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Sunday 2 August 2015PGA TourYear in Review
Merritt wins Quicken Loans National
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia, USA · Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August 2015 · Troy Merritt’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,700,000 USD · Quicken Loans
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/24°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/20°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/20°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/18°C · wind 10 km/h W, 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
- Rickie Fowler USA · 269started the final round one shot off the lead, bogeyed three times on the front nine and closed with a 69 to finish three behind Troy Merritt shoots 67 to beat Rickie Fowler by 3 shots (AP via ESPN)
· cut -2, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Quicken Loans National
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Troy Merritt
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2015
You just don't give up. I mean if you feel like things are close, you keep grinding because there's just that one little thing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2015
To be quite honest, I wasn't trying to make it, I was trying to lag it, and if I had two feet left I was going to be lagging that one as well
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2015
I never look at it as really losing. You either win or you're out here learning something and really the best way to kind of keep moving forward.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troy Merritt | 70 · 68 · 61 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Rickie Fowler | 67 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | David Lingmerth | 68 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T4 | Justin Thomas | 66 · 71 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Danny Lee | 67 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Bill Haas | 67 · 71 · 64 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Carl Pettersson | 70 · 68 · 64 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 66 · 71 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Jason Bohn | 67 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −12 |
| 10 | Ryo Ishikawa | 63 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1985-10-25, Osage, Iowa; USA; turned pro 2008; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 180 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet