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Sunday 15 October 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Perez wins CIMB Classic
TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 October 2017 · Pat Perez’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · CIMB
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/25°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 12.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/24°C · wind 6 km/h S, gusts 21 · 11.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/24°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/25°C · wind 8 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0.1 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
- Keegan Bradley USA · 268closed with a bogey-free 67 to finish at 20 under, four behind Pat Perez wins CIMB Classic by 4 strokes (Associated Press, via ESPN)
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
CIMB Classic
TPC Kuala Lumpur, TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Pat Perez
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press, via ESPN
15 October 2017
Unreal. I think I'm the last guy that expected to win this week, to be honest with you. I did not think I was going to win this week.
Associated Press, via ESPN
15 October 2017
I really can't explain it. It's been an amazing 12 months. I can't explain it, but I hope it continues.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Perez | 66 · 65 · 64 · 69 | 264 | −24 |
| 2 | Keegan Bradley | 65 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T3 | Sung Kang | 67 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Xander Schauffele | 65 · 67 · 67 · 72 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Cameron Smith | 64 · 71 · 73 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Hideki Matsuyama | 70 · 68 · 63 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T7 | Paul Casey | 77 · 63 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Lucas Glover | 71 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Danny Lee | 73 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T10 | Peter Uihlein | 73 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 67 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T10 | Anirban Lahiri | 67 · 73 · 64 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1976-03-01, Phoenix, Arizona; USA; turned pro 1997; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 31 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet