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Sunday 13 September 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Cink wins Safeway Open
Silverado Resort, North Course, Napa, California · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 September 2020 · Stewart Cink’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,600,000 USD · Safeway
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/14°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/12°C · wind 7 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/13°C · wind 7 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/14°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 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
- Harry Higgs USA · 269closed with a 68 to finish two back; Cink answered a bogey on 17 with a birdie on 18 Stewart Cink, 47, rallies to win Safeway Open (Associated Press, ESPN)
156 started, 73 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Safeway Open
Silverado Resort (North Course), Silverado Resort, North Course, Napa, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stewart Cink
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
13 September 2020
I just was overcome at a few times with a feeling of gratitude and just feeling like how fortunate I am to be in the position that I'm in.
Associated Press via ESPN
13 September 2020
I grew up in Kansas City and know Tom Watson well, so Stewart Cink is enemy No. 1 for Kansas City golf
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink | 67 · 70 · 65 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Harry Higgs | 69 · 62 · 70 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T3 | Doc Redman | 70 · 69 · 69 · 62 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Chez Reavie | 67 · 71 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Kevin Streelman | 72 · 66 · 65 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Brian Stuard | 67 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T7 | Kristoffer Ventura | 69 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T7 | Sam Burns | 64 · 65 · 72 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T9 | J.J. Spaun | 70 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Akshay Bhatia | 66 · 72 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Pat Perez | 65 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Russell Knox | 63 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | James Hahn | 68 · 65 · 67 · 72 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1973-05-21, Huntsville, Alabama; USA; age 47 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 319 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet