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Sunday 7 October 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Tway wins Safeway Open
Silverado Resort North Course, Napa, California · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October 2018 · Kevin Tway’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,400,000 USD · Safeway
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/15°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/12°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/14°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 22 km/h N, gusts 54 · 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
- Ryan Moore USA · 274birdied three of the last four for a 67 to join the playoff, then lost to Tway's birdie on the third extra hole Kevin Tway wins Safeway Open on 3rd hole of playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
- Brandt Snedeker USA · 274three ahead entering the final round and five ahead with 11 to play, he made four back-nine bogeys in a 74 and was eliminated on the first playoff hole Kevin Tway wins Safeway Open on 3rd hole of playoff (Associated Press, via ESPN)
144 started, 74 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Safeway Open
Silverado Resort (North Course), Silverado Resort North Course, Napa, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Kevin Tway
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press, via ESPN
7 October 2018
I was kind of right there, but kind of hanging around. Birdied 17, 18 to get into the playoff and then kept it going in the playoff -- and here I am.
Associated Press, via ESPN
7 October 2018
I'm going to look at that one in a few years and know I gave that one away. I had that full control.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Tway | 68 · 67 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Ryan Moore | 67 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Brandt Snedeker | 66 · 65 · 69 · 74 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Luke List | 70 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Troy Merritt | 67 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Sam Ryder | 69 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Aaron Baddeley | 70 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Sungjae Im | 66 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| 9 | J.B. Holmes | 70 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Danny Lee | 69 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Jim Knous | 73 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Chase Wright | 64 · 72 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Bill Haas | 70 · 68 · 67 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-23, Edmond, Oklahoma; USA; turned pro 2011; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 138 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet