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Sunday 1 November 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Gay wins Bermuda Championship
Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda · Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November 2020 · Brian Gay’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/24°C · wind 34 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/24°C · wind 43 km/h SW, gusts 58 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/22°C · wind 45 km/h N, gusts 59 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/22°C · wind 34 km/h ESE, gusts 42 · 0.2 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
- Wyndham Clark USA · 269led by three after birdieing seven of his first 11 holes, bogeyed the 16th from a bunker, missed a 10-foot birdie putt to win on 18, then missed from about 7 feet in the playoff Brian Gay rallies from 3-shot deficit on back nine to win Bermuda Championship (Associated Press, ESPN)
132 started, 68 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Bermuda Championship
Port Royal Golf Course, Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brian Gay
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
1 November 2020
It's easy to doubt yourself. The players are so good and so young. A lot of them are my daughter's age.
Associated Press via ESPN
1 November 2020
I knew I had a 1-shot lead. I thought I made that putt on 17 and same on 18. I had chances, I just didn't capitalize.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Gay | 70 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Wyndham Clark | 66 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| 3 | Ollie Schniederjans | 66 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T4 | Denny McCarthy | 70 · 67 · 72 · 63 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Stewart Cink | 66 · 74 · 68 · 64 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Matt Jones | 68 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 272 | −12 |
| T4 | Doc Redman | 65 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T8 | David Hearn | 68 · 72 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Kramer Hickok | 67 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Ryan Armour | 64 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1971-12-14, Fort Worth, Texas; USA; age 48 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 328 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet