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Sunday 21 July 2024PGA Tour · DP World TourYear in Review
Dunlap wins Barracuda Championship
Tahoe Mountain Club, Old Greenwood course, Truckee, California · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 2024 · Nick Dunlap’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 USD · Barracuda · modified Stableford scoring (points, not strokes); co-sanctioned with the DP World Tour
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/14°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/17°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 38 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/16°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 37 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0.5 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
- Vince Whaley USA · 47 pointsmade a 17-foot birdie on 18 for a nine-point day but missed chances coming in; Dunlap's 55-foot eagle on 15 gave him the lead Nick Dunlap becomes first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a pro in the same year (AP via CBS Sports recap)
156 started, 66 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Barracuda Championship
Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood course), Tahoe Mountain Club, Old Greenwood course, Truckee, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Dunlap
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
21 July 2024
I never thought that I would have my name next to that, but it’s definitely an honor
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
21 July 2024
The only sour thing about this is that winning moment goes quickly
AP (via CBS Sports recap)
21 July 2024
I didn’t hit it very good the whole day and I kind of kept myself in it with the short game
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 July 2024
I'm traveling with a fishing pole now, so I've been trying to go fishing every evening and it's just that little reset that helps me not focus on golf all day long.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Dunlap | 12 · 7 · 11 · 19 | 49 pts | |
| 2 | Vince Whaley | 13 · 9 · 16 · 9 | 47 pts | |
| 3 | Patrick Fishburn | 13 · 6 · 15 · 12 | 46 pts | |
| 4 | Mac Meissner | 10 · 16 · 13 · 5 | 44 pts | |
| T5 | Taylor Pendrith | 12 · 12 · 4 · 15 | 43 pts | |
| T5 | Patrick Rodgers | 6 · 8 · 15 · 14 | 43 pts | |
| 7 | Hayden Buckley | 7 · 10 · 12 · 12 | 41 pts | |
| T8 | Patton Kizzire | 5 · 10 · 12 · 13 | 40 pts | |
| T8 | Charley Hoffman | 4 · 12 · 12 · 12 | 40 pts | |
| T8 | Rico Hoey | 3 · 18 · 15 · 4 | 40 pts |
The golfer
born 2003-12-23, Huntsville, Alabama; USA; turned pro 2024; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 71 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Barracuda Championship (2024 week 29), OWGR player profile API).
What’s in the bag
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