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Sunday 1 September 2024PGA TourYear in Review
Scheffler wins Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 29 August to Sunday 1 September 2024 · Scottie Scheffler’s win no. 13 on the PGA 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
12 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R135°/22°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 20 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/22°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/22°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 4.8 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
- Collin Morikawa USA · 262shot the lowest 72-hole total (262) but started at 4 under in the starting-strokes format and finished four back TOUR Championship 2024 leaderboard - ESPN
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Same week
PGA Tour event
Tour Championship
East Lake Golf Club, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scottie Scheffler
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 September 2024
Teddy gave me a nice pep talk there on the back of 8 green because I kind of looked at him like, man, I don't know about this; this isn't looking so hot right now.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 65 · 66 · 66 · 67 | 264 | −30 |
| 2 | Collin Morikawa | 66 · 63 · 67 · 66 | 262 | −26 |
| 3 | Sahith Theegala | 67 · 66 · 66 · 64 | 263 | −24 |
| T4 | Russell Henley | 67 · 71 · 67 · 62 | 267 | −19 |
| T4 | Adam Scott | 66 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −19 |
| T4 | Xander Schauffele | 70 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −19 |
| 7 | Sungjae Im | 69 · 68 · 68 · 64 | 269 | −18 |
| 8 | Wyndham Clark | 67 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T9 | Rory McIlroy | 69 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Hideki Matsuyama | 70 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 275 | −16 |
| T9 | Shane Lowry | 69 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 271 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1996-06-21, Ridgewood, New Jersey; USA; turned pro 2018; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/scottie-scheffler-18417)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet