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Sunday 10 January 2016PGA TourYear in Review
Spieth wins Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 January 2016 · Jordan Spieth’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,900,000 USD · Hyundai
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/22°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/22°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/22°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/22°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0.5 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
- Patrick Reed USA · 270Cut the lead to three with a birdie at the par-5 ninth, then parred the first five holes of the back nine and bogeyed the 15th (his only bogey of the week); closed with 69, eight back Spieth cruises to Kapalua win to tie Tiger with 7 PGA Tour wins at 22 (ESPN.com news services, via ESPN)
, 32 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Hyundai Tournament of Champions
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jordan Spieth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 January 2016
It's one thing to be in that position after yesterday, it's another to actually kick out the demons, saying, if you don't win this one tomorrow, it's going to look really bad, after blowing a five shot lead.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 January 2016
I guess it makes sort of a statement that, hey, we're -- the calendar changed, we're still there. No reason that my game should change with the calendar.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 January 2016
I just have to stay at it and keep grinding and turn these second, third, fourth, fifth place finishes into W's, which that's just the next step.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Spieth | 66 · 64 · 65 · 67 | 262 | −30 |
| 2 | Patrick Reed | 65 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −22 |
| T3 | Brandt Snedeker | 67 · 72 · 65 · 67 | 271 | −21 |
| T3 | Brooks Koepka | 69 · 68 · 63 · 71 | 271 | −21 |
| 5 | Rickie Fowler | 69 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −20 |
| T6 | Padraig Harrington | 70 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −17 |
| T6 | Peter Malnati | 71 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −17 |
| T6 | Fabián Gómez | 68 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 275 | −17 |
| 9 | Kevin Kisner | 69 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 276 | −16 |
| T10 | Jason Day | 70 · 73 · 69 · 65 | 277 | −15 |
| T10 | Bubba Watson | 69 · 68 · 73 · 67 | 277 | −15 |
| T10 | Dustin Johnson | 73 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −15 |
| T10 | Jimmy Walker | 70 · 71 · 64 · 72 | 277 | −15 |
| T10 | Steven Bowditch | 69 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 277 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1993-07-27, Dallas, Texas; USA; turned pro 2012; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet