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Sunday 22 October 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Thomas wins the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges
The Club at Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, South Korea (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 October 2017 · Justin Thomas’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,250,000 USD · CJ
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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Marc Leishman AUS · 279went bogey-birdie on the last two holes to make the playoff, then found the water going for the par-5 18th in two on the second extra hole and made bogey The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges 2017: Round 4 – Justin Thomas wins in a playoff (Golf Today)
78 started, 77 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges
The Club at Nine Bridges, The Club at Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, South Korea
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Justin Thomas
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges 2017: Round 4 – Justin Thomas wins in a playoff (Golf Today)
22 October 2017
I’m so pumped. I probably wasn’t very fun to be around those first two days. I was just glad I finally got back to myself being patient these last two days.
The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges 2017: Round 4 – Justin Thomas wins in a playoff (Golf Today)
22 October 2017
I’m so excited to not do anything. I officially have nothing left in the tank at this moment.
The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges 2017: Round 4 – Justin Thomas wins in a playoff (Golf Today)
22 October 2017
You give one of the best players in the world a chance like that, he’s probably going to take it. Disappointed but second is not all bad.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 63 · 74 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Marc Leishman | 66 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Cameron Smith | 69 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| 4 | Whee Kim | 68 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Pat Perez | 69 · 71 · 75 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Jamie Lovemark | 70 · 74 · 68 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Brian Harman | 68 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Luke List | 68 · 67 · 76 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Anirban Lahiri | 69 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Scott Brown | 66 · 70 · 71 · 76 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-29, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2013; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet