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Sunday 16 August 2015PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Day wins PGA Championship
Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 2015 · Jason Day’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $10,000,000 USD · 97th PGA Championship; second round suspended by thunderstorms Friday and completed Saturday morning
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/22°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/23°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/22°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/22°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jordan Spieth USA · 271Started the final round two behind in the last group with Day and closed with 68 but never got within two; finished three back Jason Day blows away field to seize first major (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +2, 77 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Whistling Straits (Straits Course), Kohler
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jordan Spieth
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 August 2015
I remember watching her cut the lawn with a knife because we couldn't afford to fix the lawn mower. I remember not having a hot water tank, so we had to use a kettle for hot showers.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 August 2015
I had no idea about the record until after it was over and someone told me about it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 August 2015
That will never be taken away from me now. I'll always be a No. 1 player in the world.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | 68 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | 71 · 67 · 65 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Branden Grace | 71 · 69 · 64 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Justin Rose | 69 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Brooks Koepka | 73 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Anirban Lahiri | 70 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | George Coetzee | 74 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Dustin Johnson | 66 · 73 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Matt Kuchar | 68 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | 71 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Robert Streb | 70 · 73 · 67 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1987-11-12, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2006; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1; world No. 5 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet