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Sunday 17 April 2016PGA TourYear in Review
Grace wins RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 April 2016 · Branden Grace’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,900,000 USD · RBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/15°C · wind 28 km/h NE, gusts 48 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/14°C · wind 34 km/h NE, gusts 60 · 15.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 32 km/h NE, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 25 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 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
- Luke Donald ENG · 277led by three entering the final round, parred the first six holes, drove into the water for bogey at 8 and closed with 71 Branden Grace rallies on Sunday to win his first PGA Tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2016-04-17)
- Russell Knox SCO · 277closed with 67 from behind to tie for second, two shots back Branden Grace rallies on Sunday to win his first PGA Tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2016-04-17)
· cut +2, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
RBC Heritage
Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Branden Grace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Branden Grace interview, 2016-04-17 (ASAP Sports)
17 April 2016
It reminds me a little bit of Fancourt Links back home, because it's linksy.
Branden Grace rallies on Sunday to win his first PGA Tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2016-04-17)
17 April 2016
I can tick this one off the box and head into the next couple of majors trying to win it
Luke Donald interview, 2016-04-17 (ASAP Sports)
17 April 2016
There's less pressure on the people chasing. It's harder to lead on a Sunday.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branden Grace | 66 · 74 · 69 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T2 | Russell Knox | 72 · 65 · 73 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T2 | Luke Donald | 66 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Bryson DeChambeau | 70 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Kevin Na | 73 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Bryce Molder | 70 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Whee Kim | 71 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Jason Kokrak | 71 · 68 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T9 | Aaron Baddeley | 71 · 69 · 73 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T9 | Ricky Barnes | 71 · 68 · 74 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T9 | William McGirt | 69 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 281 | −3 |
| T9 | Kevin Chappell | 68 · 68 · 75 · 70 | 281 | −3 |
| T9 | Matt Kuchar | 67 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-20, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'RBC Heritage' (week 16/2016), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet