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Sunday 9 March 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Vilips wins Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 March 2025 · Karl Vilips’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $4,000,000 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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/24°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 26 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/25°C · wind 6 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/25°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/24°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 28 · 1 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
- Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen DEN · 265closed with a bogey-free 63, the low round of the day, in his first PGA Tour start but finished three behind Puerto Rico Open R4 2025 - Golf Today
132 started · cut -5, 78 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Puerto Rico Open
Grand Reserve Golf Club, Grand Reserve Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Karl Vilips
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
9 March 2025
Trying to soak it all in at the moment. I don't know, just thinking ahead to next week already, Players, I'm getting ready for it.
Golf Today
9 March 2025
Once I hit that wedge close on 18, those thoughts definitely started flowing in my head.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Vilips | 65 · 67 · 66 · 64 | 262 | −26 |
| 2 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | 64 · 65 · 73 · 63 | 265 | −23 |
| 3 | Joseph Bramlett | 67 · 68 · 64 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Steven Fisk | 67 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Kieron Van Wyk | 66 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Matti Schmid | 66 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Kevin Roy | 62 · 73 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Davis Riley | 64 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | William Mouw | 65 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Brandt Snedeker | 68 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Carson Young | 68 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
The golfer
born 2001-08-16, Jakarta, Indonesia; AUS; turned pro 2024; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 246 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/karl-vilips-24304)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet