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Sunday 21 November 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Gooch wins the RSM Classic
Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 November 2021 · Talor Gooch’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,200,000 USD · RSM
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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 18 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/13°C · wind 23 km/h NNE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 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
- Mackenzie Hughes CAN · 263rallied from the group ahead with four birdies in his last six holes for a 62, finishing three behind Talor Gooch sails to victory at RSM Classic for first PGA Tour win (Associated Press, ESPN)
156 started · cut -4, 71 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The RSM Classic
Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course and Plantation Course), Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Talor Gooch
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
21 November 2021
To finish the fall season off like I just did, it's a dream come true
Associated Press via ESPN
21 November 2021
I knew it was going to require a low one today and if you told me I would have shot 62 I thought I might be pretty close
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talor Gooch | 64 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 260 | −22 |
| 2 | Mackenzie Hughes | 63 · 68 · 70 · 62 | 263 | −19 |
| 3 | Sebastián Muñoz | 60 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 264 | −18 |
| T4 | Tyler McCumber | 69 · 68 · 70 · 60 | 267 | −15 |
| T4 | Cameron Smith | 64 · 71 · 68 · 64 | 267 | −15 |
| T4 | Tom Hoge | 65 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −15 |
| T4 | Séamus Power | 63 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −15 |
| T8 | Webb Simpson | 69 · 67 · 66 · 66 | 268 | −14 |
| T8 | Taylor Moore | 66 · 65 · 71 · 66 | 268 | −14 |
| T10 | Denny McCarthy | 66 · 72 · 65 · 66 | 269 | −13 |
| T10 | Luke List | 68 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1991-11-14, Midwest City, Oklahoma; USA; turned pro 2014; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 52 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet