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Sunday 7 August 2016PGA TourYear in Review
Knox wins Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 August 2016 · Russell Knox’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,600,000 USD · Travelers
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/15°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/17°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/21°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/19°C · wind 16 km/h NW, 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
- Jerry Kelly USA · 267closed with a 64, including an eagle from 113 yards on the 13th, to post 13 under; Knox beat him with a 12-foot par putt on the 72nd hole Russell Knox wins Travelers after history-making 58 from Jim Furyk (ESPN/AP)
156 started · cut -1, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Travelers Championship
TPC River Highlands, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Russell Knox
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 August 2016
Yeah, I'm a bigger beast now for making that putt. I don't know where that came from. It just came out.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 August 2016
golf is so difficult, you lose every week pretty much, and to make that putt, I mean, it's just the greatest feeling ever. I wish I could share it with you.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
7 August 2016
The love that they showed me this week, that's about the best of any year, … But, this is about the best I've played of any year, too.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Knox | 67 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | Jerry Kelly | 64 · 70 · 69 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| T3 | Justin Thomas | 68 · 69 · 69 · 62 | 268 | −12 |
| T3 | Patrick Rodgers | 68 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | 73 · 66 · 72 · 58 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Robert Garrigus | 67 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Tyrone Van Aswegen | 67 · 66 · 65 · 71 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Daniel Berger | 66 · 67 · 62 · 74 | 269 | −11 |
| T9 | Marc Leishman | 65 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | 67 · 70 · 64 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1985-06-21, Inverness, Scotland; SCO; turned pro 2007; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 26 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet