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Sunday 16 June 2019PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woodland wins U.S. Open
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 June 2019 · Gary Woodland’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $12,500,000 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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/13°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Open
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Brooks Koepka USA · 274Bidding for a third straight U.S. Open, went four under through five holes but stalled, missed birdie chances at the 6th, 7th and 14th and a 9-foot birdie putt at the 18th 2019 U.S. Open (golf) (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +2, 79 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brooks Koepka
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 June 2019
I was guarding Curt Hinrich, and, like, okay, I need to find something else, because this ain't gonna work.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 June 2019
And went out and proved, I think to everybody else, what I always believed, that I'm pretty good.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 June 2019
It doesn't sting. I played great. Nothing I could do. I gave it my all. I give it my all every time and sometimes, like this week -- it happened at Augusta -- it's not meant to be.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Woodland | 68 · 65 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Brooks Koepka | 69 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Xander Schauffele | 66 · 73 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | 69 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
| T3 | Chez Reavie | 68 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T3 | Justin Rose | 65 · 70 · 68 · 74 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Adam Scott | 70 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T7 | Louis Oosthuizen | 66 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Henrik Stenson | 68 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Chesson Hadley | 68 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −5 |
| T9 | Rory McIlroy | 68 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1984-05-21, Topeka, Kansas; USA; turned pro 2007; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 25 that week (OWGR rankBefore 25 (OWGR player profile, 2019 events table); Wikipedia also says ranked 25th coming in).
What’s in the bag
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