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Sunday 19 July 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Rahm wins the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 2020 · Jon Rahm’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,300,000 USD · Nationwide · rescheduled after the COVID-19 suspension of the 2019–20 season: originally scheduled to end 2020-06-07 (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
14 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/24°C · wind 29 km/h SW, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/23°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/24°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 1.2 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
- Ryan Palmer USA · 282cut Rahm's eight-shot lead at the turn to three with three to play (birdie on 12 as Rahm doubled 11 and bogeyed 14) but closed 74 to lose by three Jon Rahm, 25, cruises to win at Memorial to secure No. 1 ranking (ESPN, AP wire)
131 started · cut +3, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide
Muirfield Village Golf Club, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jon Rahm
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 July 2020
So it was so easy to get caught up on arbitrary things like the penalty stroke. And all I can say is as minimal as it was, it moved; I accept it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 July 2020
If it's a difficult golf course on a regular day, imagine when they're ready to basically let the greens die, fairways die.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 July 2020
But at the end of the day I guess I won the other tournament.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Rahm | 69 · 67 · 68 · 75 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Ryan Palmer | 67 · 68 · 73 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| 3 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 75 · 66 · 74 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Matt Wallace | 72 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Jason Day | 73 · 66 · 72 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Mackenzie Hughes | 74 · 66 · 73 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Henrik Norlander | 74 · 66 · 71 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| 8 | Tony Finau | 66 · 69 · 73 · 78 | 286 | −2 |
| 9 | Kevin Na | 74 · 69 · 71 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Patrick Reed | 71 · 76 · 70 · 71 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Luke List | 70 · 68 · 79 · 71 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Xinjun Zhang | 72 · 73 · 70 · 73 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1994-11-10, Barrika, Biscay, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2016; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet