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Sunday 30 April 2023PGA TourYear in Review
Finau wins Mexico Open
Vidanta Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 April 2023 · Tony Finau’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,700,000 USD · Vidanta
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/22°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/20°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/21°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 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
- Jon Rahm ESP · 263 ESPN leaderboard: Mexico Open 2023
144 started · cut -2, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Mexico Open
Vidanta Vallarta, Vidanta Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tony Finau
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (Associated Press)
30 April 2023
Any time you can battle with a guy like Jon Rahm who's in the form that he was and come out on top, it makes me feel good
ESPN (Associated Press)
30 April 2023
Rahm is a good friend of mine, we practice quite a bit together, so having Rahmbo as like a sparring partner for me has only made me better. And I hope he can say the same.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Finau | 65 · 64 · 65 · 66 | 260 | −24 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | 67 · 68 · 61 · 67 | 263 | −21 |
| 3 | Brandon Wu | 66 · 64 · 67 · 68 | 265 | −19 |
| 4 | Akshay Bhatia | 68 · 65 · 63 · 70 | 266 | −18 |
| T5 | Emiliano Grillo | 68 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Eric Cole | 65 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| T5 | Austin Smotherman | 63 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T8 | Ben Taylor | 67 · 70 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Cameron Champ | 68 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T10 | Patrick Rodgers | 70 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Alejandro Tosti | 69 · 67 · 71 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Harry Hall | 67 · 71 · 68 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Joseph Bramlett | 68 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Beau Hossler | 67 · 68 · 70 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1989-09-14, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2007; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 16 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet