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Sunday 28 April 2024PGA TourYear in Review
McIlroy and Lowry win Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 April 2024 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 25 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,900,000 USD · Zurich
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/20°C · wind 32 km/h SE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/22°C · wind 33 km/h SE, gusts 57 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 30 km/h SE, gusts 58 · 2.5 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
- Chad Ramey / Martin Trainer · 263Shot 63 in the final-round alternate shot to post 25 under two hours early, then bogeyed the par-5 18th in the playoff Golf News Net final results
160 started, 80 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
TPC Louisiana, TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 April 2024
When you've got him doing that, it's pretty easy to play golf from there for me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 April 2024
We've got three majors left. Hopefully we can get one each, or maybe two and one.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 April 2024
Like the boys shooting 63, that is an unbelievable score in those conditions, in that format.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry | 61 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 263 | −25 |
| 2 | Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer | 66 · 69 · 65 · 63 | 263 | −25 |
| 3 | Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard | 61 · 70 · 64 · 69 | 264 | −24 |
| T4 | Garrick Higgo and Ryan Fox | 63 · 72 · 65 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
| T4 | Sam Stevens and Paul Barjon | 63 · 71 · 67 · 64 | 265 | −23 |
| T4 | Zac Blair and Patrick Fishburn | 63 · 70 · 60 · 72 | 265 | −23 |
| T4 | Nico Echavarria and Max Greyserman | 64 · 69 · 63 · 69 | 265 | −23 |
| T8 | Greyson Sigg and Chesson Hadley | 63 · 72 · 65 · 66 | 266 | −22 |
| T8 | Thomas Detry and Robert MacIntyre | 62 · 71 · 64 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| 10 | Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin | 63 · 69 · 64 · 71 | 267 | −21 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2007; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 25; majors to date: 4; world No. 2 that week (OWGR rankAfter for the preceding RBC Heritage week (no OWGR row for the team event), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
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