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Sunday 28 February 2021PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Morikawa wins WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
The Concession Golf Club, Bradenton, Florida · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 February 2021 · Collin Morikawa’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $10,500,000 USD · Workday
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/10°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/13°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/19°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 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
- Brooks Koepka USA · 273trailing by three, three-putted for par from 35 feet for eagle on the 17th Collin Morikawa wins Workday Championship by 3 strokes, says thank you to Tiger Woods, late grandfather - ESPN News Services
- Viktor Hovland NOR · 273birdied the 13th to get within one, but his hopes effectively ended on the next hole Collin Morikawa wins Workday Championship by 3 strokes, says thank you to Tiger Woods, late grandfather - ESPN News Services
- Billy Horschel USA · 273caught Morikawa after three holes but closed with a 70 Collin Morikawa wins Workday Championship by 3 strokes, says thank you to Tiger Woods, late grandfather - ESPN News Services
72 started, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
The Concession Golf Club, The Concession Golf Club, Bradenton, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Collin Morikawa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP/ESPN News Services)
28 February 2021
You don't get to say thank you enough,
ESPN (AP/ESPN News Services)
28 February 2021
With how good the field was, how good my game felt, to close it out with such a stacked leaderboard coming after me, it really means a lot,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collin Morikawa | 70 · 64 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Viktor Hovland | 71 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 67 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Brooks Koepka | 67 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 5 | Scottie Scheffler | 69 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Louis Oosthuizen | 69 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Rory McIlroy | 69 · 70 · 66 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T6 | Webb Simpson | 66 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Jason Kokrak | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Patrick Reed | 68 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1997-02-06, Los Angeles, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2019; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet