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Sunday 2 May 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Burns wins Valspar Championship
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, Florida · Thursday 29 April to Sunday 2 May 2021 · Sam Burns’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,900,000 USD · Valspar
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/23°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/23°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/24°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/24°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 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
- Keegan Bradley USA · 270locked in a tight race with Burns through much of the day before Burns pulled away in the final third of the round Golf News Net: 2021 Valspar Championship final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won
156 started · cut -1, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Valspar Championship
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Harbor, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Burns
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 May 2021
I think having those past chances that I wasn't able to convert I think it got me ready for this moment.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 May 2021
Going into the back nine Travis and I just really wanted to stick to our game plan, stick to the process of just being really engaged on each shot and we were able to do that.
ESPN (Associated Press)
2 May 2021
I always felt that you had to play perfect golf to win
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Burns | 67 · 63 · 69 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Keegan Bradley | 64 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Viktor Hovland | 69 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Cameron Tringale | 69 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Abraham Ancer | 67 · 70 · 66 · 69 | 272 | −12 |
| T6 | Vaughn Taylor | 70 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Max Homa | 66 · 68 · 66 · 74 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Louis Oosthuizen | 73 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Troy Merritt | 68 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Joaquín Niemann | 68 · 68 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1996-07-23, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2017; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 94 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet