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Sunday 4 October 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Garcia wins Sanderson Farms Championship
Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 October 2020 · Sergio Garcia’s win no. 11 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,600,000 USD · Sanderson Farms
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/12°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/10°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/8°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, 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
- Peter Malnati · 270rallied from five back with a career-best 63 to set the target at 18 under; Garcia birdied the 72nd hole with an 8-iron to 30 inches to win by one Sergio Garcia birdies final hole to win PGA Tour's Sanderson Farms Championship (Associated Press, ESPN)
, 66 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sanderson Farms Championship
Country Club of Jackson, Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sergio Garcia
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 October 2020
I really wasn't that frustrated because nobody was really talking to me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 October 2020
He's one of nine siblings, and unfortunately we lost two of his brothers because of COVID, one at the beginning, Uncle Paco, and one just last Saturday
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 October 2020
I feel like I won the tournament. I probably won't, but I feel like I did, and it's amazing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 68 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Peter Malnati | 70 · 67 · 70 · 63 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | J.T. Poston | 66 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Henrik Norlander | 69 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Keegan Bradley | 66 · 65 · 73 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Scott Stallings | 67 · 72 · 68 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Charley Hoffman | 64 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Tyler McCumber | 70 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Denny McCarthy | 68 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Kristoffer Ventura | 67 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Cameron Davis | 66 · 73 · 63 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1980-01-09, Borriol, Castellón, Spain; ESP; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 51 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
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