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Sunday 5 July 2015PGA TourYear in Review

Lee wins the Greenbrier Classic

The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July 2015 · Danny Lee’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,700,000 USD

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

The weather

14 h 32 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R122°/18°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 24 · 10.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R220°/17°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R326°/18°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 43 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R424°/17°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 32 · 17.9 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

· cut -2, 78 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

The Greenbrier Classic

The Old White TPC, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Danny Lee

267Total
−13To par
PlayoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I was so nervous. My head was blank, and I was just trying to breathe. As soon as I stand on the 18th tee box, first playoff, I felt ready.

Danny Lee, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 July 2015. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I've probably gone through 100 coaches, and meeting Drew Steckel was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Danny Lee, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 July 2015. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Well, I meant to toss it lightly next to my bag, so he's kind of standing up on it, and it didn't make it far enough, hit the little bottom barrel, bounced, and the head went flying

Robert Streb, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 July 2015. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Danny Lee63 · 69 · 68 · 67267−13
T2David Hearn68 · 64 · 68 · 67267−13
T2Robert Streb68 · 67 · 67 · 65267−13
T2Kevin Kisner67 · 69 · 67 · 64267−13
5Russell Henley70 · 66 · 69 · 63268−12
T6James Hahn66 · 67 · 70 · 66269−11
T6Andres Romero67 · 67 · 68 · 67269−11
T6Greg Owen65 · 67 · 70 · 67269−11
T6David Lingmerth67 · 70 · 64 · 68269−11
T6Brendon Todd65 · 69 · 67 · 68269−11
T6Chad Collins65 · 67 · 68 · 69269−11
T6Bryce Molder68 · 64 · 67 · 70269−11
The golfer

born 1990-07-24, Incheon, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2009; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 158 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).

Source

What’s in the bag

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