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Sunday 21 January 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Rahm wins CareerBuilder Challenge
PGA West (Stadium Course), La Quinta, California · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 January 2018 · Jon Rahm’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,900,000 USD · CareerBuilder
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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/14°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/16°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/12°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 51 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/6°C · wind 6 km/h N, gusts 23 · 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
- Andrew Landry USA · 266birdied the 72nd hole from the rough to force a playoff, missed birdie putts on the first two extra holes and on the 10th, and lost to Rahm's birdie on the fourth extra hole ASAP Sports transcript: Jon Rahm, CareerBuilder Challenge, January 21, 2018
156 started · cut -8, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
CareerBuilder Challenge
PGA West (Stadium Course), with PGA West (Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course) and La Quinta Country Club, PGA West (Stadium Course), La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jon Rahm
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports transcript: Jon Rahm, CareerBuilder Challenge, January 21, 2018
21 January 2018
to get to where only Seve, Ollie and Sergio have gotten, coming out of Spain, and now me, at the age of 23 it's, to me it's beyond belief.
ASAP Sports transcript: Jon Rahm, CareerBuilder Challenge, January 21, 2018
21 January 2018
Yeah, so far I've only lost against Superman this year.
ASAP Sports transcript: Andrew Landry, CareerBuilder Challenge, January 21, 2018
21 January 2018
So second place finish, we'll take it and move on next week to Torrey Pines
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Rahm | 62 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Andrew Landry | 63 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 266 | −22 |
| T3 | John Huh | 68 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Adam Hadwin | 66 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Martin Piller | 64 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 268 | −20 |
| T6 | Kevin Chappell | 71 · 64 · 67 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Scott Piercy | 68 · 65 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| T8 | Sam Saunders | 70 · 67 · 69 · 64 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Jason Kokrak | 63 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Brandon Harkins | 64 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1994-11-10, Barrika, Basque Country, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2016; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'CareerBuilder Challenge' (week 3/2018), OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
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