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Sunday 19 November 2017PGA TourYear in Review
Cook wins the RSM Classic
Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 November 2017 · Austin Cook’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · RSM
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 39° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/8°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/10°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/11°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/10°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 41 · 1.1 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
- J.J. Spaun USA · 265twice cut Cook's lead to one shot but missed a 4-foot birdie putt at the 15th and bogeyed the 17th from a greenside bunker; finished four back Austin Cook shoots 3-under 67 to win RSM Classic, earns trip to Masters next year (Associated Press, via ESPN)
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The RSM Classic
Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course and Plantation Course), Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Austin Cook
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press, via ESPN
19 November 2017
It was definitely exciting -- real brutal with the wind, I got off to a slow start, but I was able to keep my head level and know there was a lot of golf to be played.
Associated Press, via ESPN
19 November 2017
With Kip on the bag, he was able to keep me in the moment and keep me pressing instead of playing conservative. There was a lot of stuff going on, mostly up here.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Cook | 66 · 62 · 66 · 67 | 261 | −21 |
| 2 | J.J. Spaun | 67 · 70 · 62 · 66 | 265 | −17 |
| 3 | Brian Gay | 65 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 266 | −16 |
| T4 | Brian Harman | 69 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −14 |
| T4 | Andrew Landry | 70 · 64 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −14 |
| T4 | Kevin Kisner | 67 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 268 | −14 |
| T4 | Chris Kirk | 63 · 70 · 64 · 71 | 268 | −14 |
| T8 | William McGirt | 70 · 68 · 65 · 66 | 269 | −13 |
| T8 | Bud Cauley | 72 · 63 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −13 |
| T8 | Ben Silverman | 67 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −13 |
| T8 | Zach Johnson | 70 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 269 | −13 |
| T8 | Vaughn Taylor | 67 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1991-03-13, Little Rock, Arkansas; USA; turned pro 2014; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 302 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet