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Sunday 18 October 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Kokrak wins the CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek
Shadow Creek Golf Course, North Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October 2020 · Jason Kokrak’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,750,000 USD · CJ · moved from South Korea to Shadow Creek because of the COVID-19 pandemic
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/20°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/19°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/17°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/17°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 21 · 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
- Xander Schauffele USA · 270tied the lead with three straight birdies on the back nine, then bogeyed the par-5 16th from the rough and closed 66 to finish two back Jason Kokrak takes CJ Cup for long-awaited PGA Tour win (Associated Press, ESPN)
78 started, 77 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The CJ Cup @ Shadow Creek
Shadow Creek Golf Course, Shadow Creek Golf Course, North Las Vegas, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jason Kokrak
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
18 October 2020
To wait this long for my first win, it's a pretty special thing
Associated Press via ESPN
18 October 2020
I didn't really feel a whole lot of ball when I hit
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Kokrak | 70 · 66 · 68 · 64 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele | 66 · 64 · 74 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Tyrrell Hatton | 65 · 68 · 73 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Russell Henley | 66 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| 5 | Talor Gooch | 70 · 65 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 6 | Joaquín Niemann | 72 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T7 | Bubba Watson | 74 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Lanto Griffin | 70 · 68 · 66 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| 9 | Sebastián Muñoz | 71 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 10 | Harris English | 75 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1985-05-22, North Bay, Ontario, Canada; USA; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 53 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet