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Sunday 22 April 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Landry wins Valero Texas Open
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 April 2018 · Andrew Landry’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,200,000 USD · Valero
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/13°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 21 km/h ESE, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/16°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/11°C · wind 21 km/h N, gusts 43 · 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
- Trey Mullinax USA · 273a day after a course-record 62, chunked a flop shot and bogeyed the short par-4 17th to fall two behind; closed with 69 Andrew Landry wins Valero Texas Open by two strokes (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2018-04-22)
- Sean O'Hair USA · 273closed with a 66 to post 15 under, two strokes behind Landry Andrew Landry wins Valero Texas Open by two strokes (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2018-04-22)
156 started · cut +1, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Valero Texas Open
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Andrew Landry
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Andrew Landry wins Valero Texas Open by two strokes (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2018-04-22)
22 April 2018
Everybody was out. It was pretty special to be able to snag a victory with everybody being here to share it.
Andrew Landry wins Valero Texas Open by two strokes (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2018-04-22)
22 April 2018
Losing in that playoff when I was continuing to hit good shot after good shot, just not making any putts. Normally that's a strength of my game. Now here we are, a winner.
Andrew Landry wins Valero Texas Open by two strokes (Associated Press, via ESPN, 2018-04-22)
22 April 2018
Give all credit to Andrew. He played really well today, rock steady. He was putting great, hitting great shots.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Landry | 69 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Sean O'Hair | 72 · 70 · 65 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Trey Mullinax | 74 · 68 · 62 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Jimmy Walker | 71 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 5 | Zach Johnson | 70 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Joaquín Niemann | 72 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| 7 | Ryan Moore | 68 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Kevin Streelman | 74 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Andrew Putnam | 73 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Chris Kirk | 73 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1987-08-07, Port Neches, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2009; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 114 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Valero Texas Open' (week 16/2018), OWGR player profile).
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