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Sunday 21 October 2018PGA TourYear in Review
Koepka wins the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges
The Club at Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, South Korea (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 October 2018 · Brooks Koepka’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,500,000 USD · CJ
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Gary Woodland USA · 271started five back, pulled level twice with a front-nine burst and birdies on 15 and 16, then bogeyed the par-3 17th; closed with a 63 Brooks Koepka wins CJ Cup in South Korea to earn No. 1 ranking (Associated Press, via ESPN)
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges
The Club at Nine Bridges, The Club at Nine Bridges, Jeju Island, South Korea
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brooks Koepka
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press, via ESPN
21 October 2018
I'm not somebody who's going to panic if things go the wrong way. I felt like the one at 15 was quite big with Gary making a charge.
Brooks Koepka becomes new world No. 1 with win at CJ Cup at Nine Bridges (Golf News Net)
21 October 2018
It's a battle every day, you've just got to keep working hard and trying to improve. I've done that. I enjoyed my time on the Challenge tour, the European Tour and being here on the PGA Tour
Associated Press, via ESPN
21 October 2018
So you knew you had to make a lot of birdies and I made a lot today. I was trying to put as much pressure as I could.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 71 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Gary Woodland | 73 · 67 · 68 · 63 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Ryan Palmer | 72 · 70 · 69 · 62 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Rafa Cabrera Bello | 73 · 70 · 65 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Jason Day | 73 · 71 · 65 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Scott Piercy | 70 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Cameron Smith | 74 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Pat Perez | 72 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Chez Reavie | 68 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | 75 · 69 · 71 · 63 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Adam Hadwin | 71 · 71 · 72 · 64 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | J.J. Spaun | 71 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Ian Poulter | 70 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1990-05-03, West Palm Beach, Florida; USA; turned pro 2012; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 3; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet