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Sunday 2 August 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Werenski wins Barracuda Championship
Tahoe Mountain Club, Old Greenwood Course, Truckee, California · Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August 2020 · Richy Werenski’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · Barracuda Networks · rescheduled after the COVID-19 suspension of the 2019–20 season: originally scheduled to end 2020-07-05 (struck-through date in the Wikipedia season schedule; original start not stated)
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/15°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/15°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/16°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 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
- Troy Merritt USA · 38 points54-hole leader; finished with 10 straight pars, left a 30-foot birdie putt short on 18 and lost by a point Richy Werenski rallies to win Barracuda Championship
Same week
PGA Tour event
Barracuda Championship
Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood Course), Tahoe Mountain Club, Old Greenwood Course, Truckee, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Richy Werenski
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2020
I guess I'm still kind of shocked it just happened so fast, making eagle on 16.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2020
Been playing well the last couple weeks and months, so it's nice to finally get the win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2020
Hit a lot of quality shots today, hit a lot of greens. Just couldn't find that one birdie on the back side.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richy Werenski | 6 · 11 · 9 · 13 | 39 points | |
| 2 | Troy Merritt | 8 · 11 · 14 · 5 | 38 points | |
| T3 | Fabián Gómez | 3 · 7 · 11 · 16 | 37 points | |
| T3 | Matthias Schwab | 9 · 11 · 4 · 13 | 37 points | |
| T5 | Scott Stallings | 4 · 8 · 11 · 12 | 35 points | |
| T5 | Robert Streb | 11 · 9 · 8 · 7 | 35 points | |
| 7 | Maverick McNealy | 10 · 9 · 10 · 5 | 34 points | |
| 8 | Aaron Wise | 7 · 3 · 4 · 19 | 33 points | |
| T9 | Alex Noren | 7 · 8 · 6 · 11 | 32 points | |
| T9 | Seamus Power | 11 · 4 · 10 · 7 | 32 points | |
| T9 | Emiliano Grillo | 10 · 8 · 11 · 3 | 32 points |
The golfer
born 1991-12-22, Springfield, Massachusetts; USA; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 210 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet