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Sunday 26 June 2016PGA TourYear in Review
Hurley wins Quicken Loans National
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 June 2016 · Billy Hurley III’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,900,000 USD · Quicken Loans
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 26.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/21°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 28 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/17°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 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
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 270closed with a 65 to get within range, but Hurley holed out from 35 yards for birdie on 15 and made a 27-foot putt on 16 to pull clear Naval Academy grad Billy Hurley III gets first PGA Tour victory at Quicken Loans National (AP via ESPN)
120 started · cut E, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Quicken Loans National
Congressional Country Club, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Billy Hurley III
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN.com news services (with AP)
26 June 2016
I'm just thrilled to have gotten it done today
ESPN.com news services (with AP)
26 June 2016
It's been a hard year … It's been a really hard year, so it's nice to have something go well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Hurley III | 66 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 66 · 71 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Bill Haas | 66 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | 64 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Ernie Els | 66 · 69 · 65 · 72 | 272 | −12 |
| 6 | Webb Simpson | 67 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| 7 | Harold Varner III | 66 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | 69 · 73 · 69 · 65 | 276 | −8 |
| T8 | Robert Garrigus | 67 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T10 | Smylie Kaufman | 67 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T10 | Rob Oppenheim | 69 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1982-06-09, Leesburg, Virginia; USA; turned pro 2006; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 607 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet