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Sunday 8 October 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Steele wins Safeway Open
Silverado Resort and Spa, North Course, Napa, California · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 October 2017 · Brendan Steele’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · Safeway
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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/8°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/10°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/11°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/13°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 57 · 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
- Tony Finau USA · 275tied Steele for the lead at 14 under with a birdie at the 13th, then double-bogeyed the 14th; his 40-foot eagle putt at the 18th to force a playoff missed and he settled for birdie Brendan Steele wins Safeway Open by 2 to repeat as champ (Associated Press, via ESPN)
144 started · cut -1, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Safeway Open
Silverado Resort and Spa (North Course), Silverado Resort and Spa, North Course, Napa, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brendan Steele
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Safeway Open 2017: Round 4 – Brendan Steele rallies to defend title (Golf Today)
8 October 2017
I’m getting pretty spoiled winning the first event of the year twice. This place is so great to me. I feel so comfortable here and it’s been a great run.
Safeway Open 2017: Round 4 – Brendan Steele rallies to defend title (Golf Today)
8 October 2017
I knew the weather was going to be windy and it seems Sunday is always the hardest day on the PGA Tour for whatever reason. That was about as hard as it can play out there.
Safeway Open 2017: Round 4 – Brendan Steele rallies to defend title (Golf Today)
8 October 2017
But I put myself in a situation where a playoff or a win with that eagle putt. It was still pretty cool.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan Steele | 65 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Tony Finau | 70 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Chesson Hadley | 72 · 61 · 70 · 73 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Graham DeLaet | 69 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Tyler Duncan | 65 · 66 · 71 · 75 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Andrew Landry | 71 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Bud Cauley | 69 · 69 · 66 · 74 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Brandon Harkins | 72 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Grayson Murray | 70 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Tyrone Van Aswegen | 71 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Nick Taylor | 71 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1983-04-05, Idyllwild, California; USA; turned pro 2005; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 59 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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