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Sunday 14 August 2022PGA TourYear in Review
Zalatoris wins FedEx St. Jude Championship
TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 August 2022 · Will Zalatoris’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $15,000,000 USD · FedEx
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/23°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 23 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/19°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/18°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 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
- Sepp Straka AUT · 265lost on the third playoff hole (par-3 11th) after his tee shot bounced off the rocks into the water Will Zalatoris makes most of three-hole playoff to win FedEx St. Jude Championship in dramatic fashion (ESPN, AP wire)
120 started · cut -2, 69 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
FedEx St. Jude Championship
TPC Southwind, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Will Zalatoris
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
14 August 2022
It's hard to say, 'About time,' when it's your second year on tour, but it's about time,
ESPN (AP wire recap)
14 August 2022
Considering where Sepp was and he had 4 feet for 5, there's no reason for me to try that shot and make it bank right into the grass and go back in the water
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Zalatoris | 71 · 63 · 65 · 66 | 265 | −15 |
| 2 | Sepp Straka | 64 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 265 | −15 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | 65 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T3 | Brian Harman | 66 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T5 | Jon Rahm | 67 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Adam Scott | 66 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Collin Morikawa | 67 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 68 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Andrew Putnam | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Tony Finau | 64 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T5 | Trey Mullinax | 66 · 67 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1996-08-16, San Francisco, California; USA; turned pro 2018; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet