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Sunday 20 October 2024PGA TourYear in Review
Poston wins Shriners Children's Open
TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 October 2024 · J.T. Poston’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · Shriners Children's
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/12°C · wind 28 km/h NNW, gusts 62 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/14°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/13°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 26 · 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
- Doug Ghim USA · 263closed with 65 but finished one back after Poston holed the winning putt at 18 Shriners Children's Open 2024 leaderboard - ESPN
132 started · cut -3, 66 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Shriners Children's Open
TPC Summerlin, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
J.T. Poston
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 October 2024
Didn't make very good strokes on either of them. I told myself I've made a million of these and just do one more.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 October 2024
I know I had a comfortable lead for the most of day but it never felt safe. Doug was playing great and I felt like I was kind of just plotting it around.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.T. Poston | 64 · 65 · 66 · 67 | 262 | −22 |
| 2 | Doug Ghim | 64 · 70 · 64 · 65 | 263 | −21 |
| T3 | Rico Hoey | 64 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 265 | −19 |
| T3 | Matti Schmid | 64 · 65 · 70 · 66 | 265 | −19 |
| T5 | Michael Kim | 66 · 70 · 68 · 62 | 266 | −18 |
| T5 | K.H. Lee | 66 · 69 · 65 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| T5 | Davis Thompson | 66 · 68 · 66 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| 8 | Taylor Pendrith | 61 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| T9 | Harry Hall | 64 · 72 · 65 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Harris English | 67 · 65 · 68 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Gary Woodland | 66 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Kurt Kitayama | 66 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| T9 | Alejandro Tosti | 66 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1993-06-01, Hickory, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 2015; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 64 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/j-t-poston-21554)).
What’s in the bag
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