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Sunday 22 May 2022PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Thomas wins PGA Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 May 2022 · Justin Thomas’s win no. 15 on the PGA Tour · purse $15,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/22°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 57 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/21°C · wind 32 km/h SSW, gusts 66 · 15.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/14°C · wind 23 km/h NNE, gusts 49 · 11.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/11°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 41 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Will Zalatoris USA · 275Holed an eight-foot par putt on the 72nd to tie Thomas, then lost the three-hole aggregate playoff after parring the 17th and missing a long birdie putt on the 18th. Wikipedia: 2022 PGA Championship
156 started · cut +4, 78 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Will Zalatoris
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 May 2022
I shanked it. Just -- I just cold shanked it. I don't really know how else to say it. It was the best bogey I've ever made in my life, that's for sure.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 May 2022
No, I didn't, but hell of a call by them, whoever said it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 May 2022
Yeah, I'm fully confident in saying that I wouldn't be standing here if he didn't give me that -- wasn't necessarily a speech, but a talk, if you will.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 67 · 67 · 74 · 67 | 275 | −5 |
| 2 | Will Zalatoris | 66 · 65 · 73 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T3 | Cameron Young | 71 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
| T3 | Mito Pereira | 68 · 64 · 69 · 75 | 276 | −4 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | 71 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Chris Kirk | 68 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 68 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 277 | −3 |
| 8 | Rory McIlroy | 65 · 71 · 74 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Brendan Steele | 70 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Tom Hoge | 66 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Séamus Power | 71 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Abraham Ancer | 67 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 279 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1993-04-29, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 2013; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 15; majors to date: 2; world No. 9 that week (OWGR rankBefore for U.S. PGA CHAMPIONSHIP (week 21, 2022), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet