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Sunday 19 May 2019PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Koepka wins PGA Championship
Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 May 2019 · Brooks Koepka’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $11,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/13°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/14°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 42 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Dustin Johnson USA · 274Started seven back and closed to within one with three to play, then bogeyed the 16th (approach flew the green) and the 17th 2019 PGA Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +4, 82 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Bethpage State Park (Black Course), Farmingdale
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dustin Johnson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 May 2019
When they started chanting, "DJ" on 14, it actually kind of helped, to be honest with you.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 May 2019
I challenge anybody to go play this golf course in 15- to 20-mile-an-hour winds and see what they shoot.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 May 2019
Hit the shot I wanted to right at the flag. Just I don't know how it flew 200 yards into the wind like that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 63 · 65 · 70 · 74 | 272 | −8 |
| 2 | Dustin Johnson | 69 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
| T3 | Patrick Cantlay | 69 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −2 |
| T3 | Jordan Spieth | 69 · 66 · 72 · 71 | 278 | −2 |
| T3 | Matt Wallace | 69 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
| 6 | Luke List | 68 · 68 · 69 · 74 | 279 | −1 |
| 7 | Sung Kang | 68 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 280 | E |
| T8 | Gary Woodland | 70 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Shane Lowry | 75 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Rory McIlroy | 72 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Matt Kuchar | 70 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Erik van Rooyen | 70 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 281 | +1 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | 71 · 64 · 72 · 74 | 281 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1990-05-03, West Palm Beach, Florida; USA; turned pro 2012; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 4; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore 3 (OWGR player profile, 2019 events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet