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Sunday 26 March 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Points wins Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Río Grande, Puerto Rico · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 March 2017 · D.A. Points’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 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
12 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/23°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 26 · 22.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/23°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 22 · 6.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/23°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 38 · 8.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/24°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 31 · 3.3 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
- Retief Goosen RSA · 270closed with 64 to tie for second, two shots behind D.A. Points closes with 6-under 66 to win Puerto Rico Open (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-03-26)
- Bryson DeChambeau USA · 270closed with 67 to tie for second, two shots behind D.A. Points closes with 6-under 66 to win Puerto Rico Open (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-03-26)
- Bill Lunde USA · 270closed with 68 to tie for second, two shots behind D.A. Points closes with 6-under 66 to win Puerto Rico Open (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-03-26)
132 started · cut -3, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Grand Reserve Golf Club, Río Grande, Puerto Rico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
D.A. Points
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
D.A. Points closes with 6-under 66 to win Puerto Rico Open (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-03-26)
26 March 2017
I've never, that I can think of, just started out with five straight birdies. It was just like, 'Wow!' I just hit in the fairway and I hit it right at the flag and tapped it in.
D.A. Points closes with 6-under 66 to win Puerto Rico Open (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-03-26)
26 March 2017
Golf is like that, right? You have highs and lows and rarely do you just play every hole perfect. To bounce back after kind of a rough stretch there, I'm really proud.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D.A. Points | 64 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Retief Goosen | 68 · 67 · 71 · 64 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Bryson DeChambeau | 68 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Bill Lunde | 65 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Sam Saunders | 70 · 69 · 67 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Peter Uihlein | 69 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Whee Kim | 71 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | J.J. Henry | 69 · 65 · 75 · 63 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Chris Stroud | 69 · 65 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Martin Flores | 71 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Michael Thompson | 67 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Mark Anderson | 68 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Tom Hoge | 69 · 65 · 72 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | J.T. Poston | 66 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Andrew Johnston | 70 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T10 | Rafael Campos | 66 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1976-12-01, Pekin, Illinois, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1999; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 634 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Puerto Rico Open' (week 12/2017), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet