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Monday 14 March 2022PGA TourYear in Review
Smith wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 10 to Monday 14 March 2022 · Cameron Smith’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Rain: first round lasted 54 hours 16 minutes, finishing Saturday morning; final round completed Monday, the first Monday finish at the Players since 2005
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 29.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 19.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/7°C · wind 38 km/h W, gusts 87 · 13.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/2°C · wind 26 km/h N, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R520°/9°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 41 · 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
- Anirban Lahiri IND · 276started the final round one ahead; double bogey after a tee shot into a palmetto bush on the par-3 8th; needed a birdie on 18 to force a playoff and came up short of the green Cameron Smith wins Players Championship with big putts, gutsy shot on famed 17th - ESPN (AP)
144 started · cut +2, 70 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cameron Smith
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 March 2022
It's unreal. A long, hard week and so nice to come out on top. This is one of the big ones. It's nice to get it done.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 March 2022
I'd be lying if I didn't push it a little bit. I was trying to hit it over the bunker there and hold it up against the wind.
ESPN (AP)
14 March 2022
I haven't seen them in two years. It's really cool to have them here,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Smith | 69 · 71 · 69 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Anirban Lahiri | 67 · 73 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Paul Casey | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Kevin Kisner | 68 · 74 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| 5 | Keegan Bradley | 72 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Russell Knox | 71 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Harold Varner III | 69 · 69 · 72 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Doug Ghim | 70 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | 69 · 73 · 76 · 63 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Adam Hadwin | 72 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Sepp Straka | 69 · 74 · 71 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Viktor Hovland | 71 · 73 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1993-08-18, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2013; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 10 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
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