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Sunday 26 March 2023PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Burns wins WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas · Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 March 2023 · Sam Burns’s win no. 5 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Dell Technologies
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 54 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/22°C · wind 34 km/h S, gusts 66 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 26 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/12°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/10°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 26 · 0.2 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
- Cameron Young USA · lost 6 and 5Lost the final 6 and 5 after Burns birdied seven of nine holes from the 4th ASAP Sports transcript: Sam Burns, March 26 2023
64 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Austin Country Club, Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sam Burns
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2023
Oh, what a week. I'm so tired.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2023
It means a lot. I've been in a playoff in a WGC before and I ultimately did not get it done.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2023
I think I probably shot about 35 under par for the seven rounds. Obviously, frustrating to lose today, but I definitely played a lot of good golf
The golfer
born 1996-07-23, Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2017; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 15 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play week, OWGR player profile).
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet