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Sunday 23 April 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Chappell wins Valero Texas Open
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 April 2017 · Kevin Chappell’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · Valero
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/21°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 45 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/15°C · wind 23 km/h NNE, gusts 50 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/10°C · wind 20 km/h N, gusts 40 · 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
- Brooks Koepka USA · 277shot the day's best round, 65, and laid up on the par-5 18th to birdie it and tie, but Chappell birdied the last from 8 feet to win by one Kevin Chappell wins Texas Open with 8-foot putt on final hole (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-04-23)
156 started · cut E, 76 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Valero Texas Open
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Kevin Chappell
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Kevin Chappell interview, 2017-04-23 (ASAP Sports)
23 April 2017
Those people that know me I do everything the hard way and 180 starts later that's pretty hard.
Kevin Chappell wins Texas Open with 8-foot putt on final hole (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-04-23)
23 April 2017
There's been quite the monkey on my back for some time now about getting that first win. And to take that off and not have to answer those questions anymore is nice.
Brooks Koepka interview, 2017-04-23 (ASAP Sports)
23 April 2017
You got to respect him, too. It's 8 feet. Everybody out here can do that, everybody out here is good. I'm not surprised. But I'm happy for him.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Chappell | 69 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Brooks Koepka | 68 · 74 · 70 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Kevin Tway | 70 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Tony Finau | 71 · 65 · 74 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 5 | Aaron Baddeley | 69 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Sung Kang | 69 · 70 · 74 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Brian Gay | 68 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Ryan Palmer | 74 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Cameron Smith | 72 · 65 · 73 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Camilo Villegas | 73 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Bud Cauley | 70 · 66 · 74 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Branden Grace | 66 · 73 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1986-07-08, Fresno, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2008; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 41 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Valero Texas Open' (week 16/2017), OWGR player profile).
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