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Sunday 14 October 2018PGA TourYear in Review

Leishman wins CIMB Classic

TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 October 2018 · Marc Leishman’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · CIMB

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 56 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R131°/24°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 26 · 23.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R228°/24°C · wind 5 km/h ESE, gusts 20 · 20.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R332°/24°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 13.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R430°/23°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 21.8 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

78 started, 78 made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

PGA Tour event

CIMB Classic

TPC Kuala Lumpur (West Course), TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Marc Leishman

262Total
−26To par
5 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Associated Press, via ESPN

I feel unbelievable right now. I knew that even though I got off to a good start, I still needed to grind because there's some tough holes out there.

Marc Leishman, quoted in Associated Press, via ESPN, 14 October 2018. The report

Associated Press, via ESPN

We'll sit that [trophy] in the middle of the table tonight and have a few beers and just talk about it and just have a good night with friends really.

Marc Leishman, quoted in Associated Press, via ESPN, 14 October 2018. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Marc Leishman68 · 62 · 67 · 65262−26
T2Chesson Hadley67 · 68 · 66 · 66267−21
T2Emiliano Grillo66 · 68 · 67 · 66267−21
T2Bronson Burgoon63 · 69 · 67 · 68267−21
T5Justin Thomas66 · 69 · 69 · 64268−20
T5Abraham Ancer67 · 68 · 68 · 65268−20
T5Charles Howell III69 · 67 · 65 · 67268−20
T5Louis Oosthuizen66 · 68 · 65 · 69268−20
T5Gary Woodland69 · 61 · 67 · 71268−20
T10Si Woo Kim67 · 71 · 66 · 65269−19
T10Kevin Chappell66 · 67 · 71 · 65269−19
T10Shubhankar Sharma67 · 64 · 66 · 72269−19
The golfer

born 1983-10-24, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2005; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 24 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

Source

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet