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Sunday 17 March 2024PGA TourYear in Review
Scheffler wins THE PLAYERS Championship
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 March 2024 · Scottie Scheffler’s win no. 8 on the PGA Tour · purse $25,000,000 USD
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/12°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/14°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 28 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/18°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/20°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, 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
- Wyndham Clark USA · 269Birdie putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff lipped out Golf News Net final results
- Xander Schauffele USA · 269Closed with 70 and finished one shot back in a three-way tie for second Golf News Net final results
- Brian Harman USA · 269Closed with 68 and finished one shot back in a three-way tie for second Golf News Net final results
144 started · cut -1, 73 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
THE PLAYERS Championship
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scottie Scheffler
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2024
A few of them finished at 19; I finished at 20. That's some really good golf around this course.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2024
I was out on the range. I was listening to the crowd noise. I heard a groan, and so it sounded like a missed putt. I haven't seen his putt yet.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 March 2024
I said before when you get an acute injury like that, if you can wake up the next day feeling a little bit better or the exact same, it's a win.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 67 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 268 | −20 |
| T2 | Brian Harman | 72 · 65 · 64 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Wyndham Clark | 65 · 65 · 70 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T2 | Xander Schauffele | 65 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| 5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Si Woo Kim | 70 · 71 · 68 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Hideki Matsuyama | 69 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 8 | Ludvig Åberg | 67 · 73 · 67 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T9 | Sahith Theegala | 70 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Maverick McNealy | 67 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1996-06-21, Ridgewood, New Jersey; USA; turned pro 2018; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore for THE PLAYERS Championship week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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