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Sunday 5 May 2019PGA TourYear in Review
Homa wins Wells Fargo Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 May 2019 · Max Homa’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,900,000 USD · Wells Fargo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/18°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/19°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 7 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
- Joel Dahmen USA · 272Shared the 54-hole lead and was level with Homa at 13 under until bogeys at the 9th and 11th; closed with 70 to finish three back. Homa claims first PGA Tour title at Quail Hollow (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +1, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Wells Fargo Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Max Homa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
5 May 2019
I'm very proud I finally found a ladder and started climbing because it was getting dark down there.
ESPN.com (Bob Harig)
5 May 2019
I think I made more money in the pro-ams on Monday than I did in the tournaments
ESPN (AP wire recap)
5 May 2019
I didn't beat myself today, which was kind of the goal … Max is playing awesome. He's a good friend. I think we're going to celebrate tonight.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Homa | 69 · 63 · 70 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Joel Dahmen | 66 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| 3 | Justin Rose | 70 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Sergio Garcia | 69 · 73 · 65 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Rickie Fowler | 71 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Paul Casey | 69 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Jason Dufner | 68 · 63 · 71 · 73 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Kyle Stanley | 69 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Keith Mitchell | 68 · 74 · 66 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Jhonattan Vegas | 72 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Pat Perez | 69 · 68 · 66 · 74 | 277 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1990-11-19, Burbank, California; USA; turned pro 2013; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 417 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet