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Sunday 21 March 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Jones wins the Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 March 2021 · Matt Jones’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · Honda
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/17°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 33 · 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
- Brandon Hagy USA · 273finished alone in second, five shots back, on his 30th birthday after getting in as one of the last alternates 2021 The Honda Classic final results - Golf News Net
144 started · cut +1, 68 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Jones
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 March 2021
It means the world. Seven years between wins, it's been a battle.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 March 2021
I probably had a goal this week to walk a little slower and just relax. I'm normally an up-pace up-tempo person, play golf quickly, so I tried to stay calm and stay relaxed out there
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 March 2021
We got five really good hard years ahead of us, where we think we can do something special and I think this sets me on a path where I could.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Jones | 61 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Brandon Hagy | 69 · 62 · 76 · 66 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Chase Seiffert | 67 · 74 · 69 · 64 | 274 | −6 |
| T3 | Brendan Steele | 73 · 65 · 71 · 65 | 274 | −6 |
| T3 | Denny McCarthy | 68 · 65 · 74 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T3 | Russell Henley | 64 · 69 · 73 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T3 | C.T. Pan | 67 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 274 | −6 |
| T8 | Adam Hadwin | 72 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Camilo Villegas | 69 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Sungjae Im | 68 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Zach Johnson | 67 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Sam Ryder | 69 · 63 · 72 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1980-04-19, Sydney, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2001; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 83 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet