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Sunday 11 February 2024PGA TourYear in Review
Taylor wins WM Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course, Scottsdale, Arizona · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 February 2024 · Nick Taylor’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,800,000 USD · WM
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R111°/6°C · wind 27 km/h SSE, gusts 46 · 8.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/5°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/7°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/4°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 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
- Charley Hoffman USA · 263tied at 21-under 263 after Taylor birdied three of the last four holes; lost the playoff at the second extra hole 2024 Waste Management Phoenix Open final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won (Golf News Net)
132 started · cut -2, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WM Phoenix Open
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course, Scottsdale, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nick Taylor
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 February 2024
Making all those putts when I needed to was a lot of fun, and the atmosphere has been incredible all week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 February 2024
Today we finished I think at 12:05 and they said we were on the tee in 10 minutes, so it was quite the turnaround.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Taylor | 60 · 70 · 68 · 65 | 263 | −21 |
| 2 | Charley Hoffman | 67 · 68 · 64 · 64 | 263 | −21 |
| T3 | Sam Burns | 68 · 67 · 67 · 64 | 266 | −18 |
| T3 | Scottie Scheffler | 68 · 66 · 66 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| 5 | Sahith Theegala | 65 · 64 · 69 · 69 | 267 | −17 |
| T6 | Jordan Spieth | 68 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | Maverick McNealy | 65 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| T8 | Adam Scott | 72 · 68 · 65 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T8 | Kurt Kitayama | 68 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T8 | Cameron Young | 67 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 271 | −13 |
| T8 | Andrew Novak | 65 · 65 · 69 · 72 | 271 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1988-04-14, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2010; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 55 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet