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Sunday 28 October 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Champ wins Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 October 2018 · Cameron Champ’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,400,000 USD · Sanderson Farms
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 26 km/h SE, gusts 48 · 31.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/12°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/8°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 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
- Corey Conners CAN · 271tied Champ on the front nine and traded the lead on the back nine, but missed a 7-foot eagle putt on the short par-4 15th and closed with a 68, four back Cameron Champ snares first PGA Tour win with late rally (Associated Press, via ESPN)
132 started, 72 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cameron Champ
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 2018
I was trying to just have good speed and get it down there for an easy par. Obviously had perfect speed and read it perfectly and just dropped in there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 October 2018
Yeah, I can think back to second stage when I kind of almost choked with three holes to go. Made a great putt on 17 to move on to finals.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Champ | 65 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Corey Conners | 71 · 68 · 64 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Carlos Ortiz | 69 · 69 · 71 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Sam Burns | 69 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Roberto Castro | 71 · 71 · 67 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T5 | Anders Albertson | 71 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Denny McCarthy | 71 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Adam Schenk | 70 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Seth Reeves | 67 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Dylan Meyer | 71 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Martin Laird | 72 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | D.J. Trahan | 67 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Shawn Stefani | 68 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1995-06-15, Sacramento, California; USA; turned pro 2017; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 234 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet