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Sunday 14 August 2016PGA TourYear in Review
Moore wins John Deere Classic
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 August 2016 · Ryan Moore’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,800,000 USD · John Deere
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/24°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 45 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/23°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 41 · 47.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/21°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 8 km/h NW, gusts 16 · 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
- Ben Martin USA · 264playing in the final twosome with Moore, birdied Nos. 12-14 for a 68 but could get no closer than two strokes and parred his last four holes Ryan Moore wins John Deere Classic for 5th PGA Tour title (ESPN/AP)
156 started · cut -3, 73 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
John Deere Classic
TPC Deere Run, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ryan Moore
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2016
To get another birdie early, just to show the guys that were one or two shots behind me, like I'm not messing around today. I'm coming out making birdies, too.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2016
The first day, he told me to make eight birdies. And honestly, he's three years old, he has no idea what he's telling me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2016
Yeah, I just told him, "You couldn't make one bogey out there for me today?"
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Moore | 65 · 65 · 65 · 67 | 262 | −22 |
| 2 | Ben Martin | 66 · 68 · 62 · 68 | 264 | −20 |
| T3 | Whee Kim | 69 · 67 · 64 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Morgan Hoffmann | 67 · 67 · 62 · 71 | 267 | −17 |
| T5 | Ricky Barnes | 69 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Kelly Kraft | 69 · 64 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Johnson Wagner | 68 · 64 · 67 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| T8 | Kevin Na | 69 · 70 · 67 · 64 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Adam Hadwin | 71 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Andrew Landry | 69 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Bud Cauley | 67 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Steve Marino | 66 · 65 · 70 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Wesley Bryan | 66 · 64 · 70 · 70 | 270 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1982-12-05, Tacoma, Washington; USA; turned pro 2005; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 59 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet