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Sunday 29 April 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Horschel and Piercy win Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 April 2018 · Billy Horschel’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,200,000 USD · Zurich
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/17°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 48 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/14°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/16°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/17°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 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
- Jason Dufner / Pat Perez USA · 267Played alongside the winners in the final group; Dufner left a 14-foot putt to tie on the 18th a foot short. Billy Horschel, Scott Piercy win Zurich Classic team event (AP via ESPN)
· cut -5, 36 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 April 2018
It wanted to take a victory lap. It knew we won. Just wanted to take a little trip around the hole once or twice to soak it in.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 April 2018
when Billy gets that confidence going and game rolling, you just kind of get out of his way and you just try to pick him up if he makes a mistake
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 April 2018
We got beat. We didn't lose it, we got to beat. They played phenomenal, so hats off to 'em.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Horschel / Scott Piercy | 65 · 73 · 61 · 67 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Jason Dufner / Pat Perez | 66 · 72 · 61 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| 3 | Louis Oosthuizen / Charl Schwartzel | 66 · 72 · 62 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood / Chris Paisley | 62 · 75 · 63 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Chesson Hadley / Brice Garnett | 64 · 73 · 61 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
| 6 | Tony Finau / Daniel Summerhays | 62 · 72 · 63 · 73 | 270 | −18 |
| T7 | Patrick Cantlay / Patrick Reed | 65 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Russell Knox / Martin Laird | 64 · 73 · 63 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Adam Schenk / Tyler Duncan | 64 · 72 · 64 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Greg Chalmers / Cameron Percy | 66 · 72 · 65 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Brendon de Jonge / Troy Merritt | 62 · 75 · 62 · 73 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | David Hearn / Seamus Power | 66 · 72 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | J.J. Henry / Tom Hoge | 62 · 73 · 65 · 72 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Jamie Lovemark / Brendan Steele | 64 · 71 · 66 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1986-12-07, Grant, Florida; USA; turned pro 2009; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
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