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Sunday 16 July 2023PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
McIlroy wins Genesis Scottish Open
The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 July 2023 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 24 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,000,000 USD · Genesis
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 37 km/h ESE, gusts 59 · 17.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/13°C · wind 31 km/h SSE, gusts 53 · 6.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/13°C · wind 38 km/h WSW, gusts 65 · 0.2 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
- Robert MacIntyre SCO · 266 ESPN leaderboard: Genesis Scottish Open 2023
156 started · cut -2, 77 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Genesis Scottish Open
The Renaissance Club, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rory McIlroy
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Associated Press)
16 July 2023
That was such a tough day -- so tough
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 July 2023
I was right between 4-iron and 2-iron. I took 3-iron out at the start of the week, and it probably was a perfect 3-iron. But 4-iron was only getting to the front edge of the green.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 July 2023
It was straight downwind, so I knew it was going just start it on my line, start it at the right edge or a ball out on the right and sort of let it do its thing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 64 · 66 · 67 · 68 | 265 | −15 |
| 2 | Robert MacIntyre | 67 · 69 · 66 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| T3 | David Lingmerth | 66 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −10 |
| T3 | Scottie Scheffler | 68 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 270 | −10 |
| T3 | Byeong Hun An | 61 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 270 | −10 |
| T6 | Nicolai Højgaard | 70 · 63 · 71 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Tyrrell Hatton | 69 · 62 · 71 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | J.T. Poston | 69 · 66 · 65 · 71 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Tommy Fleetwood | 70 · 66 · 63 · 72 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Tom Kim | 66 · 65 · 67 · 73 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2007; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 24; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet