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Sunday 16 August 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Herman wins Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 2020 · Jim Herman’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,400,000 USD · Wyndham · rescheduled after the COVID-19 suspension of the 2019–20 season: originally scheduled to end 2020-08-09 (struck-through date in the Wikipedia season schedule; original start not stated)
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/23°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 12 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/22°C · wind 7 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 36.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/21°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 40.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/19°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 3.8 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
- Billy Horschel USA · 260took the lead with a front-nine birdie-eagle-birdie run, bogeyed 16 from 12 feet and missed birdie putts of 11 and 8 feet on the last two holes; closed 65, one back Jim Herman qualifies for FedEx playoffs with 'out of the blue' win at Wyndham (ESPN, AP wire)
156 started · cut -3, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Wyndham Championship
Sedgefield Country Club, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jim Herman
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
16 August 2020
This was out of the blue, I'll tell you that
ESPN (AP wire recap)
16 August 2020
This is going to be a pretty quick week if we don't get this figured out
ESPN (AP wire recap)
16 August 2020
I had two good looks on the last two holes and the way I was rolling, I thought I'd make one of them.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Herman | 66 · 69 · 61 · 63 | 259 | −21 |
| 2 | Billy Horschel | 66 · 64 · 65 · 65 | 260 | −20 |
| T3 | Kevin Kisner | 69 · 64 · 65 · 64 | 262 | −18 |
| T3 | Webb Simpson | 66 · 66 · 65 · 65 | 262 | −18 |
| T3 | Doc Redman | 67 · 64 · 63 · 68 | 262 | −18 |
| T3 | Si Woo Kim | 65 · 65 · 62 · 70 | 262 | −18 |
| T7 | Zach Johnson | 70 · 67 · 61 · 65 | 263 | −17 |
| T7 | Harold Varner III | 62 · 69 · 67 · 65 | 263 | −17 |
| T9 | Denny McCarthy | 67 · 68 · 66 · 63 | 264 | −16 |
| T9 | Patrick Reed | 65 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 264 | −16 |
| T9 | Russell Henley | 68 · 68 · 63 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
| T9 | Sungjae Im | 69 · 64 · 66 · 65 | 264 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1977-11-05, Cincinnati, Ohio; USA; turned pro 2000; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 318 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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