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Sunday 2 October 2022PGA TourYear in Review
Hughes wins Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi · Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October 2022 · Mackenzie Hughes’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,900,000 USD · Sanderson Farms
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/10°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/10°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/8°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/9°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 31 · 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
- Sepp Straka AUT · 271posted 17-under 271 with a 67 two groups ahead, then lost on the second playoff hole when he missed from 18 feet and Hughes birdied Mackenzie Hughes wins Sanderson Farms Championship with birdie on 2nd playoff hole (Associated Press, ESPN)
144 started, 78 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mackenzie Hughes
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
2 October 2022
I kept telling myself the whole week that I was going to do it. That was the only thing I saw in my mind
Associated Press via ESPN
2 October 2022
The second one felt a lot harder than the first one, that's for sure
Associated Press via ESPN
2 October 2022
I played good golf on a tough Sunday
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 October 2022
Yeah, did everything I possibly could, just grinded my butt off, and luckily it was good enough.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mackenzie Hughes | 71 · 63 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Sepp Straka | 69 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Garrick Higgo | 70 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 4 | Dean Burmester | 70 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T5 | Emiliano Grillo | 73 · 65 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Keegan Bradley | 70 · 71 · 64 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Nick Hardy | 70 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Mark Hubbard | 67 · 69 · 65 · 74 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Matt NeSmith | 72 · 69 · 71 · 64 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Greyson Sigg | 69 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Thomas Detry | 67 · 67 · 74 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Taylor Montgomery | 72 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1990-11-23, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2012; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 82 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet