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Sunday 25 January 2015PGA TourYear in Review
Haas wins Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation
PGA West, La Quinta, California · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 January 2015 · Bill Haas’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,700,000 USD · Humana
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/10°C · wind 8 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/9°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 8 km/h N, 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
- Matt Kuchar USA · 267closed with 67; birdied 17 but failed to get up and down from pin high on the 18th ASAP Sports transcript: Matt Kuchar, January 25, 2015
- Charley Hoffman USA · 267closed with 64 to post the clubhouse target; one shot back after Haas birdied the 16th Bill Haas wins Humana Challenge (AP, ESPN)
- Brendan Steele USA · 267closed with 64; part of the six-way tie for the lead that Haas broke with a birdie on the 16th Bill Haas wins Humana Challenge (AP, ESPN)
- Sung Joon Park KOR · 267closed with 65; finished one behind Bill Haas wins Humana Challenge (AP, ESPN)
- Steve Wheatcroft USA · 267closed with 67; finished one behind Bill Haas wins Humana Challenge (AP, ESPN)
156 started · cut -8, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation
PGA West (Arnold Palmer Private Course) (final round), with La Quinta Country Club and PGA West (Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course), PGA West, La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Bill Haas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports transcript: Bill Haas, January 25, 2015
25 January 2015
I wish I could swing like Adam Scott, but I just don't have that ability. So therefore, I think I do have the ability to make do with what I have.
Bill Haas wins Humana Challenge (AP, ESPN)
25 January 2015
Honestly, if you would have told me I would have done this last week, I would have laughed at you.
ASAP Sports transcript: Matt Kuchar, January 25, 2015
25 January 2015
It was pretty disappointing to be that close and not at least birdie the 18th to make Bill try to make birdie to win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Haas | 67 · 63 · 69 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Brendan Steele | 67 · 68 · 68 · 64 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Charley Hoffman | 71 · 63 · 69 · 64 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Sung Joon Park | 68 · 67 · 67 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Steve Wheatcroft | 65 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Matt Kuchar | 65 · 64 · 71 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T7 | Webb Simpson | 70 · 66 · 68 · 64 | 268 | −20 |
| T7 | Boo Weekley | 70 · 66 · 67 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T7 | Justin Thomas | 68 · 63 · 68 · 69 | 268 | −20 |
| T10 | Colt Knost | 71 · 67 · 68 · 63 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Francesco Molinari | 64 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Ryan Palmer | 71 · 61 · 68 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Erik Compton | 66 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
The golfer
born 1982-05-24, Charlotte, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 2004; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 41 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation' (week 4/2015), OWGR player profile).
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