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Sunday 7 June 2015PGA TourYear in Review
Lingmerth wins the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio, USA · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 June 2015 · David Lingmerth’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/16°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 33 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/13°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 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
- Justin Rose ENG · 273lost a three-shot 54-hole lead with a closing 72, forced the playoff with an up-and-down on 18 after a shank, then went from right rough to left gallery on the third extra hole David Lingmerth survives playoff at Memorial for first PGA Tour win (AP via ESPN)
· cut -1, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio, USA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
David Lingmerth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 June 2015
Probably has not sunk in yet, so right now I'm just all confused.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 June 2015
I was probably a little bit more nervous yesterday than I was today, honestly.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 June 2015
It's always horrible when you get up there and you realize you've hit somebody, especially on the head.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Lingmerth | 67 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 68 · 67 · 66 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth | 68 · 70 · 72 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Francesco Molinari | 68 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Marc Leishman | 69 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Hideki Matsuyama | 64 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | 69 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Tony Finau | 71 · 66 · 73 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Keegan Bradley | 68 · 74 · 65 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Kevin Kisner | 67 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1987-07-22, Tranås, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2010; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 212 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet