 65 · 70 | 267 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1982-01-07, Medellín, Colombia; COL; turned pro 2004; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 254 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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