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Sunday 9 April 2017PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Garcia wins Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 April 2017 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 10 on the PGA Tour · purse $11,000,000 USD · 81st Masters; sudden-death playoff on Sunday
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/11°C · wind 36 km/h W, gusts 77 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/9°C · wind 28 km/h WNW, gusts 59 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/5°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/4°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Masters
1934–2026 in our record, 90 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Justin Rose ENG · 279Led by two after García's bogeys at 10 and 11 and birdied 16 to lead again, but bogeyed 17 from a greenside bunker, missed a 7-footer to win at 18, then drove into the trees on the first playoff hole and missed for par 2017 Masters Tournament (Wikipedia)
93 started · cut +6, 53 made it
Same week
Men's major
Masters
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Justin Rose
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 April 2017
I'm obviously thrilled about what happened here today, but I'm still ‑‑ I'm still the same guy. I'm still the same goofy guy, so that's not going to change.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 April 2017
Now I'll have to answer, I don't know if I'll be the best player to have only won one major (laughter). But I can live with that (smiling).
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 April 2017
you're going to win majors and you're going to lose majors but you've got to be willing to lose them.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 71 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 71 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Charl Schwartzel | 74 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Matt Kuchar | 72 · 73 · 71 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Thomas Pieters | 72 · 68 · 75 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| 6 | Paul Casey | 72 · 75 · 69 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Kevin Chappell | 71 · 76 · 70 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | 72 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | 75 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Ryan Moore | 74 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; turned pro 1999; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 1; world No. 11 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile)).
What’s in the bag
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