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Sunday 27 August 2023PGA TourYear in Review
Hovland wins Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 August 2023 · Viktor Hovland’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · Starting-strokes format: Hovland began at 8 under; 72-hole score 19-under 261, winning total 27 under. top10 to_par below is ESPN's 72-hole to par.
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/23°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/24°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R336°/25°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/23°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 21 · 1.6 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
- Xander Schauffele USA · 261closed with 62 (front-nine 31) but finished five back on 19 under total including starting strokes 2023 Tour Championship final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won (Golf News Net)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Viktor Hovland
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2023
the game plan was trying to play as boring as possible, just trying to play like Tiger back in the day when he would post the 69 or a 70 in a major championship and walk away with a victory.
ESPN (Mark Schlabach)
27 August 2023
It's been a great year,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Hovland | 68 · 64 · 66 · 63 | 261 | −19 |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele | 67 · 64 · 68 · 62 | 261 | −19 |
| 3 | Wyndham Clark | 68 · 67 · 68 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| 4 | Rory McIlroy | 70 · 67 · 71 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| 5 | Patrick Cantlay | 69 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Tommy Fleetwood | 71 · 70 · 65 · 66 | 272 | −8 |
| T6 | Scottie Scheffler | 71 · 65 · 73 · 70 | 279 | −1 |
| T6 | Collin Morikawa | 61 · 64 · 73 · 72 | 270 | −10 |
| T9 | Sam Burns | 66 · 66 · 71 · 67 | 270 | −10 |
| T9 | Max Homa | 70 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T9 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 67 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T9 | Adam Schenk | 63 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −9 |
| T9 | Keegan Bradley | 63 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 273 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1997-09-18, Oslo, Norway; NOR; turned pro 2019; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet