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Sunday 2 April 2023PGA TourYear in Review
Conners wins Valero Texas Open
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas · Thursday 30 March to Sunday 2 April 2023 · Corey Conners’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,900,000 USD · Valero
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 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 26 km/h SSE, gusts 54 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 52 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/13°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/18°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 50 · 0.7 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
- Sam Stevens USA · 274Closed with a 66 to finish one stroke behind ESPN leaderboard
144 started · cut E, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Valero Texas Open
TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Corey Conners
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corey Conners | 64 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Sam Stevens | 72 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Sam Ryder | 71 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Matt Kuchar | 68 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| 5 | Patrick Rodgers | 66 · 67 · 71 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Chez Reavie | 69 · 72 · 72 · 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Byeong Hun An | 70 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T6 | Lee Hodges | 74 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 9 | Andrew Novak | 69 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Rickie Fowler | 71 · 72 · 71 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Ben Martin | 70 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Hayden Buckley | 67 · 73 · 72 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Padraig Harrington | 68 · 73 · 68 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Chris Kirk | 67 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1992-01-06, Listowel, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2015; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 40 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Valero Texas Open week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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