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Sunday 4 July 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Davis wins Rocket Mortgage Classic
Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 July 2021 · Cam Davis’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,500,000 USD · Rocket Mortgage
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/17°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 37 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/15°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 56 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/14°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/19°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 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
- Troy Merritt USA · 270lost on the fifth playoff hole (Davis 3, Merritt 4 on the 15th) Golf News Net: 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
- Joaquín Niemann CHI · 270eliminated in the sudden-death playoff before the fifth hole (GNN: playoff 'started alongside Joaquin Niemann') Golf News Net: 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
156 started · cut -3, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Rocket Mortgage Classic
Detroit Golf Club, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cam Davis
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Associated Press)
4 July 2021
It's the only reason I'm sitting here now
ESPN (Associated Press)
4 July 2021
To be honest, in my head there wasn't a thought of trying to hole it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cam Davis | 68 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Troy Merritt | 67 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Joaquín Niemann | 65 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Alex Noren | 70 · 70 · 67 · 64 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Hank Lebioda | 67 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Bubba Watson | 68 · 73 · 67 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Brandon Hagy | 65 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Mark Anderson | 70 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Séamus Power | 66 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Sungjae Im | 69 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T8 | Kevin Kisner | 67 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1995-02-21, Sydney, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2016; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 134 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet