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Sunday 10 October 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Im wins Shriners Children's Open
TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 October 2021 · Sungjae Im’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · Shriners Children's
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/17°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/16°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 58 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/15°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 30 · 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
- Matthew Wolff USA · 264two tee shots into bad spots led to bogeys he couldn't afford; closed 68, four behind Sungjae Im wins Shriners Children's Open with blistering final round, matches tourney record at 24-under 260 (Associated Press, ESPN)
144 started, 72 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Shriners Children's Open
TPC Summerlin, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sungjae Im
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 October 2021
It was very tough to get my first win but I felt like the second one was harder and harder, but I kept my patience.
Associated Press via ESPN
10 October 2021
Very meaningful win. It was hard coming, but I think today how everything went, I think it was a gift from above.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sungjae Im | 63 · 65 · 70 · 62 | 260 | −24 |
| 2 | Matthew Wolff | 64 · 67 · 65 · 68 | 264 | −20 |
| T3 | Marc Leishman | 67 · 67 · 68 · 63 | 265 | −19 |
| T3 | Rory Sabbatini | 65 · 66 · 70 · 64 | 265 | −19 |
| T3 | Adam Schenk | 64 · 65 · 66 · 70 | 265 | −19 |
| T6 | Lanto Griffin | 72 · 64 · 64 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| T6 | Adam Hadwin | 67 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| T8 | Hayden Buckley | 66 · 71 · 67 · 63 | 267 | −17 |
| T8 | Aaron Wise | 68 · 62 · 71 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T8 | Harry Hall | 66 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
The golfer
born 1998-03-30, Cheongju, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2015; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 29 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet