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Sunday 28 February 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Grace wins Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 February 2021 · Branden Grace’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 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
11 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/23°C · wind 23 km/h E, gusts 52 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/23°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 49 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/22°C · wind 26 km/h ENE, gusts 58 · 5.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/23°C · wind 25 km/h ENE, gusts 54 · 0.9 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
- Jhonattan Vegas VEN · 270birdied the 18th for a 65 to set the target, then Grace closed eagle-birdie to beat him by one Branden Grace closes eagle-birdie to win Puerto Rico Open on 'emotional day' - ESPN (AP)
132 started · cut -1, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Branden Grace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP)
28 February 2021
This morning I had a tear in the car when I was talking to my wife,
ESPN (AP)
28 February 2021
It was an emotional day. I thought about him a hell of a lot out there, especially the last tee shot.
ESPN (AP)
28 February 2021
I can seal the deal. I know I can,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Branden Grace | 67 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Jhonattan Vegas | 68 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Grayson Murray | 71 · 66 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Rafael Campos | 66 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T5 | Brice Garnett | 67 · 71 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Andrew Putnam | 67 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T7 | Rob Oppenheim | 68 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Ted Potter Jr. | 69 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Brandon Wu | 66 · 67 · 71 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T7 | Cameron Percy | 67 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1988-05-20, Pretoria, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 147 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet