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Sunday 11 June 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Berger wins FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 June 2017 · Daniel Berger’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,400,000 USD · FedEx
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/14°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/17°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 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
- Charl Schwartzel RSA · 271closed with 66 but a third-round 74 left too much to do; his long birdie putt on 17 to draw level stopped just short Daniel Berger wins at St. Jude Classic for second straight year (AP via ESPN)
- Whee Kim KOR · 271closed with 67 to tie for second, one behind Berger's bogey-free 66 Daniel Berger wins at St. Jude Classic for second straight year (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +1, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
FedEx St. Jude Classic
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Daniel Berger
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
11 June 2017
We hear a lot about the young guns and about the Justin Thomases and Jordan Spieths, but I feel like I kind of get forgotten a little bit
ESPN (AP wire recap)
11 June 2017
I just hit so many good shots coming down the stretch and I can't even explain … It's just -- I feel like I wasn't even on the golf course. It just kind of happened.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Berger | 70 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T2 | Charl Schwartzel | 65 · 66 · 74 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T2 | Whee Kim | 69 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | Billy Horschel | 72 · 66 · 70 · 64 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Braden Thornberry | 71 · 69 · 67 · 65 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Kevin Chappell | 68 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Chez Reavie | 66 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T4 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 70 · 66 · 65 · 71 | 272 | −8 |
| 9 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | Harris English | 67 · 72 · 70 · 65 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Steve Wheatcroft | 68 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | 71 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Dominic Bozzelli | 69 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | David Hearn | 70 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Chad Campbell | 67 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Ben Crane | 68 · 65 · 68 · 73 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | 64 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-07, Plantation, Florida; USA; turned pro 2013; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 43 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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