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Sunday 12 June 2016PGA TourYear in Review
Berger wins FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 June 2016 · Daniel Berger’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · FedEx · final round delayed three hours by thunderstorms
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 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/19°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/18°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/22°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/24°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 22 · 0.1 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
- Phil Mickelson USA · 270closed within a stroke with two back-nine birdies, then missed from 11 feet on 13 and 17 feet on 14 as Berger birdied three of four holes; closed with 67 Daniel Berger wins in Memphis, Phil Mickelson finishes second (AP via ESPN)
- Steve Stricker USA · 270closed with a 67, three back after Berger's back-nine birdie run Daniel Berger wins in Memphis, Phil Mickelson finishes second (AP via ESPN)
- Brooks Koepka USA · 270caught Berger at 9 under on the front nine before bogeying the 8th; closed with a 66, three back Daniel Berger wins in Memphis, Phil Mickelson finishes second (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +1, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Daniel Berger
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 June 2016
I try to make as many birdies as I could and try to minimize the mistakes and got off to a poor start but I hung in there
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 June 2016
you know, now that I've won once I can win ten more times.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 June 2016
it almost feels like U.S. Open came a week early to finish another 2nd place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Berger | 67 · 64 · 69 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T2 | Brooks Koepka | 70 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Steve Stricker | 66 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 65 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| 5 | Dustin Johnson | 66 · 69 · 73 · 63 | 271 | −9 |
| 6 | Brian Gay | 66 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Russell Henley | 68 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | S.Y. Noh | 65 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T9 | Shawn Stefani | 65 · 71 · 73 · 65 | 274 | −6 |
| T9 | Ken Duke | 70 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T9 | Brett Stegmaier | 67 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-07, Plantation, Florida; USA; turned pro 2013; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 46 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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