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Sunday 14 May 2023PGA TourYear in Review
Day wins AT&T Byron Nelson
TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 2023 · purse $9,500,000 USD · AT&T
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/19°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 44 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/24°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 47 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 14.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/20°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 32 · 24.2 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
- Si Woo Kim KOR · 262 ESPN leaderboard: AT&T Byron Nelson 2023
- Austin Eckroat USA · 262 ESPN leaderboard: AT&T Byron Nelson 2023
156 started · cut -4, 84 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
AT&T Byron Nelson
TPC Craig Ranch, TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jason Day
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 May 2023
Oh, man, I wish I had the experience now I have. Just to be patient that the career is -- especially in golf, it's not like -- golf is a strange sport because you can't perfect golf.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 May 2023
Yeah, it was at least a couple years ago when I -- I was just struggling. My thought process was to go, okay, what's my contract minimum that I have to play. It's 20 events.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | 64 · 69 · 66 · 62 | 261 | −23 |
| T2 | Si Woo Kim | 65 · 66 · 68 · 63 | 262 | −22 |
| T2 | Austin Eckroat | 69 · 65 · 63 · 65 | 262 | −22 |
| 4 | C.T. Pan | 67 · 66 · 68 · 62 | 263 | −21 |
| T5 | Tyrrell Hatton | 68 · 67 · 65 · 64 | 264 | −20 |
| T5 | Scottie Scheffler | 64 · 64 · 71 · 65 | 264 | −20 |
| T5 | Zecheng Dou | 63 · 70 · 64 · 67 | 264 | −20 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | 63 · 71 · 68 · 63 | 265 | −19 |
| T8 | Vincent Norrman | 68 · 66 · 65 · 66 | 265 | −19 |
| T8 | Ryan Palmer | 64 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 265 | −19 |
The golfer
born 1987-11-12, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2006; age 35 that week; world No. 35 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet