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Sunday 23 July 2017PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Spieth wins the Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2017 · Jordan Spieth’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $10,250,000 USD · 146th Open Championship
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 28 km/h W, gusts 44 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 41 km/h SE, gusts 76 · 20.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/14°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/14°C · wind 29 km/h NW, gusts 46 · 5.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Matt Kuchar USA · 271Led by one after Spieth's bogey at the 13th, but Spieth played 14-17 in five under; Kuchar found a greenside bunker at the 18th and bogeyed 2017 Open Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +5, 77 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Matt Kuchar
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 July 2017
Today took as much out of me as any day that I've ever played golf.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 July 2017
No, I've just hit it in a lot of places before (laughing).
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 July 2017
It's hard to explain. It's crushing. It hurts. And it's an excitement and a thrill to have played well, put up a battle, put up a fight.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Spieth | 65 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Matt Kuchar | 65 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| 3 | Haotong Li | 69 · 73 · 69 · 63 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 71 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 67 · 73 · 67 · 68 | 275 | −5 |
| T6 | Marc Leishman | 69 · 76 · 66 · 65 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Matthew Southgate | 72 · 72 · 67 · 65 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Alex Noren | 68 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Branden Grace | 70 · 74 · 62 · 70 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Brooks Koepka | 65 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1993-07-27, Dallas, Texas; USA; turned pro 2012; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 3; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet