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Sunday 5 April 2015PGA TourYear in Review

Holmes wins Shell Houston Open

Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 April 2015 · J.B. Holmes’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,600,000 USD · Shell

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

12 h 26 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R127°/20°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 54 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R228°/22°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R322°/18°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R420°/16°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 35 · 6.5 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

144 started · cut -4, 71 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

Shell Houston Open

Golf Club of Houston, Golf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas

4 of 5 researched

Winner

J.B. Holmes

272Total
−16To par
PlayoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

J.B. Holmes interview, 2015-04-05 (ASAP Sports)

No, not even the best round of golf I had this year.

J.B. Holmes, quoted in J.B. Holmes interview, 2015-04-05 (ASAP Sports), 5 April 2015. The report

J.B. Holmes shoots 64, takes Houston Open in playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2015-04-05)

I knew I had to play a really low round and I started out great

J.B. Holmes, quoted in J.B. Holmes shoots 64, takes Houston Open in playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2015-04-05), 5 April 2015. The report

Johnson Wagner interview, 2015-04-05 (ASAP Sports)

The Shell Houston Open is one of maybe four regular Tour events that I would consider my Majors.

Johnson Wagner, quoted in Johnson Wagner interview, 2015-04-05 (ASAP Sports), 5 April 2015. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1J.B. Holmes65 · 70 · 73 · 64272−16
T2Johnson Wagner69 · 68 · 66 · 69272−16
T2Jordan Spieth69 · 66 · 67 · 70272−16
4Russell Henley69 · 68 · 68 · 69274−14
T5Brendon de Jonge73 · 67 · 68 · 67275−13
T5Cameron Tringale68 · 70 · 69 · 68275−13
T5Keegan Bradley70 · 66 · 70 · 69275−13
T5Charles Howell III66 · 70 · 69 · 70275−13
9Paul Casey68 · 69 · 68 · 71276−12
10Scott Piercy63 · 74 · 66 · 74277−11
The golfer

born 1982-04-26, Campbellsville, Kentucky, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2005; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 20 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Shell Houston Open' (week 14/2015), OWGR player profile).

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