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Sunday 20 September 2015PGA TourYear in Review
Day wins BMW Championship
Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 September 2015 · Jason Day’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,250,000 USD · BMW
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/17°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 45 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/20°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 52 · 35.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 28 km/h NNW, gusts 53 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/12°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 23 · 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
- Daniel Berger USA · 268rookie closed with 69 for solo second, six shots back; Day opened 61-63 and was never seriously challenged Jason Day wins BMW Championship to move to No. 1 (ESPN/AP)
70 started, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
BMW Championship
Conway Farms Golf Club, Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jason Day
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 September 2015
To take a 12-year-old kid from nothing and turn him into the best golfer in the world is a pretty nice achievement.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 September 2015
Sunday nights if I'm in contention I get about two hours' sleep just because I'm so amped from what I did today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 September 2015
Yeah, if you told me I'd be in the TOUR Championship at the beginning of the year, I probably wouldn't have believed you, but to finally make it here is awesome.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | 61 · 63 · 69 · 69 | 262 | −22 |
| 2 | Daniel Berger | 65 · 64 · 70 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| 3 | Scott Piercy | 67 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| T4 | J.B. Holmes | 70 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Rickie Fowler | 69 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 68 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
| T7 | Cameron Tringale | 72 · 64 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Hideki Matsuyama | 72 · 63 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Dustin Johnson | 71 · 62 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Bubba Watson | 65 · 70 · 72 · 65 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Henrik Stenson | 71 · 63 · 71 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Kevin Na | 65 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1987-11-12, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2006; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet