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Sunday 8 January 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Thomas wins SBS Tournament of Champions
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 January 2017 · Justin Thomas’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,100,000 USD · SBS
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/20°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/20°C · wind 25 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/21°C · wind 27 km/h NNE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/20°C · wind 24 km/h ENE, gusts 38 · 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
- Hideki Matsuyama JPN · 273cut a five-shot deficit to one with a holed flop shot for eagle at 14 and Thomas's double bogey at 15, missed a 10-foot birdie putt to tie at 16, then three-putted the 17th; closed with 70, three back Justin Thomas closes with 4-under 69, wins Tournament of Champions (Associated Press, via ESPN)
32 started, 32 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
SBS Tournament of Champions
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Thomas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 January 2017
Probably not. I probably would still be out there crying or whining about it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 January 2017
And I just tried to make sure I got tilted with the hook and I didn't chunk it, and really, I just flushed it, and as soon as it came off, I knew it was going to be perfect.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 January 2017
Yeah, I tipped my hat to Justin. He played well all day long. Had a little hiccup there at 15, but I just say congratulations to him. He deserved it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 67 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −22 |
| 2 | Hideki Matsuyama | 69 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −19 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth | 72 · 69 · 70 · 65 | 276 | −16 |
| T3 | Pat Perez | 69 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −16 |
| T3 | Ryan Moore | 67 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 276 | −16 |
| T6 | Dustin Johnson | 69 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −15 |
| T6 | Patrick Reed | 70 · 65 · 72 · 70 | 277 | −15 |
| T6 | Brendan Steele | 72 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −15 |
| T9 | Tony Finau | 70 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
| T9 | William McGirt | 70 · 69 · 66 · 73 | 278 | −14 |
| T9 | Jimmy Walker | 65 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-29, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2013; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 22 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet