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Sunday 11 May 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Straka wins Truist Championship
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Flourtown, Pennsylvania · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 May 2025 · Sepp Straka’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Truist
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/13°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/11°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 38 · 20.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/9°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/12°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 29 · 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
- Justin Thomas USA · 266Started three back, missed a putt on 15 that would have tied the lead, then pushed his approach attacking the 16th; closed 67 to finish two back ASAP Sports transcript: Justin Thomas, May 11 2025
- Shane Lowry IRL · 266Level with Straka after 54 holes (196), closed with 70 to Straka's 68 and finished two back ESPN leaderboard: Truist Championship 2025
72 started
Same week
PGA Tour event
Truist Championship
Philadelphia Cricket Club (Wissahickon Course), Philadelphia Cricket Club, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sepp Straka
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 May 2025
We've got about three weeks before Austria gets DP back, and just could not be more happy to be in the town where my parents met.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 May 2025
Starting three back to have a putt on 15 to tie for the lead, I definitely would have taken that at the start of the day.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepp Straka | 63 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 264 | −16 |
| T2 | Justin Thomas | 66 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T2 | Shane Lowry | 64 · 65 · 67 · 70 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Jacob Bridgeman | 71 · 67 · 65 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | 68 · 68 · 67 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Patrick Cantlay | 65 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| T7 | Cameron Young | 66 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Stephan Jaeger | 65 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −10 |
| T7 | Keith Mitchell | 61 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 270 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1993-05-01, Vienna, Austria; AUT; turned pro 2016; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 17 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the Truist Championship week, OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet