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Sunday 15 January 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Thomas wins Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 January 2017 · Justin Thomas’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · Sony
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/23°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/23°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/23°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/23°C · wind 20 km/h E, gusts 29 · 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
- Justin Rose ENG · 260closed with 64, birdieing three of the last four holes, but finished seven shots behind Thomas, alone in second Justin Thomas caps off record week with trophy at Sony Open (Associated Press, via ESPN)
144 started, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Sony Open in Hawaii
Waialae Country Club, Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Thomas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 January 2017
All I could hear about from everyone and reading everything is no one has ever blown a seven-shot lead before.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 January 2017
This win meant a lot because of how I did it. The first wire-to-wire win. I mean, I had a hard time getting focused up there today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 January 2017
I'm not joking when I say I won the other tournament. Coming down the stretch, we were playing for second.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 59 · 64 · 65 · 65 | 253 | −27 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 66 · 64 · 66 · 64 | 260 | −20 |
| 3 | Jordan Spieth | 65 · 67 · 66 · 63 | 261 | −19 |
| T4 | Kevin Kisner | 70 · 67 · 60 · 65 | 262 | −18 |
| T4 | Jamie Lovemark | 64 · 68 · 65 · 65 | 262 | −18 |
| T6 | Gary Woodland | 64 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 263 | −17 |
| T6 | Zach Johnson | 69 · 61 · 65 · 68 | 263 | −17 |
| T8 | Chez Reavie | 67 · 67 · 69 · 61 | 264 | −16 |
| T8 | Charles Howell III | 65 · 66 · 68 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| 10 | Jim Herman | 66 · 67 · 67 · 65 | 265 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-29, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2013; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet