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Sunday 31 July 2022PGA TourYear in Review
Finau wins Rocket Mortgage Classic
Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 2022 · Tony Finau’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,400,000 USD · Rocket Mortgage
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 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/21°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 54 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/17°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/16°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/18°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 28 · 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
- Taylor Pendrith CAN · 267started Sunday tied with Finau, closed 72 to tie for second, five back Tony Finau wins Rocket Mortgage for second straight PGA Tour victory (ESPN, AP wire)
- Patrick Cantlay USA · 267closed 66 to tie for second, five back Tony Finau wins Rocket Mortgage for second straight PGA Tour victory (ESPN, AP wire)
- Cameron Young USA · 267closed 68 to tie for second, five back Tony Finau wins Rocket Mortgage for second straight PGA Tour victory (ESPN, AP wire)
156 started · cut -3, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Rocket Mortgage Classic
Detroit Golf Club, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tony Finau
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP wire recap)
31 July 2022
I'm proud of the way I've fought through adversity in my career,
ESPN (AP wire recap)
31 July 2022
A week can change your life,
ESPN (AP wire recap)
31 July 2022
I'd be lying if I said it was easy to just watch other people win,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Finau | 64 · 66 · 65 · 67 | 262 | −26 |
| T2 | Patrick Cantlay | 70 · 65 · 66 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Cameron Young | 71 · 63 · 65 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Taylor Pendrith | 64 · 65 · 66 · 72 | 267 | −21 |
| 5 | Stephan Jaeger | 67 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 268 | −20 |
| 6 | Taylor Moore | 67 · 71 · 65 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 7 | Tom Kim | 69 · 72 · 66 · 63 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | J.J. Spaun | 69 · 71 · 66 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Wyndham Clark | 69 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Matt Wallace | 66 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Charley Hoffman | 67 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Russell Henley | 69 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T10 | Scott Stallings | 70 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1989-09-14, Salt Lake City, Utah; USA; turned pro 2007; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet