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Sunday 29 September 2019PGA TourYear in Review
Champ wins Safeway Open
Silverado Resort North Course, Napa, California · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 September 2019 · Cameron Champ’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,600,000 USD · Safeway
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/8°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0.3 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
- Adam Hadwin CAN · 272birdied the final three holes for a 67 to tie at 16 under, then watched Champ birdie the 18th to win by one Emotional Champ hangs on to win Safeway Open (Associated Press, via ESPN)
144 started, 67 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Safeway Open
Silverado Resort (North Course), Silverado Resort North Course, Napa, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cameron Champ
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press, via ESPN
29 September 2019
For him to be able to see me make that putt on 18 on the 72nd hole, that will go down as the greatest moment ever in my career.
Associated Press, via ESPN
29 September 2019
At least I made him think about it a little bit
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Champ | 67 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Adam Hadwin | 68 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Marc Leishman | 70 · 72 · 67 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Zac Blair | 75 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Charles Howell III | 73 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Justin Thomas | 71 · 64 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Dylan Frittelli | 70 · 65 · 75 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Cameron Percy | 70 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Xinjun Zhang | 69 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Collin Morikawa | 72 · 64 · 70 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Nick Watney | 69 · 65 · 72 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Nick Taylor | 69 · 66 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1995-06-15, Sacramento, California; USA; turned pro 2017; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 170 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet