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Monday 29 January 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Day wins Farmers Insurance Open
Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, California · Thursday 25 to Monday 29 January 2018 · Jason Day’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,900,000 USD · Farmers Insurance · Monday finish: the playoff was halted by darkness after five extra holes on Sunday, January 28, and decided on the sixth extra hole on Monday morning, January 29, with spectators not admitted
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/9°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/8°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/8°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/10°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/13°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 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
- Alex Noren SWE · 278matched Day through five playoff holes on Sunday; on the sixth extra hole on Monday his 3-wood second shot to the 18th landed short and rolled into the pond, and he bogeyed Jason Day beats Alex Noren on sixth playoff hole to win Farmers Insurance Open (AP via ESPN)
- Ryan Palmer USA · 278eliminated with a par on the first playoff hole Jason Day beats Alex Noren on sixth playoff hole to win Farmers Insurance Open (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut -1, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Farmers Insurance Open
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South and North Courses), Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jason Day
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Jason Day beats Alex Noren on sixth playoff hole to win Farmers Insurance Open (AP via ESPN, 2018-01-29)
29 January 2018
I'd play until Wednesday if I needed to get that win
Jason Day beats Alex Noren on sixth playoff hole to win Farmers Insurance Open (AP via ESPN, 2018-01-29)
29 January 2018
I think last year was a good kick in the butt, you know, not really being talked about and being talked about for the wrong reasons
Jason Day beats Alex Noren on sixth playoff hole to win Farmers Insurance Open (AP via ESPN, 2018-01-29)
29 January 2018
I had a perfect yardage
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | 73 · 64 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Alex Noren | 70 · 66 · 69 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Ryan Palmer | 66 · 67 · 73 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| 4 | J.B. Holmes | 70 · 72 · 65 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| 5 | Keegan Bradley | 70 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Charles Howell III | 69 · 72 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Tony Finau | 65 · 70 · 73 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Robert Garrigus | 69 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Harris English | 70 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Marc Leishman | 71 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Justin Rose | 69 · 70 · 69 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1987-11-12, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2006; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Farmers Insurance Open' (week 4/2018), OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
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