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Monday 4 September 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Thomas wins Dell Technologies Championship
TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts · Friday 1 to Monday 4 September 2017 · Justin Thomas’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,750,000 USD · Dell Technologies · Friday-to-Monday schedule: final round played Monday, September 4 (Labor Day)
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/11°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/8°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/11°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 41 · 12.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/13°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, 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
- Jordan Spieth USA · 270went 5 under through four holes for a brief lead, then bogeyed the 14th after missing the green and made bogey at the 18th chasing eagle; closed with 67, three back Justin Thomas holds on in Boston to earn fifth win of the season (ESPN/AP)
96 started · cut +3, 79 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Dell Technologies Championship
TPC Boston, TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Thomas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 September 2017
Definitely jealousy. I still get jealous. Any time any of my friends win and I don't, I'm extremely happy for them, I'm pumped for them, I'm excited but I'm jealous. I wish I had three majors right now.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
4 September 2017
I have two events left. I have two more opportunities to win … And I'd love to make it six or seven wins.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
4 September 2017
Came out firing, like I said we had to do … [Holes] 8 through 14 is the meat of the golf course.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 71 · 67 · 63 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | 72 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| 3 | Marc Leishman | 67 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Jon Rahm | 67 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Paul Casey | 70 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| T6 | Patrick Reed | 71 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Kevin Na | 68 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Pat Perez | 72 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Bill Haas | 71 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Justin Rose | 72 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-29, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2013; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet