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Sunday 5 January 2020PGA TourYear in Review

Thomas wins Sentry Tournament of Champions

Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 January 2020 · Justin Thomas’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,700,000 USD · Sentry

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

10 h 46 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R123°/22°C · wind 28 km/h NE, gusts 39 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R223°/21°C · wind 36 km/h ENE, gusts 45 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R323°/22°C · wind 36 km/h ENE, gusts 49 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R424°/22°C · wind 43 km/h ENE, gusts 58 · 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

34 started, 34 made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

PGA Tour event

Sentry Tournament of Champions

Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Justin Thomas

278Total
−14To par
playoffMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I played 16 holes about as good as I could have played them in those conditions. I felt like I had total control of the tournament.

Justin Thomas, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 January 2020. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I said, We're 113 yards, I need to make birdie; I'm not worried about what the safest play is, like we need to make 4.

Justin Thomas, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 5 January 2020. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Justin Thomas67 · 73 · 69 · 69278−14
T2Patrick Reed72 · 66 · 74 · 66278−14
T2Xander Schauffele69 · 68 · 71 · 70278−14
4Patrick Cantlay69 · 71 · 73 · 68281−11
T5Rickie Fowler68 · 71 · 74 · 69282−10
T5Joaquín Niemann66 · 72 · 74 · 70282−10
T7Dustin Johnson72 · 71 · 71 · 69283−9
T7Collin Morikawa71 · 71 · 70 · 71283−9
T7Gary Woodland73 · 69 · 69 · 72283−9
10Jon Rahm69 · 73 · 70 · 72284−8
The golfer

born 1993-04-29, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2013; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 1; world No. 4 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).

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