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Sunday 19 January 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Landry wins the American Express
PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, California · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 January 2020 · Andrew Landry’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,700,000 USD · American Express
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/8°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/11°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 31 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/8°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/10°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 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
- Abraham Ancer MEX · 264closed with a 63 to tie Landry, who had blown a six-shot lead on the back nine, then lost when Landry birdied the 17th and parred the 18th Andrew Landry captures second PGA Tour title with 2-shot win (Associated Press, via ESPN)
156 started · cut -9, 74 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The American Express
PGA West (Stadium Course); rotation with PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club, PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Andrew Landry
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 January 2020
I told Terry on number 15, I said, Let's go get this job done, like, quit messing around. And, yeah, I don't want to be a part of something like that ever again.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 January 2020
And that little hole, that little stretch there with three bogeys in a row, that was me being way too defensive.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Landry | 66 · 64 · 65 · 67 | 262 | −26 |
| 2 | Abraham Ancer | 68 · 67 · 66 · 63 | 264 | −24 |
| 3 | Scottie Scheffler | 65 · 64 · 66 · 70 | 265 | −23 |
| T4 | Bud Cauley | 68 · 64 · 71 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Sepp Straka | 69 · 65 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T6 | Sam Burns | 71 · 68 · 67 · 63 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Tom Hoge | 66 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Sebastian Cappelen | 67 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Ryan Moore | 68 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Grayson Murray | 64 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Sungjae Im | 67 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Andrew Putnam | 67 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Rickie Fowler | 65 · 64 · 70 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1987-08-07, Port Neches, Texas; USA; turned pro 2009; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 240 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet