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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).
- R123°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/10°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/11°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/6°C · wind 24 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- Camilo Villegas COL · 265made birdies at 16 and 17 and a 6-foot par putt at 18 to join the playoff, then missed a 7-foot par putt on the third extra hole Monday Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Henrik Norlander SWE · 265in the playoff on a sponsor's exemption; from the front bunker at the 17th Monday, narrowly missed his par putt Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Blayne Barber USA · 265narrowly missed his par putt at the 17th, the third playoff hole, on Monday Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Billy Horschel USA · 265eliminated on the first extra hole Sunday after narrowly missing a birdie putt and then missing a 2-foot putt Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
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
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
21 November 2016
I made the putt of my life right there
Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
21 November 2016
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.
Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins RSM Classic in four-man playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
21 November 2016
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.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mackenzie Hughes | 61 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 265 | −17 |
| T2 | Henrik Norlander | 67 · 67 · 66 · 65 | 265 | −17 |
| T2 | Blayne Barber | 63 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 265 | −17 |
| T2 | Camilo Villegas | 66 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 265 | −17 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 66 · 66 · 65 · 68 | 265 | −17 |
| T6 | Jamie Lovemark | 67 · 66 · 70 · 65 | 268 | −14 |
| T6 | Jim Furyk | 64 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −14 |
| T6 | Ollie Schniederjans | 66 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 268 | −14 |
| T6 | C.T. Pan | 66 · 64 · 67 · 71 | 268 | −14 |
| T10 | Russell Henley | 67 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 269 | −13 |
| T10 | Stewart Cink | 62 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −13 |
| T10 | Patrick Rodgers | 69 · 65 · 65 · 70 | 269 | −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).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet