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Sunday 25 August 2019PGA TourYear in Review
McIlroy wins Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 August 2019 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 17 on the PGA Tour · Third round suspended Saturday after a lightning strike; completed Sunday morning before the final round (31 holes on the final day for McIlroy and contenders).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/24°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/24°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/23°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 9.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/19°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 34 · 2.1 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
- Xander Schauffele USA · 270closed with a 70 to finish alone in second at 14 under (with starting strokes), four behind; McIlroy pulled away on the back nine Roars for Rory: McIlroy wins FedEx Cup, $15M (ESPN/AP)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rory McIlroy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2019
my goal today was to go and win, not the normal tournament, but win by even strokes, right? So if everyone started on even this week, my goal was to just shoot the lowest score of the week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2019
Going up against the No. 1 player in the world today, he got one over on me in Memphis, and I wanted to try to sort of get some revenge today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2019
I've never had a hole-in-one, so I guess this is how it happens. You've got to get lucky.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 267 | −13 |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele | 64 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −10 |
| T3 | Justin Thomas | 70 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T3 | Brooks Koepka | 67 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 274 | −6 |
| 5 | Paul Casey | 66 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 273 | −7 |
| 6 | Adam Scott | 68 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 275 | −5 |
| 7 | Tony Finau | 70 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −4 |
| 8 | Chez Reavie | 71 · 64 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Kevin Kisner | 71 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Patrick Reed | 70 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 281 | +1 |
| T9 | Hideki Matsuyama | 66 · 75 · 66 · 71 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2007; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 4; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet