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Sunday 1 July 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Molinari wins Quicken Loans National
TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Potomac, Maryland · Thursday 28 June to Sunday 1 July 2018 · Francesco Molinari’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,100,000 USD · Quicken Loans
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/23°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/21°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/20°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/22°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 26 · 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
- Ryan Armour USA · 267closed with a 68 to finish second, eight back, as Molinari shot a final-round 62; the finish earned Armour, 42, a first major start at the Open Francesco Molinari wins Quicken Loans National in record fashion (ESPN/AP)
120 started · cut +1, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Quicken Loans National
TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Potomac, Maryland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Francesco Molinari
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
1 July 2018
The thought was just to keep pushing, keep making birdies and don't give anyone a chance,
ESPN (AP wire recap)
1 July 2018
It was a lot easier than I thought, … I played great. The start of the back nine was incredible.
ESPN (AP wire recap)
1 July 2018
I've never played a major, … I'm fired up to go over to Carnoustie and see how my game translates over there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Molinari | 67 · 65 · 65 · 62 | 259 | −21 |
| 2 | Ryan Armour | 66 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 267 | −13 |
| 3 | Sung Kang | 72 · 64 · 68 · 64 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 70 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T4 | Abraham Ancer | 65 · 70 · 62 · 72 | 269 | −11 |
| T6 | Bronson Burgoon | 68 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T6 | Beau Hossler | 65 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 270 | −10 |
| T8 | Ryan Palmer | 70 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T8 | Chesson Hadley | 71 · 64 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T8 | Brian Gay | 67 · 64 · 72 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T8 | Andrew Landry | 63 · 72 · 65 · 71 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1982-11-08, Turin, Italy; ITA; turned pro 2004; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet