Golf Network News
Sunday 17 September 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Leishman wins BMW Championship
Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 September 2017 · Marc Leishman’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,750,000 USD · BMW
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/15°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/18°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/18°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 3 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
- Justin Rose ENG · 266closed with a 65 and got within two shots late, but Leishman answered with back-to-back birdies and Rose bogeyed the par-3 17th; tied second, five back Marc Leishman breaks tournament record, eyes FedEx Cup title (ESPN/AP)
- Rickie Fowler USA · 266ran off three straight birdies only after he was too far back; shot 67 to tie second, five shots behind Marc Leishman breaks tournament record, eyes FedEx Cup title (ESPN/AP)
70 started, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
BMW Championship
Conway Farms Golf Club, Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Marc Leishman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 September 2017
That five shot lead sort of -- it's just enough that you shouldn't get beat but not quite enough that you are out of reach.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 September 2017
You dream. I thought my game was in a good enough spot but, you know, having one win in 8 years it's hard to imagine winning twice in one year and two big events like they were.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
17 September 2017
Backing up what happened [in Boston] was probably the most satisfying thing for me. I was just really determined to not let that happen again.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Leishman | 62 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 261 | −23 |
| T2 | Justin Rose | 67 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 266 | −18 |
| T2 | Rickie Fowler | 65 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| 4 | Jason Day | 64 · 65 · 70 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Jon Rahm | 69 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T5 | Matt Kuchar | 67 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T7 | Tony Finau | 65 · 72 · 70 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Jordan Spieth | 65 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T9 | Anirban Lahiri | 67 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Webb Simpson | 66 · 73 · 65 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T9 | Patrick Cantlay | 67 · 65 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1983-10-24, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2005; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 22 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet