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Sunday 21 May 2023PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Koepka wins PGA Championship
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 May 2023 · purse $17,500,000 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
14 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/0°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/10°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 44 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/11°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 15.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/11°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Viktor Hovland NOR · 273One shot behind heading to the 16th, his second shot plugged in a fairway-bunker face and he made double bogey 2023 PGA Championship - Wikipedia
- Scottie Scheffler USA · 273Closed with 65, getting within two shots, but never got closer 2023 PGA Championship - Wikipedia
156 started · cut +5, 76 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Viktor Hovland, Scottie Scheffler
From the papers
ESPN (Mark Schlabach)
21 May 2023
To look back to where we were two years ago, I'm so happy right now,
ESPN (Mark Schlabach)
21 May 2023
This is probably the sweetest one of them all, because all the hard work that went into this one; this one is definitely special,
ESPN (Mark Schlabach)
21 May 2023
I've always learned more from the four times I finished second than, I guess, the five times I've won now,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 72 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 271 | −9 |
| T2 | Scottie Scheffler | 67 · 68 · 73 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| T2 | Viktor Hovland | 68 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Cam Davis | 71 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 277 | −3 |
| T4 | Kurt Kitayama | 70 · 71 · 71 · 65 | 277 | −3 |
| T4 | Bryson DeChambeau | 66 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −3 |
| T7 | Sepp Straka | 69 · 71 · 73 · 65 | 278 | −2 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | 71 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −2 |
| T9 | Cameron Smith | 72 · 72 · 70 · 65 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Patrick Cantlay | 74 · 67 · 72 · 66 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Justin Rose | 69 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1990-05-03, West Palm Beach, Florida; USA; turned pro 2012; age 33 that week; majors to date: 5; world No. 44 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table, 2023); ESPN: rose from No. 44 to No. 13).
What’s in the bag
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