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Monday 21 November 2016PGA TourYear in Review

Hughes wins the RSM Classic

Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia · Thursday 17 to Monday 21 November 2016 · Mackenzie Hughes’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · RSM · Five-man sudden-death playoff began Sunday 20 November and was suspended by darkness after two extra holes; four players returned Monday 21 November and it was decided on the third extra hole.

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 15 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R123°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R223°/10°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R325°/11°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R417°/6°C · wind 24 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R517°/5°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 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

156 started, 70 made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

PGA Tour event

The RSM Classic

Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course and Plantation Course), Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Mackenzie Hughes

265Total
−17To par
playoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)

I made the putt of my life right there

Mackenzie Hughes, quoted in Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN), 21 November 2016. The report

Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)

Before I hit it, the thought was, 'Just make them think about it.' Put this putt in first, and if you can be the first guy in, put the pressure back on them.

Mackenzie Hughes, quoted in Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN), 21 November 2016. The report

Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)

But once again, I'm proud of myself. We want to win a golf tournament, so you go with a little bittersweet, but you've got to look at the positive and keep moving forward.

Camilo Villegas, quoted in Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN), 21 November 2016. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Mackenzie Hughes61 · 67 · 68 · 69265−17
T2Henrik Norlander67 · 67 · 66 · 65265−17
T2Blayne Barber63 · 68 · 68 · 66265−17
T2Camilo Villegas66 · 67 · 64 · 68265−17
T2Billy Horschel66 · 66 · 65 · 68265−17
T6Jamie Lovemark67 · 66 · 70 · 65268−14
T6Jim Furyk64 · 69 · 68 · 67268−14
T6Ollie Schniederjans66 · 68 · 66 · 68268−14
T6C.T. Pan66 · 64 · 67 · 71268−14
T10Russell Henley67 · 65 · 70 · 67269−13
T10Stewart Cink62 · 71 · 67 · 69269−13
T10Patrick Rodgers69 · 65 · 65 · 70269−13
The golfer

born 1990-11-23, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2012; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 287 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

Source

What’s in the bag

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