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Sunday 9 January 2022PGA TourYear in Review
Smith wins Sentry Tournament of Champions
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 January 2022 · Cameron Smith’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,200,000 USD · Sentry
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/22°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/21°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/21°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/21°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 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
- Jon Rahm ESP · 259started the final round tied for the lead; closed 66 and matched Smith's birdies and pars from the 11th in, finishing one behind Cameron Smith (34 under) sets PGA Tour record, outlasts Jon Rahm at Sentry Tournament of Champions (Associated Press, ESPN)
38 started, 38 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sentry Tournament of Champions
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cameron Smith
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
9 January 2022
Mate, it was intense. It was pretty crazy. I felt like I needed to make a birdie to kind of keep up with him or stay in front.
Associated Press via ESPN
9 January 2022
I have every reason to be smiling. It's a bittersweet moment.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 January 2022
We wanted to get to 35-under. We missed it by one. So, I mean, in that sense, disappointing but it's great to come away with the W.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Smith | 65 · 64 · 64 · 65 | 258 | −34 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | 66 · 66 · 61 · 66 | 259 | −33 |
| 3 | Matt Jones | 70 · 67 · 62 · 61 | 260 | −32 |
| 4 | Patrick Cantlay | 66 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −26 |
| T5 | Collin Morikawa | 68 · 70 · 67 · 62 | 267 | −25 |
| T5 | Justin Thomas | 74 · 67 · 61 · 65 | 267 | −25 |
| T5 | Daniel Berger | 66 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 267 | −25 |
| T8 | Kevin Kisner | 69 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 268 | −24 |
| T8 | Sungjae Im | 67 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −24 |
| T10 | Cam Davis | 69 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 269 | −23 |
| T10 | Marc Leishman | 69 · 67 · 65 · 68 | 269 | −23 |
The golfer
born 1993-08-18, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2013; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 4; world No. 21 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet