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Sunday 9 August 2020PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Morikawa wins PGA Championship
TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 August 2020 · Collin Morikawa’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $11,000,000 USD · Originally scheduled May 14-17, 2020; postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic (announced March 17) and played August 6-9 without spectators; the first major played in over a year.
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/14°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/14°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/15°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/14°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Paul Casey ENG · 269Birdied the drivable 16th to tie Morikawa at 11 under, then Morikawa, one group behind, drove the same green and holed for eagle; Casey parred in for 66 2020 PGA Championship (Wikipedia)
- Dustin Johnson USA · 26954-hole leader; even par for his round through 15, then birdied 16 and 18 too late to catch Morikawa 2020 PGA Championship (Wikipedia)
156 started · cut +1, 79 made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
TPC Harding Park, San Francisco
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Paul Casey, Dustin Johnson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 August 2020
Yeah, by Wednesday night, I had no plans on going for 16 at all.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 August 2020
You either win or you lose, and I got off to a little shaky start.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 August 2020
Nothing I can do except tip my hat. It was a phenomenal shot.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collin Morikawa | 69 · 69 · 65 · 64 | 267 | −13 |
| T2 | Dustin Johnson | 69 · 67 · 65 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T2 | Paul Casey | 68 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T4 | Bryson DeChambeau | 68 · 70 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Jason Day | 65 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Tony Finau | 67 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Matthew Wolff | 69 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 270 | −10 |
| T4 | Scottie Scheffler | 66 · 71 · 65 · 68 | 270 | −10 |
| 9 | Justin Rose | 66 · 68 · 70 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Xander Schauffele | 66 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| T10 | Cameron Champ | 71 · 64 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −8 |
| T10 | Joel Dahmen | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1997-02-06, Los Angeles, California; USA; turned pro 2019; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore 12 (OWGR player profile, 2020 events table); Wikipedia: rose from 12th to 5th).
What’s in the bag
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