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Sunday 17 July 2022PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Smith wins the Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July 2022 · Cameron Smith’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $14,000,000 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
16 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 38 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/12°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/11°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/16°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Cameron Young USA · 269Shot 65 and eagled the 72nd hole, but finished one stroke behind Smith's closing 64. Wikipedia: 2022 Open Championship
156 started · cut E, 83 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Old Course, St Andrews, St Andrews
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Cameron Young
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 July 2022
I feel like I can breathe. These last four or five holes aren't easy around here, especially with the wind up off the left.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 July 2022
Yeah, hopefully we can keep that trend going with the every 50 years. That would be nice, wouldn't it?
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 July 2022
I think it was a good thing that I was definitely behind. I think my mindset would have been a touch different coming in, especially on that back nine, if I was ahead.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Smith | 67 · 64 · 73 · 64 | 268 | −20 |
| 2 | Cameron Young | 64 · 69 · 71 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | 72 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Viktor Hovland | 68 · 66 · 66 · 74 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Brian Harman | 73 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T6 | Dustin Johnson | 68 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Bryson DeChambeau | 69 · 74 · 67 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Jordan Spieth | 71 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Patrick Cantlay | 70 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1993-08-18, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2013; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore for THE 150th OPEN (week 29, 2022), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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