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Sunday 6 August 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Stroud wins Barracuda Championship
Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August 2017 · Chris Stroud’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,300,000 USD
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/20°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/19°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 44 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 32 · 4.7 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
- Greg Owen ENG · 44 pointsdrove into the water on the 17th for bogey, birdied the 18th to join the playoff, then bladed a bunker shot from a bad lie on the first extra hole and was eliminated Chris Stroud wins Barracuda Championship on second playoff hole (ESPN/AP)
- Richy Werenski USA · 44 pointsrookie holed an 8-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole and another on the first extra hole, but went long on the second extra hole and missed a 25-foot birdie putt Chris Stroud wins Barracuda Championship on second playoff hole (ESPN/AP)
133 started · cut 9 points, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Barracuda Championship
Montreux Golf and Country Club, Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Chris Stroud
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2017
Extremely calm. I credit my caddie for that today. He kept me distracted. Anytime if I hit a shot and I started talking about it, he'd said, hey, let's talk about something else. He never let me talk about golf.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
6 August 2017
Eleven years I've waited for that … So it's a dream come true.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
6 August 2017
Disappointed … This time of my career, you don't get many more chances.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Stroud | 44 | |
| T2 | Greg Owen | 44 | |
| T2 | Richy Werenski | 44 | |
| T4 | Tom Hoge | 41 | |
| T4 | Stuart Appleby | 41 | |
| T6 | Derek Fathauer | 40 | |
| T6 | Robert Garrigus | 40 | |
| 8 | Sam Saunders | 39 | |
| T9 | Ryan Palmer | 38 | |
| T9 | Patton Kizzire | 38 |
The golfer
born 1982-02-03, Groves, Texas; USA; turned pro 2004; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 413 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet