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Sunday 26 April 2015PGA TourYear in Review
Rose wins Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 April 2015 · Justin Rose’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,900,000 USD · Zurich · weather: heavy rain delayed parts of rounds 2 and 3; the third round was completed Sunday morning before the final round; lift, clean and place in the fairways
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/22°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 34 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/22°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 10.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/22°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 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
- Cameron Tringale USA · 267closed with 65 including an eagle chip-in at the seventh and a birdie at 18, but Rose birdied 17 and 18 to stay one ahead Birdie-birdie finish gives Justin Rose 7th PGA Tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2015-04-26)
156 started · cut -5, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Rose
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Justin Rose interview (on course), 2015-04-26 (ASAP Sports)
26 April 2015
If I didn't birdie 13, I would have really felt like I was leaking some oil.
Justin Rose interview (media center), 2015-04-26 (ASAP Sports)
26 April 2015
Not necessarily the bogey‑free run or the 22‑under par, but it's knowing that I needed to do something walking to the 17th tee and pulling it off.
Cameron Tringale interview, 2015-04-26 (ASAP Sports)
26 April 2015
There aren't many chances to win out here, so I'm in position where I'm trying to play fearless golf
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Rose | 69 · 66 · 65 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Cameron Tringale | 69 · 65 · 68 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| 3 | Boo Weekley | 64 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Jim Herman | 69 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Jason Day | 67 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | David Hearn | 65 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Daniel Berger | 66 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Whee Kim | 68 · 71 · 68 · 64 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Chesson Hadley | 67 · 72 · 66 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Chad Campbell | 67 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Blayne Barber | 67 · 70 · 64 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
The golfer
born 1980-07-30, Johannesburg, South Africa; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Zurich Classic of New Orleans' (week 17/2015), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet