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Sunday 27 February 2022PGA TourYear in Review
Straka wins the Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 February 2022 · Sepp Straka’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 USD · Honda
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/21°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/20°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0.9 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
- Shane Lowry IRL · 271needed a 45-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to force a playoff and missed; bad weather arrived as he hit his tee shot on 18 Sepp Straka rallies from 5 down at Honda Classic, becoming first Austrian to win on PGA Tour - ESPN (AP)
144 started · cut +2, 73 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The Honda Classic
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sepp Straka
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 February 2022
I really didn't even think about Augusta until an interview like 10 minutes later, and that's when it really sunk in, which is just still surreal to be going there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 February 2022
Feel like I've got the tournament stolen from me today. You know, he's gone 3-under the last five on this course.
ESPN (AP)
27 February 2022
The words aren't really coming to me right now,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepp Straka | 71 · 64 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| 2 | Shane Lowry | 70 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| 3 | Kurt Kitayama | 64 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 272 | −8 |
| 4 | Daniel Berger | 65 · 65 · 69 · 74 | 273 | −7 |
| T5 | Gary Woodland | 69 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −4 |
| T5 | Alex Noren | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T7 | Matthias Schwab | 67 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T7 | Chris Kirk | 65 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 277 | −3 |
| T9 | Keith Mitchell | 71 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Brian Stuard | 70 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Sam Ryder | 71 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | John Huh | 72 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Lee Hodges | 71 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Adam Svensson | 69 · 65 · 71 · 73 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1993-05-01, Vienna, Austria; AUT; turned pro 2016; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 176 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet