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Sunday 19 July 2015PGA TourYear in Review
Piercy wins Barbasol Championship
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National (Lake Course), Alabama, USA (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 2015 · Scott Piercy’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · Barbasol
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Will Wilcox USA · 268closed with a 67, finishing with two straight birdies including a 60-foot putt on the 18th, three shots behind Scott Piercy earns 3rd PGA Tour title with Barbasol Championship win (AP via ESPN)
- Ricky Barnes USA · 270shared the 54-hole lead with Piercy but shot 70 and bogeyed the final hole to tie for third Scott Piercy earns 3rd PGA Tour title with Barbasol Championship win (AP via ESPN)
· cut -1
Same week
PGA Tour event
Barbasol Championship
Grand National, Lake Course, Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National (Lake Course), Alabama, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott Piercy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
19 July 2015
My whole goal after coming back from surgery was to come back better.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
19 July 2015
I struck it beautifully all week and made enough putts to get it done
ESPN (AP wire recap)
19 July 2015
That's something I never thought in a million years I would have done
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Piercy | 69 · 66 · 65 · 65 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Will Wilcox | 66 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T3 | Ricky Barnes | 67 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Whee Kim | 67 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Robby Shelton | 68 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | Mark Hensby | 69 · 64 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Boo Weekley | 67 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Andrew Loupe | 68 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Austin Cook | 69 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Aaron Baddeley | 69 · 72 · 64 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Vaughn Taylor | 71 · 69 · 63 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Andres Romero | 71 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Johnson Wagner | 69 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Emiliano Grillo | 68 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Blayne Barber | 69 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1978-11-06, Las Vegas, Nevada; USA; turned pro 2001; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 112 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet