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Sunday 8 November 2020PGA TourYear in Review
Ortiz wins Vivint Houston Open
Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 November 2020 · Carlos Ortiz’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · Vivint
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/15°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/13°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/13°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0.1 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
- Dustin Johnson USA · 269tied for the lead, fanned a 7-iron on the par-5 16th and had birdie putts graze the cup on 16 and 17; closed 65 Carlos Ortiz wins Houston Open; first Mexican to win on PGA Tour in 42 years (Associated Press, ESPN)
- Hideki Matsuyama JPN · 269briefly tied for the lead with birdies on 16 and 17, narrowly missed a third on 18; closed 63 Carlos Ortiz wins Houston Open; first Mexican to win on PGA Tour in 42 years (Associated Press, ESPN)
132 started, 68 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Vivint Houston Open
Memorial Park Golf Course, Memorial Park Golf Course, Houston, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Carlos Ortiz
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
8 November 2020
I wasn't really thinking about the other guys. I wasn't worried
Associated Press via ESPN
8 November 2020
This is like my second home. There was a bunch of people cheering for me, Latinos and Texans. I'm thankful for all of them.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Ortiz | 67 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T2 | Hideki Matsuyama | 70 · 70 · 66 · 63 | 269 | −11 |
| T2 | Dustin Johnson | 72 · 66 · 66 · 65 | 269 | −11 |
| 4 | Talor Gooch | 68 · 69 · 71 · 63 | 271 | −9 |
| T5 | Brooks Koepka | 72 · 70 · 65 · 65 | 272 | −8 |
| T5 | Sepp Straka | 68 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T7 | Mackenzie Hughes | 70 · 72 · 68 · 63 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | Tyrrell Hatton | 71 · 70 · 67 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | Jason Day | 67 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 273 | −7 |
| T7 | Sam Burns | 68 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 273 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1991-04-24, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; MEX; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 160 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet