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Sunday 10 January 2021PGA TourYear in Review
English wins Sentry Tournament of Champions
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 January 2021 · Harris English’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,700,000 USD · Sentry
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/22°C · wind 27 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/23°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/22°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/22°C · wind 27 km/h ENE, 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
- Joaquín Niemann CHI · 267closed with a 64 but missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 18th in regulation; in the playoff on 18 his approach tumbled down the slope left of the green and his 15-foot birdie putt came up short Harris English wins Sentry Tournament of Champions in playoff (Associated Press, ESPN)
42 started, 42 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sentry Tournament of Champions
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Harris English
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 January 2021
It's huge. It's a little bit of a monkey off your back. I mean, having two-plus years of job security out here is awesome because you're kind of on a one-year contract out here.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 January 2021
I mean, if you asked me at the beginning of the round I'm going to be in a playoff, I would probably take it
Associated Press via ESPN
10 January 2021
When I was a kid, I loved having the ball when the clock's running out in basketball
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris English | 65 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 267 | −25 |
| 2 | Joaquín Niemann | 69 · 67 · 67 · 64 | 267 | −25 |
| 3 | Justin Thomas | 65 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 268 | −24 |
| 4 | Ryan Palmer | 67 · 67 · 64 · 71 | 269 | −23 |
| T5 | Xander Schauffele | 69 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −21 |
| T5 | Sungjae Im | 67 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −21 |
| T7 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 272 | −20 |
| T7 | Jon Rahm | 70 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −20 |
| T7 | Collin Morikawa | 69 · 65 · 65 · 73 | 272 | −20 |
| 10 | Daniel Berger | 69 · 65 · 67 · 72 | 273 | −19 |
The golfer
born 1989-07-23, Valdosta, Georgia; USA; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 29 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet