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Sunday 6 October 2024PGA TourYear in Review
Yu wins Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 October 2024 · Kevin Yu’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,600,000 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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/16°C · wind 8 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/20°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 29 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/19°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/18°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 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
- Beau Hossler USA · 265lost playoff on first extra hole to Yu’s birdie Sanderson Farms Championship 2024 leaderboard - ESPN
132 started · cut -6, 68 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Sanderson Farms Championship
The Country Club of Jackson, The Country Club of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Kevin Yu
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 October 2024
Feels amazing. Feels like a dream come true. I've been dreaming this since I was five.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 October 2024
It's 177 to the flag, and then I had -- first in regulation I had 9-iron and the playoff I had 8-iron
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Yu | 66 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 265 | −23 |
| 2 | Beau Hossler | 65 · 64 · 68 · 68 | 265 | −23 |
| T3 | Lucas Glover | 65 · 67 · 68 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| T3 | Keith Mitchell | 67 · 64 · 65 · 70 | 266 | −22 |
| T5 | Alex Smalley | 69 · 66 · 69 · 63 | 267 | −21 |
| T5 | Bud Cauley | 66 · 67 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| 7 | Daniel Berger | 65 · 65 · 71 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T8 | Mackenzie Hughes | 65 · 72 · 68 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| T8 | Hayden Springer | 66 · 66 · 71 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T8 | Michael Thorbjornsen | 63 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
The golfer
born 1998-08-11, Taoyuan, Taiwan; TPE; turned pro 2021; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 135 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/chun-an-yu-17881)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet