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Sunday 12 October 2014PGA TourYear in Review
Bae wins Frys.com Open
North Course, Silverado Resort, Napa, California · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 2014 · Sangmoon Bae’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · Frys.com
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/14°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/13°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/16°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 46 · 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
- Steven Bowditch AUS · 275Eagled 16 and birdied 18 for a closing 67 but finished two shots behind; Bae saved par at 16 after Bowditch had finished Sang-Moon Bae wins PGA opener (Associated Press, via ESPN)
, 74 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Frys.com Open
Silverado Resort (North Course), North Course, Silverado Resort, Napa, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sangmoon Bae
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 October 2014
I didn't want to look at the scoreboard, but I did. I looked a lot. That's why I made a lot of bogeys on the back nine.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 October 2014
I really wants to play next year in Korea, my country, and also I really want to play Olympics two years later. It's my goal.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 October 2014
It's round 1, and it's nice to come out of the gates and just makes Christmas a bit easier straight away.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sangmoon Bae | 66 · 69 · 65 · 73 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Steven Bowditch | 73 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Bryce Molder | 70 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Retief Goosen | 69 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Hunter Mahan | 70 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Hideki Matsuyama | 70 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Martin Laird | 67 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Hudson Swafford | 70 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Robert Allenby | 70 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Jon Curran | 68 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Brooks Koepka | 68 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1986-06-21, Daegu, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2004; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 195 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet