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Sunday 24 November 2019PGA TourYear in Review
Duncan wins the RSM Classic
Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 November 2019 · Tyler Duncan’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,600,000 USD · RSM
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/10°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 20 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/13°C · wind 26 km/h SSW, gusts 50 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/10°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 44 · 1.5 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
- Webb Simpson USA · 263birdied 15 and 16 and made a 5-footer on 18 to tie at 19 under, then lost to Duncan's birdie on the second playoff hole Tyler Duncan wins RSM Classic in playoff for first PGA Tour title (Associated Press, via ESPN)
156 started, 76 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The RSM Classic
Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course; Plantation Course used in rounds 1-2), Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tyler Duncan
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press, via ESPN
24 November 2019
I'm just so happy to be here playing, and to come out here and win is just unbelievable
Associated Press, via ESPN
24 November 2019
I felt like it was going to go my way, but that's what great players do -- they birdie the last two holes like he did
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Duncan | 67 · 61 · 70 · 65 | 263 | −19 |
| 2 | Webb Simpson | 65 · 68 · 63 · 67 | 263 | −19 |
| 3 | Sebastián Muñoz | 67 · 63 · 66 · 68 | 264 | −18 |
| 4 | Brendon Todd | 66 · 66 · 62 · 72 | 266 | −16 |
| T5 | Scottie Scheffler | 70 · 66 · 63 · 68 | 267 | −15 |
| T5 | Henrik Norlander | 67 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −15 |
| T5 | K.H. Lee | 64 · 68 · 66 · 69 | 267 | −15 |
| T8 | Denny McCarthy | 71 · 62 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −14 |
| T8 | D.J. Trahan | 67 · 63 · 67 · 71 | 268 | −14 |
| T10 | Will Gordon | 68 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −13 |
| T10 | Brian Stuard | 70 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −13 |
| T10 | Vaughn Taylor | 68 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 269 | −13 |
| T10 | Alex Noren | 68 · 65 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1989-07-13, Columbus, Indiana; USA; turned pro 2012; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 387 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet