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Sunday 29 October 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Armour wins Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 October 2017 · Ryan Armour’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,300,000 USD · Sanderson Farms
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/8°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/7°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 58 · 7.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R312°/4°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 5.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/0°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 31 · 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
- Chesson Hadley USA · 274shot 68 in the final round; Armour began the day five clear and was never seriously challenged Ryan Armour's victory at Sanderson Farms first in 105 career starts (Associated Press, via ESPN)
132 started, 75 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ryan Armour
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 October 2017
Big monkey off my back, I'm not going to lie. There is a lot of emotions running through my head right now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 October 2017
validation is a better word, that you don't have to hit it 330 in the air to still win golf tournaments.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Armour | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Chesson Hadley | 68 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Jonathan Randolph | 69 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Smylie Kaufman | 67 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Brian Stuard | 67 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Scott Strohmeyer | 72 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Jason Kokrak | 69 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Nicholas Lindheim | 70 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Ben Silverman | 68 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Ricky Barnes | 69 · 70 · 75 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Patton Kizzire | 71 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Kevin Streelman | 71 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Derek Fathauer | 67 · 71 · 73 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Shawn Stefani | 72 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Beau Hossler | 69 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Vaughn Taylor | 70 · 66 · 71 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1976-02-27, Akron, Ohio; USA; turned pro 1999; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 321 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet