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Sunday 7 November 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Hovland wins World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba
El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 November 2021 · Viktor Hovland’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,200,000 USD · World Wide Technology
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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/23°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 12.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/22°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/20°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 34 · 0.1 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
- Carlos Ortiz MEX · 265closed 66, holing a 30-foot par putt from a plugged bunker lie on 18 to finish alone in second, four behind Viktor Hovland seizes control early en route to 4-shot repeat win in World Wide Technology Championship (Associated Press, ESPN)
132 started, 70 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba
El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba, El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Viktor Hovland
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
7 November 2021
I wish I could putt like I did today more often. It was just a blast all week.
Associated Press via ESPN
7 November 2021
I just didn't drive it well, didn't get off to a good enough start to really put any pressure on Viktor
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Hovland | 67 · 65 · 62 · 67 | 261 | −23 |
| 2 | Carlos Ortiz | 67 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 265 | −19 |
| 3 | Justin Thomas | 68 · 65 · 64 · 69 | 266 | −18 |
| 4 | Scottie Scheffler | 67 · 64 · 70 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T5 | Matthew Wolff | 61 · 68 · 74 · 65 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Joaquín Niemann | 69 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| T7 | Danny Lee | 68 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 269 | −15 |
| T7 | Abraham Ancer | 68 · 68 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| T7 | Andrew Landry | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T7 | Sergio Garcia | 64 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1997-09-18, Oslo, Norway; NOR; turned pro 2019; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet