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Sunday 26 March 2023PGA TourYear in Review
Wallace wins Corales Puntacana Championship
Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 March 2023 · Matt Wallace’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,800,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/24°C · wind 23 km/h NE, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/24°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/24°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 42 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/24°C · wind 23 km/h ENE, gusts 42 · 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
- Nicolai Højgaard DEN · 270Needed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th to force a playoff; it just missed on the low side AP via ESPN
120 started · cut E, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Corales Puntacana Championship
Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Wallace
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via ESPN
26 March 2023
Self-talk was very good today. I realized at the Players Championship that out of the 145 shots I hit to miss the cut by 1, two of those I spoke to myself nicely.
AP via ESPN
26 March 2023
It's cool. This is cool.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Wallace | 67 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Nicolai Højgaard | 71 · 65 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Tyler Duncan | 71 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Sam Stevens | 69 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 5 | Austin Eckroat | 69 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 6 | Wyndham Clark | 69 · 65 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 7 | Ricky Barnes | 68 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Brent Grant | 69 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Matthias Schwab | 71 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Ben Martin | 66 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Brice Garnett | 66 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Thomas Detry | 70 · 68 · 65 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1990-04-12, Hillingdon, London, England; ENG; turned pro 2012; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 175 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Corales Puntacana week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet