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Sunday 26 March 2017PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Johnson wins WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas · Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 March 2017 · Dustin Johnson’s win no. 15 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,750,000 USD · Dell Technologies
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/19°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/18°C · wind 35 km/h S, gusts 68 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/18°C · wind 30 km/h S, gusts 57 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/13°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/15°C · wind 26 km/h SSE, gusts 51 · 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
- Jon Rahm ESP · lost 1 upfell 5 down with 10 to play, rallied with birdies at 13, 15 and 16 to get within one, but could only par the 18th and lost 1 up Dustin Johnson wins Match Play for career sweep of WGC events (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2017-03-26)
64 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Austin Country Club, Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Dustin Johnson
Score, to par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Dustin Johnson interview, 2017-03-26 (ASAP Sports)
26 March 2017
I think obviously there's a lot of great players and I'm the first one to do it. I feel like there will be some more to do it. But I'm very, very pleased with it.
Jon Rahm interview, 2017-03-26 (ASAP Sports)
26 March 2017
But, man, I mean what's to say, his power off the tee, it's amazing how he's able to keep cool the entire round. It amazes me. And he's just a perfect, complete player.
Jon Rahm interview, 2017-03-26 (ASAP Sports)
26 March 2017
On 13 I said, that's it. No more complaining. No more whining, let's just get it done and almost did.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | ||
| 2 | Jon Rahm | ||
| 3 | Bill Haas | ||
| 4 | Hideto Tanihara | ||
| T5 | Alex Noren | ||
| T5 | Phil Mickelson | ||
| T5 | Soren Kjeldsen | ||
| T5 | Ross Fisher | ||
| T9 | Bubba Watson | ||
| T9 | Marc Leishman | ||
| T9 | Kevin Na | ||
| T9 | Charles Howell III | ||
| T9 | Paul Casey | ||
| T9 | William McGirt | ||
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | ||
| T9 | Zach Johnson |
The golfer
born 1984-06-22, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2007; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 15; majors to date: 1; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play' (week 12/2017), OWGR player profile).
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