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Sunday 30 August 2015PGA TourYear in Review
Day wins the Barclays
Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 August 2015 · Jason Day’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,250,000 USD · Barclays
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/17°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SW, 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
- Henrik Stenson SWE · 267birdied 13 and 14 to get within two, but Day holed long birdie putts on 14 and 15 to stretch the lead to five; Stenson closed with 66, six back Jason Day storms through Barclays (ESPN/AP)
120 started · cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Barclays
Plainfield Country Club, Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jason Day
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2015
Don't worry, I've pissed off plenty of people. I'm going to publicly apologize to everyone that I've pissed off over the years
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2015
The moment that you start thinking about, I can't close, I can't close, that's when you start not believing in yourself.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 August 2015
I decided this week to put the hat on the right way and just grind it out.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | 68 · 68 · 63 · 62 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 267 | −13 |
| 3 | Bubba Watson | 65 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −11 |
| T4 | Zac Blair | 69 · 68 · 67 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Zach Johnson | 69 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T6 | Daniel Summerhays | 67 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Ryan Palmer | 69 · 67 · 65 · 70 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Sangmoon Bae | 69 · 67 · 63 · 72 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | 70 · 70 · 67 · 65 | 272 | −8 |
| T9 | Jason Bohn | 71 · 64 · 72 · 65 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1987-11-12, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2006; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet