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Sunday 12 June 2022PGA TourYear in Review
McIlroy wins RBC Canadian Open
St. George's Golf and Country Club, Toronto, Ontario · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 June 2022 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 21 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,700,000 USD · RBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/14°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 39 · 6.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/12°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/11°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 8.3 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
- Tony Finau USA · 263closed with a 64, holing a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th to finish second alone ESPN: Rory McIlroy finishes at 19 under, outlasts Justin Thomas, Tony Finau to take Canadian Open title
156 started · cut +1, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
RBC Canadian Open
St. George's Golf and Country Club, St. George's Golf and Country Club, Toronto, Ontario
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rory McIlroy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 June 2022
I've been up against JT quite a bit in the past and he's gotten the better of me a couple of times. So I knew I had to play really good to beat him.
ESPN (Associated Press)
12 June 2022
I feel like it's getting tougher and tougher to win on the PGA Tour
ESPN (Associated Press)
12 June 2022
It was really cool to be a part of and just really happy to get the win today and obviously sets me up well going into next week in Boston
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 68 · 65 · 62 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Tony Finau | 66 · 71 · 62 · 64 | 263 | −17 |
| 3 | Justin Thomas | 69 · 69 · 63 · 64 | 265 | −15 |
| T4 | Justin Rose | 69 · 70 · 67 · 60 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Sam Burns | 67 · 69 · 65 · 65 | 266 | −14 |
| 6 | Corey Conners | 71 · 69 · 66 · 62 | 268 | −12 |
| T7 | Chris Kirk | 69 · 69 · 66 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Keith Mitchell | 67 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Wyndham Clark | 63 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 270 | −10 |
| T10 | Danny Lee | 68 · 69 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Shane Lowry | 67 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T10 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 64 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2007; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 4; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
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