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Sunday 9 November 2014PGA TourYear in Review
Taylor wins Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 November 2014 · Nick Taylor’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Sanderson Farms
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/11°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/4°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/3°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/3°C · wind 10 km/h N, 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
- Boo Weekley USA · 274Bogey-free closing 66 left him two shots behind, tied for second Nick Taylor wins Sanderson Farms (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Jason Bohn USA · 274Closed with 69 to tie for second, two shots behind; Taylor's closing three-putt bogey at 18 still won by two Nick Taylor wins Sanderson Farms (Associated Press, via ESPN)
, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Taylor
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 November 2014
I called my wife and she's in tears. She doesn't know what's going on. I don't really know what's going on either.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 November 2014
Six months ago I was struggling and I kind of kept at it and kind of got hot.
Associated Press, via ESPN
9 November 2014
I didn't drive the ball as well as I wanted the first three days and kind of worked on some things yesterday and it came together today
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Taylor | 67 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Boo Weekley | 70 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Jason Bohn | 68 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Peter Uihlein | 70 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Justin Thomas | 71 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | John Rollins | 68 · 66 · 68 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
| 7 | William McGirt | 68 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| 8 | Robert Streb | 67 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Blayne Barber | 71 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Garrett Osborn | 70 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 70 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Mark Wilson | 71 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | David Toms | 68 · 66 · 72 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1988-04-17, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2010; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 566 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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