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Sunday 6 December 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Hovland wins Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN
El Camaleón Golf Course, Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 December 2020 · Viktor Hovland’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,200,000 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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/23°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 30 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/23°C · wind 7 km/h ESE, gusts 20 · 11.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/23°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/23°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 29 · 5.7 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
- Aaron Wise USA · 265closed with a 63 to tie for the lead but missed 12-foot birdie putts on each of the last two holes; Hovland holed a 12-foot birdie on the 18th Viktor Hovland sinks birdie on No. 18 to win Mayakoba Classic (Associated Press, ESPN)
132 started, 71 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN
El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba, El Camaleón Golf Course, Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Viktor Hovland
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
6 December 2020
I thought I lost it after second shot on 16. I made an awesome par there. I knew I had to make birdie on 18.
Associated Press via ESPN
6 December 2020
I hit every shot as good as I could hit it. I just couldn't get them to drop.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Hovland | 67 · 69 · 63 · 65 | 264 | −20 |
| 2 | Aaron Wise | 67 · 68 · 67 · 63 | 265 | −19 |
| T3 | Adam Long | 70 · 67 · 63 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| T3 | Tom Hoge | 66 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| T5 | Harris English | 69 · 70 · 66 · 63 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Billy Horschel | 70 · 69 · 65 · 64 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Lucas Glover | 71 · 65 · 66 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| T8 | Brendon Todd | 67 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T8 | Carlos Ortiz | 67 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −15 |
| T8 | Tony Finau | 67 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T8 | Emiliano Grillo | 66 · 63 · 68 · 72 | 269 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1997-09-18, Oslo, Norway; NOR; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 26 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet